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President Obama today is set to unveil his climate action plan 鈥� a 21-page white paper intended to serve as a roadmap to reduced greenhouse gas emissions across myriad economic sectors.聽 (Watch his speech live -- happening now.)聽 The White House plan has three pillars:聽 Cut carbon pollution in America Prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change; and, Lead international efforts to combat [...]
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Last week, representatives from more than 50 nonprofit organizations attended a presentation by SAP about some of the software solutions that we make available through TechSoup鈥檚 technology donation program. It was a powerful event to take part in: assembled in the room in Washington, DC, were dozens of people who spend their lives making a difference in this world. We were thrilled to have the opportunity [...]
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed the Senate鈥檚 comprehensive immigration reform bill and reports that it would bring strong benefits to the U.S. economy, including improved productivity and deficit reduction. 聽 In particular, the skilled-immigration reforms in the Senate bill, which we support, have the potential to create new jobs and new innovations across the economy.聽 [...]
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It's not often that more than 100 leaders representing our nation鈥檚 most dynamic industry speak with one clear voice.聽 But when it comes to reforming our immigration system, there is no dissent within high tech:聽 It鈥檚 time for the Senate to approve S. 744, bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation that would give a major lift to our innovation economy and create jobs here at home. Senators [...]
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With an overwhelmingly bipartisan 93-4 vote tonight, the Senate confirmed Mike Froman to be the next U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).聽 This step comes as we seek to advance several critical global trade issues that are certain to help define the strength of the U.S. economy for many years to come. Next month, we hope the U.S. and other global governments will reach agreement on the expansion of the [...]
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A disturbing proposal in the U.S. House of Representatives could effectively freeze any productive discussion on cybersecurity issues between the U.S. and Chinese governments.聽聽 The proposal 鈥� by Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida 鈥� is being considered as part of the House鈥檚 fiscal year 2014 defense authorization legislation.聽 It would block federal funds from being used for critical cybersecurity dialogues [...]
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At the same time that the United States Senate was beginning its debate on S. 744, the comprehensive immigration reform bill, human resource (HR) executives from some of our nation鈥檚 most innovative technology companies 鈥� Adobe, Broadcom, CA Technologies, Dell, EMC, Intel, Motorola Solutions, Teradata, and Texas Instruments 鈥� came to Washington to meet with policymakers and make tech鈥檚 case for immigration [...]
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New public opinion data show Americans are ready for the Senate to approve its bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform legislation.聽 A survey of people in 29 states聽found that nearly seven in ten Americans聽support comprehensive immigration reform and that almost nine in ten people don鈥檛 want this to drag on.聽 They want action this year. What this means, from a purely political perspective, is that [...]
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In his聽blog on Thursday, 91快活林鈥檚 Dean Garfield quoted comments made by Google鈥檚 Eric Schmidt at the 鈥淗ow Green Is the Internet?鈥� summit that we attended that day.聽 Now, you can view Eric鈥檚 full comments as well as all the plenary remarks from the event. 聽They are聽here, along with a two-minute overview video that gives testimony to the energy and intelligence that permeated the event. 聽聽 We also produced [...]
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On June 4, Texas Instruments chairman, president, & CEO Rich Templeton gave the keynote address at a National Academy of Sciences鈥� (NAS) event hosted by the University of Texas System at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.聽 The event coincided with the release of a recent NAS study entitled, 鈥淩esearch Universities and the Future of America.鈥澛� The study identified ten steps to both [...]
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