{"600157":{"#nid":"600157","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Tech\u0027s New D.C. Partner: Charles Koch","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;A Georgia Tech public policy expert\u0026rdquo; was mentioned in the December 10 article in \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPolitico\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E \u0026ldquo;Tech\u0026#39;s New D.C. Partner: Charles Koch.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp; The School of Public Policy is part of the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe tech industry has found a surprising new ally in its effort to shape public policy in Washington: the 82-year-old libertarian billionaire Charles Koch. Two organizations founded by Koch, one an education-focused institute and the other a grant-making foundation, have spent the past year ramping up their efforts to shape public debate on tech policy topics like self-driving cars and the rights of online publishers. And despite their ideological distance on issues like the Paris climate accord, the Koch groups and left-leaning Silicon Valley are working together to advance the argument that innovation is most likely to flourish when legislators and regulators leave it alone \u0026hellip; Beyond Washington, the Koch foundation says it\u0026#39;s also increased support for academics considering tech policy, including a Texas A\u0026amp;M accounting professor launching a center for the study of innovation and a \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/strong\u003E public policy expert who works on issues related to internet governance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/12\/10\/charles-koch-tech-washington-287919\u0022\u003ERead the full article\u0026nbsp;Tech\u0026#39;s New D.C. Partner: Charles Koch\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2017-12-20 16:12:50","changed_gmt":"2017-12-20 16:12:50","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"salt water marshes","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/12\/10\/charles-koch-tech-washington-287919","dateline":{"date":"2017-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"626","name":"public policy"},{"id":"2107","name":"Expert"},{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}