About TPI Shorts
TPI Shorts is a resource for policymakers, analysts, and other parties who need to quickly digest what is happening in technology policy and regulation that may affect the digital economy. Topics explore Congressional legislation, proposed regulations at the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission, and other relevant digital policy issues.
The goal of TPI Shorts is to provide an overview of the relevant tech policy or regulation and framework for thinking through the economic questions the proposal raises.
Criteria for selecting what topics are covered in TPI Shorts comes from a few sources:
Bills related to technology, telecommunications, or evidence-based policy and likely to pass
Topics included in agendas for the FTC and FCC meetings
Relevant issues that appear in the news
TPI Shorts is compiled by Technology Policy Institute staff. We welcome suggestions of topics to include.
The Technology Policy Institute is a think tank that focuses on the economics of innovation, technological change. Our mission is to advance knowledge and inform policymakers by producing independent, rigorous research and by sponsoring educational programs and conferences on major issues affecting information technology and communications policy.