Our Policy Priorities
Our policy priorities reflect the opportunities and challenges today’s small business app developers and IoT innovators face in the app ecosystem such as access to broadband, workforce development, and economic growth. We also contribute our thought leadership to broader issues affecting our members and consumers like data privacy, digital healthcare, and accessibility.
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A Scroll Down Membership Lane: October 2025’s Member Mondays
ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we spotlight [...]
ACT | The App Association Welcomes JURI Committee’s Decision to Take the Commission to Court Over SEP Withdrawal
BRUSSELS – Today, the European Parliament’s JURI Committee voted to challenge the European Commission’s withdrawal of the proposed Standard Essential Patents (SEP) Regulation in [...]
Event Recap: The App Association Appreciates Federal Workers
On October 16, staff at ACT | The App Association showed our gratitude for federal workers and those who support them by hosting [...]
The Latest on AI Training and Copyright Law from the IAPP AI Governance Conference
As AI advances rapidly into every sector of the economy, the tech policy world has no shortage of major questions to tackle. But [...]
ACT | The App Association Recommendations Supporting the Development of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Digital Economy Framework at the 47th Annual ASEAN Summit
Dr. Kao Kim Hourn Secretary-General Association of Southeast Asian Nations 70A Jalan Sisingamangaraja Jakarta 12110 Indonesia RE: ACT | The App Association Recommendations [...]
How Rising H-1B Costs Sideline Startups
While the public conversation around H-1B visas often focuses on larger players in tech, startups and small tech companies rely on the program, [...]
New Analyses Warn of Heavy Cost to Consumers and Small Businesses with Proposed Regulation of Online Marketplaces
In the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region, aggressive anti-competition policies to regulate online marketplaces will crush small businesses and cost consumers. Two recent [...]
