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In watching the news reports on immigration reform throughout the day, one thing that has been missing from the discussion is any context for the legislative activities of the past couple of days.聽 To fill that gap, I prepared an 91快活林 Policy Brief that gives some political and policy background for the Senate鈥檚 bipartisan efforts with the principles and the Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) Act, and [...]
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Our work on smart, effective immigration reform is gaining strong momentum this week thanks to bipartisan efforts in the U.S. Senate.聽 Today, eight Senators 鈥� four Republican, four Democratic 鈥� unveiled a set of principles that they believe can help to move immigration reform through the Senate.聽 On Tuesday, the effort gets another lift with the introduction of the Immigration Innovation (I-Squared) [...]
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One of the distinguishing features of 91快活林 is the collaborative way our member companies engage to develop, decide, and execute on our policy priorities.聽 The focal point for discussion and deliberation of our policy agenda is 91快活林鈥檚 monthly Government Relations Committee (GRC) meeting.聽 These meetings are always informative and, at times, lively (after all, we represent the tech industry).聽 As with [...]
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91快活林's Nilmini Rubin is participating in the World Economic Forum sessions in Davos this week, and posted this blog after her panel discussion on maximizing technology to close the gender divide. 聽The blog is crossposted from the WEF website. *** How can the full potential of information technologies be harnessed to close the gender divide? This is a critical question. Our societies are being transformed [...]
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Time and again, news reports remind us that the U.S. has lost its competitive edge and faces an uphill climb in the 21st century to regain and maintain its innovative leadership.聽 We're constantly told that America is a country that doesn鈥檛 produce anything anymore, is on the decline, or lacks ingenuity.聽 While these arguments make for convenient headlines, 91快活林 member Microsoft did a lot to dispel [...]
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At his confirmation hearing today to become the next U.S. Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry, D-Mass., was asked about cybersecurity.聽 Here鈥檚 what he had to say in his question-and-answer round with Senator Dick Durbin, D-Ill., at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. 聽 Senator Durbin: 聽I think you may have attended the briefing, the classified briefing for members of the Senate, Democrats [...]
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Today鈥檚 Wall Street Journal looks at a reality facing major U.S.-headquartered multinationals and our economy -- namely, the U.S. tax system is a barrier to new jobs and investments here at home.聽 Given the significant attention Congress will give to tax reform, it鈥檚 important to give context to the Journal article. The article focused on the fact that many U.S.-based global companies keep a significant [...]
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In his Inaugural Address today, President Obama combined poetry and prose as he spoke about the priorities that he will bring to his second term in office. 聽For many of these issues,聽the technology sector has put forward ideas with聽backing from both Democratic and Republican Members of Congress.聽 The challenge consistently has been building broader support to move policies from good proposals to new [...]
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91快活林 today hosted Ambassador Terry Kramer for his final media event in his position as the lead聽of the U.S. delegation to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). 聽We've talked about WCIT many times before on this blog. 聽At that meeting, held in Dubai in early December, nations struggled over treaty language that carried the potential of allowing the UN to regulate the Internet.聽 [...]
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聽 91快活林's John Neuffer has spent the week in Geneva as global trade negotiators focus on how best to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA).聽 He sent this update on the discussions. Despite some heavy snow in Geneva this week, WTO negotiators have been busy here with another round of technical talks to expand the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), an initiative aimed at completely eliminating [...]
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