Media Coverage
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May 09, 2013The Heritage Foundation's new study on immigration reform is prompting a fiery debate among conservatives over the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill. Co-author of the Heritage study Robert Rector and [...]
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May 09, 2013The tech industry is on guard against amendments to the Senate immigration bill that could chip away at provisions that would help their businesses employ more highly skilled foreign workers. In particular, [...]
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May 08, 2013GENEVA -- A vote that would have permitted electronics equipment manufacturers to send certain types of electronics waste to developing nations for disposal went down in defeat this week. The draft Guideline [...]
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May 08, 2013The FCC decided to put that to bed once and for all. Last week the commission released a Report and Order to implement Section 718 and part of Section 716 of the Communications Act. Section 718 “requires [...]
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May 07, 2013"I love paying taxes," said no one ever. So absent popular support, why has the Senate just passed, with bipartisan backing, a new national Internet sales tax known as the Marketplace Fairness Act that [...]
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May 07, 2013Technology firms, exercising new political clout on Capitol Hill, are lobbying against a measure in the leading Senate immigration bill that would make it harder for them to recruit workers from abroad [...]
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May 06, 2013The U.S. Senate has voted to allow states to collect sales tax from online retailers, making it more difficult to buy tax-free products online. The Senate's vote of 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act [...]
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May 04, 2013Are Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and other tech companies pushing for legislation that would make it easier to send more e-waste to developing countries? A major tech industry trade association is seeking to alter [...]
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May 03, 2013Computer and other electronic equipment manufacturers pressing for exemptions from established controls on the export of electronic waste or e-waste are drawing fire from NGOs. Basel Action Network says [...]
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May 03, 2013Many tech companies have called for the U.S. Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers [...]
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