CTA White Paper Urges Trump Administration to Show ‘Regulatory Humility’ on IoT
The administration of President-elect Donald Trump will have “a chance to harness the specific opportunities the IoT offers to bring significant consumer, business and societal benefits to the nation and solidify our global leadership in technology innovation and deployment,” CTA…
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said Wednesday in a 24-page white paper. Policymakers should “aggressively accelerate” the measures government can take “to promote IoT innovation, growth and deployment such as making more spectrum available and harmonizing federal agency interaction,” said the white paper, “Internet of Things: A Framework for the Next Administration.” It called on policymakers to “refrain from broad regulatory action that would derail or delay new IoT applications.” A government emphasis on “self-regulatory and other consensus-driven industry efforts” would allow IoT stakeholders “to address discrete, specialized issues that may arise in a practical and flexible manner and without the same risks to competition and innovation,” it said. This policy approach, the white paper said, “should be the default institutional mechanism for the IoT.” For the IoT to “flourish,” government “must partner with industry to eliminate barriers to innovation,” it said. Policymakers also should “exercise regulatory humility by considering any regulatory actions in light of greater economic impacts and embrace industry self-regulatory efforts that can address concerns as they arise without inhibiting innovation,” it said.