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Immigration

Spealker Pelosi, Rep. Eshoo, Rep. Gordon, Craig Barrett, Phil Bond

Advocacy: Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-CA); Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Craig Barrett, retired-Chairman, Intel; House Science Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN); and Phil Bond, President & CEO, TechAmerica (L-R)

Mission

The Immigration Policy Committee focuses on key business immigration issues of concern to the technology industry. This is done through lobbying Congress and the Administration, responding to regulatory agency activities, and by getting involved in federal court actions. The Committee also meets with DoL, USCIS, DoS and White House staff to address critical processing concerns.

The Committee’s primary focus is on US immigration policy, it does also get involved in matters in the EU, India and elsewhere. Similarly the Committee provides guidance on the association’s activities related to international personnel mobility, such as Mode 4 of the GATS.

Achieving the Mission

The Immigration Policy Committee has identified the following as top priority areas:

H-1B visas
L-1B visas
EB-1 visas (Green cards)
Visa processing
Fees and reporting requirements

To a lesser extent, the Committee has also worked on:

Mode 4
Export Control
O visas

Staff and interested committee members achieve these objectives through direct advocacy, participation in the Compete America and other coalitions, regulatory filings, legal proceedings and research.

Who participates?

Committee participants include government relations professionals, in-house counsel, COOs, and HR professionals as well as attorneys from affiliate law firms.

Staff Contact

Jeff Lande
Senior Advisor
703.284.5353
jlande@techamerica.org

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Federal Immigration Committee
Staff Contact

Jeff Lande
(703) 284-5353
jlande@techamerica.org

Mission

The Immigration Policy Committee focuses on key business immigration issues of concern to the technology industry. This is done through lobbying Congress and the Administration, responding to regulatory agency activities, and by getting involved in federal court actions. The Committee also meets with DoL, USCIS, DoS and White House staff [...]
E-Commerce and Telecom
Advocacy: Chris Hansen, CEO Emeritus, TechAmerica, promotes the need for greater deployment of high-speed broadband networks during testimony before the U.S. House Education & Labor Committee on a hearing on “Building an Economic Recovery Package to Create and Preserve Jobs”
Mission

The E-Commerce & Telecom Committee’s mission is to advocate on behalf of key issues our membership [...]
Federal Government Affairs
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Policy Issues/ Committees || Innovation Now || Staff

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State Environment
Advocacy: TechAmerica, Symantec, Government Technology Magazine, and the State of California partner to host a Green Government Summit in Sacramento (L-R).
Mission

The SGA Environment Committee’s mission is to advocate on behalf of key issues are membership faces regarding the environment, substance policy, and recycling issues.

Achieving the Mission

The SGA Environment Committee has identified the following as priority [...]
Cloud Computing
Advocacy: Vint Cerf, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google, and the “Father of the Internet” speaks at TechAmerica’s Technology for Government reception in Washington, DC.
Mission

The Cloud Computing Committee’s mission is to educate policy makers, federal government marketplace and customers about the implications of the emergence of cloud computing.

Achieving the Mission

The Cloud computing committee holds monthly meetings with [...]

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