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The Washington Post this week published a handful of responses to a question they asked their readers: How do you encourage the next great U.S. inventions? Two themes that the Post was quick to point out were our outdated education model, and the need for high-skilled immigration reform. It is encouraging to see the Post highlight two issues that TechElect has identified as drivers of an economic [...]
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Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) put in place new requirements for publicly traded companies to disclose whether they source listed minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) or adjoining countries. Known in short-hand as the conflict-minerals rule, the requirements cover companies across the economic spectrum. First, let me be clear: Any mining activities [...]
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“An incredible opportunity to do incredible things.” That’s how U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel described the launch of the Presidential Innovation Fellows program today at the White House. Steven and U.S. CTO Todd Park introduced the first-ever Presidential Innovation Fellows class today – a group of 18 people selected from more than 700 applicants. Their mission: develop game-changing approaches to [...]
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With lackluster job reports the norm these days, there is at least one bright spot in a class of occupations that has shown remarkably robust growth during the past decade: IT jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2001 and 2011, more than 742,000 new IT jobs were created, an increase of 29.1 percent. Indeed, employment in IT occupations in all industries grew more than 125 times [...]
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This blog was originally posted on the DESSC website. With the Paul Ryan announcement this weekend, the partisan messaging on energy policy ratcheted up further. To recall what 2013 should be about on energy policy, I spent lunch glancing again at two recent documents: Senator Murkowski’s June 5th speech at GWU, and an ITIF report also from June. The Senator notesthat our fundamental goals should [...]
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With the “Romney Bunch” Veepstakes now officially over, and Governor Romney’s political dance card full with the selection of Congressman Paul Ryan, the 2012 presidential campaign can now proceed in full swing. But first, some observations on the selection of Paul Ryan, and what it represents for the U.S. high tech industry and the U.S. economy generally. As my colleague, Nilmini Rubin, previously [...]
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Ever since Governor Mitt Romney established himself as the presumptive Republican nominee for president, the water cooler chatter among the political junkie set has been focused on who will be on the ticket as the Republicans’ vice presidential nominee. Being both political and technology junkies here at TechElect, we wanted to do more than just engage in “Veepstakes” speculation and forecasting. [...]
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The final candidate on our Veepstakes shortlist is the junior U.S. Senator from South Dakota, John Thune. Senator Thune began his career as a legislative aide to the late Senator James Abdnor, who served as South Dakota’s Senator from 1981 till 1987. Abdnor was defeated by Tom Daschle in 1986, and Thune subsequently took up a post in President Reagan’s Small Business Administration before returning [...]
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The next candidate in our Veepstakes series is Garden State Governor, Chris Christie. Governor Christie began his career as a lawyer in New Jersey, before his appointment as New Jersey’s Attorney General in 2001. In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Christie defeated incumbent John Corzine 48.5 percent to 44.9 percent. The tech community is a keen supporter of a lower corporate tax rate, investment [...]
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Next up in our Veepstakes series, we look at Kelly Ayotte, the freshman Senator from New Hampshire. Senator Ayotte began her career clerking for a Justice in New Hampshire’s Supreme Court. She then served in several posts in the state’s Attorney General’s Office, where she was ultimately appointed Attorney General in 2004. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010, winning more than 60 percent [...]
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