Competitiveness in Biomedical Research in 2012, which director of the National Institutes of Health and leader of the Human Genome Project Francis S. Collins deemed the "one book" he would require President Barack Obama to read in his second term in office. ITIF has published several reports advocating greater deployment of information technologies, including Digital Prosperity and Digital Quality of Life. In Digital Prosperity, ITIF found that IT investment delivered three to five times the productivity growth of other types of investments. Commenting on the study, former Dean of Wisconsin School of Business Michael Knetter agreed with the productivity figures, though expressed caution given that some of ITIF's contributors are in the technology industry. ITIF's report Steal These Policies: Strategies for Reducing Digital Piracy provided the foundation for the controversial PROTECT IP and Stop Online Piracy Acts in the U.S. Congress, which the think tank acknowledged were at odds with the positions of many of its supporters. In 2013, the think tank published a widely cited report which found that the U.S. National Security Agency's PRISM electronic data surveillance program could cost the U.S. economy between $21.5 and $35 billion in lost cloud computing business over three years. ITIF previously issued an annual Luddite Award for the "Year’s Worst Innovation Killers". Leadership Referred to as "scrupulously nonpartisan", the think tank was established in 2006 with two former U.S. Representatives, Republican Jennifer Dunn and Democrat Calvin Dooley, as co-chairs. Republican Philip English and Democrat Vic Fazio, former U.S. Representatives, co-chair ITIF. Senators Chris Coons and Todd Young and Representatives Suzan DelBene and Susan W. Brooks serve as honorary co-chairs. Robert D. Atkinson, former vice-president at the Progressive Policy Institute, is president of ITIF. While leading ITIF, he has authored two books: Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage (Yale University Press, 2012), and Big is Beautiful: Debunking the Myth of Small Business (MIT Press, 2018). Board Members , the website of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation listed 22 board members. Honorary Co-Chairs Susan Brooks, Representative (R-IN) Chris Coons, Senator (D-DE) Suzan DelBene, Representative (D-WA) Todd Young, Senator (R-IN) Board Chairs Phil English, Senior Government Relations Advisor at Arent Fox Vic Fazio, Senior Advisor of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Board Members Grant D. Aldonas, Principal Managing Director of Split Rock International Bill Andresen, Associate Vice President for Federal Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Robert D. Atkinson, President of