What Rural Broadband Subsidies Paid For, 2018 to 2025 Governments spend billions of dollars to bring broadband to places that lack it. This report asks how much of the new…
Research ROundup – September 2026
Scott Wallsten
TPI’s Research Roundup is our monthly compilation of recent outside research for tech policy nerds. Authors are not affiliated with TPI. Each paper is here because we find it interesting…
The AI Labs Asked for a Waiver. Congress Should Ask for a Justification
Scott Wallsten
On Saturday, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei argued that AI labs must slow the pace at which they improve their models. Within hours OpenAI’s Sam Altman agreed, and Elon Musk posted “Dario…
The FCC’s Best USF Reform Is the One That Already Happened
Gregory L. Rosston and Scott Wallsten
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has called for a “top to bottom” review of the Universal Service Fund. His best defensive move is to preserve a rare USF success that happened…
Securing AI Agent Systems: Recommendations in the NIST RFI Filings
Scott Wallsten and Sarah Oh Lam
Welcome to TPI’s Docket Roundup, our semi-regular presentation of docket filings of interest to tech policy nerds. DISCLAIMER: Filings are not affiliated with TPI. We do not necessarily agree with anything…
AI Made My Expertise More Effective
Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum: Jonathan Nuechterlein and Howard Shelanski on the third edition of Digital Crossroads
Jonathan Nuechterlein, Howard Shelanski and Scott Wallsten
Two Think Minimum · Jonathan Nuechterlein and Howard Shelanski on the third edition of Digital Crossroads Note: this is a lightly edited transcript. Scott Wallsten: Welcome to Two Think Minimum,…
Michael McConnell on Winning the Tariff Case and the Fate of Humphrey’s Executor
Michael McConnell, Thomas M. Lenard, Scott Wallsten and Sarah Oh Lam
Two Think Minimum · Michael McConnell on Presidential Power: Tariffs, Independent Agencies, and Constitutional Limits Tom Lenard: Hello, and welcome back to TPI’s podcast, Two Think Minimum, it’s Wednesday, March…
The FCC’s Industrial Policy Turn
Scott Wallsten
Like many, I’ve had frustrating experiences with offshore call centers, repeating my account number to someone reading from a script who cannot solve my problem. So when the FCC proposed…
