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Investigating the intersection of politics and computing, the Baker Institute Information Technology Policy Program (ITP) examines the impact of new technologies — particularly in the areas of computer and information science — on societal organization and governance. In addition, a core goal of the program is to facilitate interdisciplinary research connecting computer science and engineering with the social sciences and humanities.

Issues under study are:

  • cybersecurity and the intersection between information assurance and international politics;
  • applications of open-source software to create a model of open-source government at the municipal and federal level;
  • the role of information technologies and the Internet in the exercise of foreign affairs;
  • the capacity for secure sharing of sensitive information between heterogeneous entities;
  • computing applications in the management of immigration and border security; and
  • the study of the global carbon footprint of the IT industry.

Recent research in the program has included collaboration with authors at The Brookings Institution, the Naval Postgraduate School, Nanyang Technical University and El Tecnológico de Monterrey. Additionally, ITP research has appeared in the Strategic Studies Quarterly, American Intelligence Journal, First Monday and the Foreign Service Journal.

Partnered with Rice University’s Ken Kennedy Institute for Information Technology, ITP utilizes a solution-oriented model in answering how the computer may be employed to address issues for policy. ITP research has been presented at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. External funding for the program has been received from Microsoft, AT&T and the U.S. Department of Defense.

PUBLICATIONS
2013
Risk-intelligent Governance in the Age of Cyberthreats
Apr 29 2013
Christopher Bronk
Information Technology Policy: Action Items for the Next Four Years
Mar 08 2013
Christopher Bronk
Hack or Attack? Shamoon and the Evolution of Cyber Conflict
Feb 01 2013
Christopher Bronk, Eneken Tikk-Ringas
2012
Let's use caution in enacting cybersecurity rules
Oct 21 2012
Christopher Bronk
Baker Institute Policy Report 53 -- Cybersecurity Issues and Policy Options for the U.S. Energy Industry
Sep 14 2012
Christopher Bronk
From Tunis to Tunis: Considering the Planks of U.S. International Cyber Policy, 2005-2011
May 21 2012
Christopher Bronk
Unveiling the Revolutionaries: Cyberactivism and the Role of Women in the Arab Uprisings
May 18 2012
Courtney C. Radsch
The Dark Side of Cyber Finance
Mar 19 2012
Christopher Bronk, Cody Monk, John Villasenor
A Governance Switchboard: Scalability Issues in International Cyber Policymaking
Mar 13 2012
Christopher Bronk
How Data Visualization Can Change Diplomacy
Mar 02 2012
Christopher Bronk
2011
The Wrong Way to Stop Online Piracy
Nov 27 2011
Christopher Bronk
Considering a New Information Architecture for the City of Houston
Oct 07 2011
Christopher Bronk, Tory Gattis, Vivas Kumar, Robyn Moscowitz
Mexico cartels lash out against "Internet snitches"
Sep 30 2011
Christopher Bronk, Dan Wallach
Shadowy Figures: Tracking Illicit Financial Transactions in the Murky World of Digital Currencies, Peer-to-Peer Networks, and Mobile Device Payments
Aug 29 2011
Christopher Bronk, John Villasenor, Cody Monk
Translating the U.S. International Cyber Strategy Into Action
May 19 2011
Christopher Bronk
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