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Today, the tech industry celebrates the successful House passage of the Russia PNTR legislation.聽 We commend the House for acting in a strong bipartisan fashion to put the needs of American businesses and workers first. 聽The final vote tally was 365-43.聽 Now it鈥檚 the Senate鈥檚 turn.聽 Majority Leader Reid has stated that passing Russia PNTR is on his agenda for the lame duck session of congress.聽 Let鈥檚 [...]
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DESSC is proud of all of our member鈥檚 green efforts, but today we want to applaud the six DESSC members that made it onto Newsweek鈥檚 2012 Greenest American Companies list. Now in its fourth year, these rankings are compiled after analysis by multiple environmental research organizations. 聽 CA Technologies cut back on commuting and pollution by allowing 30 percent of its workforce to work from home. [...]
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Next week, President Obama will leave Washington for a three-nation trip to Thailand, Burma, and Cambodia.聽 Media reports聽ahead of the trip note that Thailand is likely to announce its interest in joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations which have been gaining momentum.聽 While in Cambodia, the President will participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings [...]
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At 91快活林, we pride ourselves in the quality of our work.聽 Our ethos is reflected in our brand:聽 鈥淚nnovation.聽 Insight.聽 Influence.鈥澛� We strive to match our members鈥� breakthrough innovations with cutting-edge approaches to help people and governments better understand our members and the work they do in Washington, D.C., and in key markets and capitals around the world.聽 And, today, two of our top advocates [...]
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Time of death: 聽6:11p.m. 聽After a second failed cloture vote on the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared, 鈥淐ybersecurity is dead for this Congress.鈥澛� Despite interest from both sides of the aisle to address the issue of cybersecurity, there simply was not enough bipartisan support for the Cybersecurity [...]
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鈥淥ur top priority has to be jobs and growth . . . providing more Americans the chance to learn the skills that businesses are looking for right now; keeping this country at the forefront of research, technology and clean energy.鈥澛犅� That鈥檚 how President Obama opened his first post-election news conference, before spending the majority of time talking about anything but job creation.聽 Ok, in the President鈥檚 [...]
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Now that we've turned the page on the campaign season, Congress has the opportunity to focus on measures that will help revitalize the American economy.聽 This week, we see an opportunity to do exactly that as the House of Representatives is expected to vote on legislation that would establish a permanent, normal trade relationship (PNTR) with Russia and waive outdated Cold War-era emigration laws that [...]
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There鈥檚 an app for that. 聽 Thanks in part to the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 鈥淎pps for Energy鈥� contest, smartphone and tablets have hundreds of applications to help monitor, control, and boost energy efficiency. These apps may be utilized by individual devices, around the home, and even in commercial buildings to assist in lowering energy bills and meeting efficiency standards. These innovative and [...]
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What an amazing night for our Republic.聽 More than 119 million people cast their ballots in races from justice of the peace to President of the United States.聽 We stood in long lines 鈥� some for hours; we cast our ballots; and we shared a hope that tomorrow would be better than today.聽 Because, at the end of any election day, that鈥檚 the common bond among Americans.聽 No matter how we vote, we vote with [...]
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TechElect has identified six of the most critical policy reforms that American policymakers from across both sides of the aisle need to embrace if the United States is to restore its leadership in the race for global innovation advantage. Indeed, the United States would go a long way toward enhancing its innovation competitiveness if it tackled these six steps as the first items on the 2013 legislative [...]
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