Roslyn Layton featured in Washington Post on USF reform
It’s time to align who profits from the fund with who pays for it. Roslyn Layton, PhD was featured in The Washington Post on August 18, 2025 in an article…
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I perform policy research on issues like broadband internet, internet economics, internet regulation, cost recovery, radio spectrum, telecom policy, mobile cellular wireless technologies, 5G, regulation, network security, digital business models, rural broadband, universal service, universal connectivity, net neutrality, technology software platforms, and antitrust and competition.
Different policy audiences have different requirements for policy research, for example peer-review academic journals, policymakers, and business professionals. I publish for each of these audiences per their requirements and in their preferred channels. I publish in the academic, policy, and business domains. I also publish commentary here on this website.
The GENIUS Act Paves the Way for U.S. Crypto Innovation
The first piece of legislation to regulate cryptocurrencies in the United States is now law. The bipartisan passage of the Guiding and Empowering Nation-based Innovation Using Stablecoins Act of 2025—better…
Roslyn Layton in the Regulatory Review
Roslyn Layton is a leading contributor to The Regulatory Review, published by the University of Pennsylvania Program on Regulation. Her work examines how regulatory design shapes the performance, resilience, and…
Roslyn Layton in WSJ
Europe’s Protectionist Privacy Advocates. Washington Post, March 9, 2016 In this op-ed, Roslyn Layton critiques the European legal activism that dismantled the U.S.–EU Safe Harbor agreement, arguing that such actions…
A Pivotal Case Shaping Cryptocurrency Regulation
The 2024 U.S. presidential election and recent judicial decisions have prompted a reevaluation of administrative authority within federal agencies. Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have signaled limits to regulatory overreach,…
Profiting Without Paying: Why Cloud Computing Firms Must Contribute to the Universal Service Fund (USF)
Statement on CCIA Report As a broadband economist, I welcome CCIA’s consideration of participating in programs that ensure connectivity for all Americans. Strand Consult has published multiple reports about Universal…
Spectrum for National Security
The efficient use of radio spectrum is a national security imperative for several reasons: Most advanced wireless advanced applications prefer, it not require, 5G for security. The 3GPP (3rd Generation…
The FACT Act is a no-brainer for national security and consumer sovereignty
Kudos to Congress for a bi-partisan proposal for transparent information to keep Americans safe. U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, introduced the Foreign Adversary…
Spectrum Policy
Policymakers make critical decisions of how to allocate scarce resources of the radio spectrum with near unlimited uses and users. Spectrum policy ranks as the most important element of telecommunications….
Court Brings Gavel Down on SEC’s War on Crypto
On August 8, Judge Analisa Torres of the U.S. Southern District of New York issued her judgment on the case brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission against the blockchain…
A Checklist for good regulation
Politics can help or hinder the development of evidence-based policy and regulation. Regulators are subject to tight timeframes and expectation to deliver “results”. As such, a policymaker may deliver the…
Roslyn Layton, PhD Research on Chinese Government Technologies
Roslyn Layton, PhD researches the risk presented by Chinese Government Technologies. These are products and services manufactured, marketed, and distributed by entities owned and affiliated with the People’s Republic of…