Apr 23, 2024

Analysis

As Congress Debates Bipartisan Social Media Safeguards, Tech Giants Dig In

Meta, ByteDance, and others expanded their influence operations during the first quarter of 2024...

A new Issue One analysis of recently filed federal lobbying reports show that several social media titans poured massive sums of money into their influence operations in Washington, D.C., during…

Apr 17, 2024

Analysis

Meet the Faces of Democracy: Tate Fall

Georgia election official and Auburn sports fan talks about the need for federal funding for elections, the necessity of transparency measures, and building trust with voters...

Editor’s note: More than 10,000 officials across the country run U.S. elections. This interview is part of a series highlighting the election heroes who are the faces of democracy. Tate…

Apr 12, 2024

Press releases

Issue One praises new data privacy agreement in Congress

After decades of negotiation, the APRA marks the first time that the chairs of the two powerful commerce committees have reached an agreement on a comprehensive data privacy framework...

Issue One applauds Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) for reaching a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to protect Americans’ data privacy online. The American Privacy Rights Act (APRA)…

Apr 10, 2024

Press releases

Issue One applauds bipartisan KOSA introduction in the House and calls on Congress to pass kids online safety protections into law

Today, Issue One applauded the introduction of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) in the House of Representatives, led by Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Kathy Castor (D-FL), Erin Houchin (R-IN),…

Apr 08, 2024

In the media

USA Today: Election offices say they need more funding. Advocates are calling on Congress to help

Issue One Legislative Director Gideon Cohn-Postar quoted...

Apr 02, 2024

Press releases

Issue One’s ReFormers Caucus co-chairs respond to the disbandment of the U.S. House Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Last week, the U.S. House Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) closed its doors. This closure was the result of a provision in the legislative branch appropriations bill for FY2024…

Mar 29, 2024

policy

Safeguarding elections and the people who run them

Congress must provide election officials with federal resources and increased protections to counter growing threats to American democracy.

Mar 25, 2024

Press releases

NBC News should reconsider its decision to hire former RNC chair Ronna McDaniel, NCEI co-chairs say

In a new letter addressed to NBC News leadership, the co-chairs of Issue One’s bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity (NCEI) today called on the network to reconsider its recent…

Mar 21, 2024

Press releases

Issue One, NCEI co-chairs, and Faces of Democracy member commend Congress for investing in our critical election infrastructure

In response to today’s major government funding bill, which included $55 million in federal election grants for local and state officials, Issue One’s Director of Election Protection Carah Ong Whaley…

Mar 20, 2024

Press releases

Issue One commends House for bipartisan vote that would prevent Americans’ sensitive data from being sold to foreign adversaries

Following a unanimous vote in the House in support of the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act (H.R. 7520), which would prevent the sale of sensitive American data to…