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State Government Affairs
The TechAmerica State Government Affairs Program (SGA) is a 50-state advocacy operation on behalf of TechAmerica’s Member Companies. It is overseen by the State Government Affairs Committee, which holds three in-person meetings every year. SGA is the only advocacy network of its kinds in the industry, with the ability to be on the ground impacting an issue in any given state on moment’s notice.
Policy Issues || Overview || Committee & Leadership || Contact Info
TechAmerica State Government Affairs: Policy Issues
TechAmerica is currently following these policy issues in the states:
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About the SGA Program: Overview
The TechAmerica SGA network includes on the ground in-house professionals in California, Texas, Illinois, Washington, Oregon, and Florida. Additionally, through our affiliation with the regional high-tech trade associations of TECNA and our contract lobbyists in other states, TechAmerica has a true 50-state network.
SGA is broken down into two sections for coverage – Regional Managers and Policy Committees. Regional managers monitor all legislative developments in a given region and report back to relevant policy committees on any developments that might be of interest. They also manage TechAmerica’s relationships with all contract lobbyists in their region.
Policy Committees hold meeting and phone calls to develop state policies and keep TechAmerica’s member companies apprised of emerging policy issues in all 50-states on their issues.
The regional breakdown can be found on the below map. If you have a question about an issue in a given state, please contact the appropriate regional manager.
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Recent News: Updates on SGA
- October 26, 2009: TechAmerica Recognizes Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield as California High Tech Legislator of the Year
- October 13, 2009: TechAmerica Applauds Governor and Legislature for Supporting the Advancement of Digital Textbooks in California Classrooms
- October 5, 2009: TechAmerica Hosts Executive Roundtable with Illinois Governor Pat Quinn
- July 13, 2009: TechAmerica Midwest Applauds Technology Investments in Illinois Capital Plan
- June 24, 2009: TechAmerica Applauds the Passage of Texas Children’s Online Safety Act
- June 18, 2009: TechAmerica and TECNA Join Forces to Streamline and Simplify Representation of U.S. Tech Industry
- May 13, 2009: TechAmerica Hosts 23rd Annual Tech Summit, the High-tech Industry’s Premier California Lobby Day
- April 7, 2009: Rhode Island Letter to TechAmerica about the Economic Stimulus Package
- April 3, 2009: DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s Letter to TechAmerica about the Economic Stimulus Package
- April 1, 2009: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Letter to TechAmerica about the Economic Stimulus Package
SGA Committee: Member Company Leadership
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Mission
The National State Government Affairs mission is to advocate on behalf of the TechAmerica membership on issues of importance to the technology industries in the states.
Achieving the Mission
The National State Government Affairs (SGA) is the principal state governmental affairs organization representing the interests of the technology community in all fifty state capitols. Semi-annually, the committee hosts a meeting of high-tech state governmental affairs professionals from across the nation who gather to discuss important issues affecting the technology industries at the state level and develop strategies through which TechAmerica’s State Government Affairs program helps to address their legislative needs.
This committee helps guide the overall direction of the organization’s state governmental affairs program and is an appropriate venue for all state government-related issues.
Who participates?
The typical committee participants are government relations professionals and in-house counsels at companies interested in technology issues in the states.
Contact Info: Get Involved Today
Kimberly L. Allman
Senior Vice President, State Government Affairs
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
North Building, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20004
kim.allman@techamerica.org
State Government Affairs Regional Policy Directors
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State Government Affairs Issue Managers
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This entry was posted on Thursday, December 10th, 2009 by Jason Langsner.
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