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photo by: NASA / Rebecca Roth Today, people along America’s east coast stood on rooftops, looked out windows, and followed online as the Space Shuttle Discovery flew from the Kennedy Space Center to its final home at the Smithsonian Institution’s Udvar-Hazy Center. Here at ITI, we trekked to the roof for a moment’s glimpse of the shuttle as it passed over the National Mall. The space shuttles – and [...]
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Cybersecurity is taking center stage on Capitol Hill. There are several bills expected to move through committee in the House this week, and there will continue to be a lot of attention paid to the idea of an enhanced cybersecurity threat information sharing system. ITI is firmly behind a strengthened information sharing defense that protects people’s security while it also safeguards privacy. [...]
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The following op-ed appeared today in the McClatchy Tribune. The recent trend of positive job numbers - while good - do not alter the fact that the U.S. tax code is an albatross weighing down our nation’s economy. The code is a case example of outdated punch-card policies having a punitive impact in a Pentium-chip world. To achieve our economic potential and ensure that our children are more prosperous [...]
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April 06, 2012As jobs numbers have gone up, so has the realization that the high-tech industry is playing a major role in our economic recovery. The federal government reported today that March private-sector employment grew by 121,000 jobs - that's 25 straight months of private-sector growth with a total of 4.1 million jobs created. We also saw a drop in the overall unemployment rate, down to 8.2 percent. This [...] -
April 02, 2012In recent months, cybersecurity has become a much higher priority for the nation's lawmakers. The Obama Administration and members of both parties in Congress have released proposals aimed at improving cybersecurity in the U.S., and the issue is bound to rear its head as we move towards the presidential election. Both President Obama and leading GOP nominee Mitt Romney understand the enormity of [...]
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March 30, 2012In this age of economic uncertainty, policymakers and pundits alike are searching for a silver bullet to cure our country's economic ills. Yet for all the op-eds and policy papers, a quick conversation with a CEO or CFO of any American company would tell you that there is one thing that business leaders think should be part of any economic strategy: tax reform. As we proceed further into election [...]
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March 28, 2012In an election year when the economy and job creation are center stage, it is inevitable that tax reform becomes an important issue of debate for all the candidates. Most recently, President Obama released a tax reform framework. Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum have put forward their own economic plans that include tax reforms. Key members of Congress also have sought to push [...]
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March 16, 2012A big part of a pro-growth tech agenda includes corporate tax reform. It's a priority that we are pressing the presidential candidates to adopt. The current tax code is outdated. It stifles innovation and job creation. There have been a number of corporate tax reform plans put forward, and it will take some time to work through the ideas. But there are a few simple actions that Congress and the [...]
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Economic growth is the single biggest issue in this presidential campaign. It’s also the single biggest issue around the world. Today, ITI urged President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron, who continues his visit to the U.S., to use their leadership roles to kick-start negotiations on an expanded Information Technology Agreement (ITA). ITI president and CEO Dean Garfield makes the case: Pretend [...]
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It is time to seize a fertile opportunity to simultaneously expand global trade and boost the U.S. economy with export opportunities and job creation - by expanding the product coverage of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA). As the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation shows in a new report, an expanded ITA could remove tariffs on at least an additional $800 billion in global two-way [...]
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