I’m glad to see that the Progressive Policy Institute’s extensive research and policy program on the data-driven economy is getting some attention in the White House.
On June 14th the White House released a report entitled Four Years of Broadband Growth. The report prominently highlighted PPI’s July 2012 policy brief on Investment Heroes: Who’s Betting on America’s Future, noting that
just two of the largest U.S. telecommunications companies account for greater combined stateside investment than the top five oil/gas companies, and nearly four times more than the big three auto companies combined.
In addition, the WH report prominently featured our research on the number of jobs created by the App Economy. The White House noted that:
These devices have done more than connect Americans to one another more easily. The integration of mobile broadband, advanced operating systems and increasingly sophisticated hardware, along with low barriers to entry to an open network, have enabled an entire economy of mobile applications to develop in the United States. This “App Economy” is one of America’s most dynamic growing sectors, and one that industry studies have cited as creating more than 500,000 U.S. jobs since 2007.
