ACT | The App Association gives a voice to small technology companies. Our mission is to help members promote an environment that inspires and rewards innovation while providing resources to help them raise capital, create jobs, and continue creating incredible technology.
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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What H-app-ened in the States: A Competition and Privacy Breakdown
ACT | The App Association has historically advocated for our members on privacy and competition legislation at the federal level, but over the last [...]
How the European Commission’s Proposed Ecodesign Requirements Could Affect Software Developers
The environmental impacts of the unsustainable consumption of goods and growing amounts of waste are becoming the subject of more and more debate in [...]
Reconciling Build Back Better with 5G Investment Goals
ACT | The App Association members strongly support federal policies that encourage the swift deployment of 5G networks. They are the leading edge of [...]
What are Antitrust Advocates Sweeping Under the Rug? Let’s Take a Look.
As the clock winds down on both chambers heading into August, antitrust advocates are throwing late-round haymakers to blacken Beltway eyes, obscuring a clearer [...]
Consumer Digital Anxiety Levels Rise Over Privacy and Security Concerns
National polling indicates that Americans are concerned about what pending legislation could do to the safety and security of trusted marketplaces (WASHINGTON, DC) Monday, [...]
Telehealth by the Numbers: What Happens if Telehealth Coverage Goes Away?
Through the surges and lulls of the COVID-19 pandemic, American patients of all ages and backgrounds turned to virtual care to fulfill a wide [...]
What are Consumers Really Telling Us About App Stores?
Debate over the American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA, S. 2992/H.R. 3816) and the Open App Markets Act (OAMA, S. 2710/H.R. 7030), two [...]
Facebook Says the Quiet Part Loud: Competition Policy Should Help Them Surveil Users
As Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) continues to seek supporters for her so-called platform antitrust bills, including by offering largely symbolic “revisions” (we remain unconvinced), [...]
