Program areas at The Free State Foundation
Communications law and reform project: The goal of this project, The Foundation's largest, is to reform communications and internet law and policy to conform to The dynamic technological and competitive marketplace realities of The digital age. During 2022, The Foundation published 64 articles and scholarly studies as part of its "perspectives from fsf scholars" series. It published 173 separate blogs. Foundation scholars were published and quoted often in major national publications and two or three times weekly in leading trade press publications. Fsf also filed 10 sets of substantive public comments in agency rulemaking and policy proceedings, including at The federal communications commission, federal trade commission, and The national telecommunications and information administration. On may 6, 2022, fsf held its fourteenth annual telecom policy conference, its first in-person policy conference post-pandemic. The conference attracted over 120 attendees and a diverse group of distinguished speakers from academia, senior government officials, inlcuding fcc, ftc, and ntia leaders, public interest organizations, and industry. In july 2022, fsf hosted a webinar via zoom on "hot topics" in copyright law. All of these Free State Foundation events were open to The public, widely covered in The press, and videos of The proceedings were made available to The public.
Maryland government law and reform project: The goal of this project is to conduct research and educational activities that promote policies for Maryland that are consistent with fiscal discipline and with a Free market, less regulatory direction. During 2022, fsf also published articles and commentaries relating to improving Maryland's fiscal, economic, and regulatory policies, including its technology policies, and to reforming its budget processes. Free State Foundation scholars maintain a blog to include comments on Maryland fiscal, economic, and regulatory issues. During 2022, 9 separate "perspectives from fsf scholars and blogs were published regarding various Maryland policy issues, including The budget, taxes, regulatory reform, and State e-book licensing legislation.