A recent op-ed from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation makes the case for breaking up the Department of Commerce, calling it “a grab bag of incoherent functions, lacking key domestic industrial policy capabilities.”
The Biden Administration released a belated budget proposal for FY2022, including a 30 percent increase in funding for the Census Bureau.
This month, the Insights Association is dealing with new privacy legislation in more states, addressing more data tax problems, advocating for additional census funding, and making significant progress in efforts to improve California A.B. 2257.