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OTI Urges Congress to Modernize the Privacy Act

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OTI Urges Congress to Modernize the Privacy Act

Read what OTI has to say about the Privacy Act.

Apr 30, 2025

Sydney Saubestre

Letter of Support for Maryland Senate Hearing – Data Collection on Parenting Students

Testimony / In Short

Letter of Support for Maryland Senate Hearing – Data Collection on Parenting Students

New America’s Higher Education Policy team submitted letter of support for Maryland student parent data collection bill.

Mar 31, 2025

Edward Conroy, Ewaoluwa Obatuase, Stephanie Baker, Richard Davis Jr.

OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning FTC Firings

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OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning FTC Firings

OTI joined 24 other civil society organizations in denouncing the White House’s unlawful attempt to terminate FTC commissioners.

Mar 21, 2025

Technology and Democracy Programs Offer Recommendations for Development of AI Action Plan

Testimony / In Short

Technology and Democracy Programs Offer Recommendations for Development of AI Action Plan

The T&D programs comments to the NSF on the Trump administration’s development of an AI Action Plan.

Mar 15, 2025

Public Comments on The Post Secondary Commission’s Revised Accreditation Standards

Testimony / In Short

Public Comments on The Post Secondary Commission’s Revised Accreditation Standards

Comments on the postsecondary commission’s accreditation standards.

Feb 28, 2025

Antoinette Flores, Edward Conroy

Letter of Support for Data Collection on Parenting College Students in Maryland

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Letter of Support for Data Collection on Parenting College Students in Maryland

New America’s Higher Education Policy team submitted letter of support for Maryland student parent data collection bill.

Feb 19, 2025

Edward Conroy, Ewaoluwa Obatuase, Stephanie Baker, Richard Davis Jr.

Building More On-Ramps to the Middle Class and Beyond: Best Practices in Community College Career Education

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Testimony / In Short

Building More On-Ramps to the Middle Class and Beyond: Best Practices in Community College Career Education

On February 12, Mary Alice McCarthy testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on the importance of community colleges.

Feb 13, 2025

Mary Alice McCarthy

OTI and ACLU Lead Coalition in Highlighting Concerns with the Kids Off Social Media Act

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OTI and ACLU Lead Coalition in Highlighting Concerns with the Kids Off Social Media Act

Read what our coalition has to say about KOSMA.

Feb 4, 2025

OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning PCLOB Firings

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OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning PCLOB Firings

Read what OTI and 26 other civil society organizations have to say about the White House’s partisan PCLOB firings.

Jan 31, 2025

OTI Letters and Filings 2025

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OTI Letters and Filings 2025

Jan 6, 2025

Education & Work

Democratic Futures

Global Security

Technology & Democracy

Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

From Life Itself

Cultivating Connections: Why Relationships Matter for Youth Apprenticeship

Private 5G Networks at Risk

Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education, and the Future of Knowledge

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OTI Urges Congress to Modernize the Privacy Act

Letter of Support for Maryland Senate Hearing – Data Collection on Parenting Students

OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning FTC Firings

Technology and Democracy Programs Offer Recommendations for Development of AI Action Plan

Public Comments on The Post Secondary Commission’s Revised Accreditation Standards

Letter of Support for Data Collection on Parenting College Students in Maryland

Building More On-Ramps to the Middle Class and Beyond: Best Practices in Community College Career Education

OTI and ACLU Lead Coalition in Highlighting Concerns with the Kids Off Social Media Act

OTI Joins Coalition of Civil Society Organizations in Condemning PCLOB Firings

OTI Letters and Filings 2025