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TechAmerica Applauds Passage of Temporary R&D Tax Credit Extension
This extension provides temporary relief for many of the companies that depend on it to support more than 100,000 well-paying jobs...
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Jennifer A. Kerber

Vice President, Federal & Homeland Security Policy

Jennifer Kerber Jennifer A. Kerber is Vice President for Federal & Homeland Security Policy at TechAmerica. Ms. Kerber focuses on policy issues regarding the use of information technology for homeland security and law enforcement applications, with a special emphasis on identity management.

She is deeply involved in the vast spectrum of policy issues surrounding identity management, including: identity authentication, verification, document security, radio frequency identification (RFID), and biometrics. She closely follows other issues such as health IT, green IT, cybersecurity, and government contracting. Ms. Kerber is also in charge of the activities of the Federal, Homeland Security and Space Committees at the Association.

Prior to joining TechAmerica, Ms. Kerber spent several years in the federal marketing and lobbying practice of the Jefferson Consulting Group. While there, she advocated before Congress and the Administration on behalf of numerous private sector clients on a wide range of issues, including: transportation, information security, privacy, terrorism risk assessment, identity fraud, and technology research and development. She also has extensive experience on the state level, having worked in the Texas legislature and run a state representative political campaign.

Ms. Kerber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with a minor in Journalism from Texas A&M University in College Station. She serves as a board member for the National Capital Texas A&M Club and the JMKL Melanoma Foundation.

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Federal PAC Committee
Mission

This Committee manages the activities of the Federal Political Action Committee and political activities of TechAmerica, including hosting fundraisers and meet and greets with Members of Congress.

Achieving the Mission

In 2009 the PAC has held fundraisers for:

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA);
Rep. Ed Towns (D-NY);
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA); and
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY).

It has also hosted or is [...]
PS Homeland Security Committee
This Committee represents the IT industry in Homeland Security strategy, funding, procurement, liability, and other issues. ITAA’s Homeland Security Committee is the premiere group dedicated to promoting the use of IT to better the national security operations. By working closely with officials at the Department of Homeland Security, ITAA promotes our members’ business and policy [...]
Liesyl Franz
Vice President, Information Security and Global Public Policy

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Public Sector
The Public Sector (PS) Group is the leading proponent of technology solutions for government programs and serves as the primary interface and liaison between industry and federal, state, and local government markets. Companies seeking opportunities to network with their industry colleagues and/or dialogue with their government customers have ample opportunity to do so through active [...]
Olga Grkavac
Executive Vice President, Public Sector

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