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Forty-one million jobs across the United States depend on trade. If you look around your community, there is a good chance that either yours or one of your neighbor’s jobs exist because of it. Free trade has been a catalyst for economic growth and fuel for innovation across the globe. Historic trade agreements like the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have been crucial to the economic success [...]
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At ITI, we have the honor of supporting the tech sector on the frontier of groundbreaking advances in environment and sustainability. ITI’s member companies take great pride in their commitment to achieving the triple-bottom line: creating a healthy planet while empowering people and promoting economic growth. Several ITI companies took time to commemorate Earth Day on April 22nd. The tech sector’s [...]
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The appropriate frustration and disappointment resulting from the recent Facebook and Cambridge Analytica disclosures are making it easy to forget the personal and economic benefits of social media. For example, let’s not forget that we choose to integrate these services into our daily lives because they allow us to deepen social connections and enable us to exercise our individual agency in a fashion [...]
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As of today, employers seeking to sponsor an H-1B employee for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 can begin filing petitions with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). If history is any indication, USCIS will shortly announce that the agency received enough petitions for new hires to meet the 65,000-annual statutory cap, as well as the additional 20,000 visas that are allocated for foreign professionals [...]
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Like the United States, the tech industry is a collection of people with exceptional skills and backgrounds. They have helped create a plethora of innovative products and services that benefit our day-to-day lives. If you're looking for an answer on Google, or buying something on eBay, or using a computer powered by Intel, it is because America opened its doors to immigrants. Half of the 87 startup [...]
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A lot has changed over the past 70 years, but if you drive down the road today, it is not too different than how it looked in the past. America’s infrastructure has not kept up with the pace of innovation and the significant changes society has undergone. We in the tech industry believe it is time we modernize our infrastructure to meet the demands of the 21st century. Yesterday, five Cabinet secretaries [...] -
I am a black CEO, not a CEO who happens to be black. My self-identity is steeped in my blackness and my humanity. Yet, I find myself questioning the seemingly singular focus on numbers when it comes to assessing diversity and inclusion in corporate America, including in the tech industry. There’s no question that diversity matters, and that data are a key component of evaluating diversity. The most [...]
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Here’s a quick exercise. Tally up the most important things in your life that rely on the internet. Your checking account, life savings, data storage, balance sheets, family photos, health records, rolodex, business procurement, travel plans, ride home — all accessible, and as a result, at risk, online. In less than one generation, global citizens have completed the greatest transfer of goods, services [...]
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States have long been considered laboratories of democracies and increasingly are becoming cradles of innovation. Governors across the country are leading the charge in leveraging emerging technologies to solve the most pressing issues facing constituents. For example, states are using mobile application technology to better respond to their constituents needs, applying blockchain technology to save [...]
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Over the past decade, the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has led global tech sector engagement in Basel Convention negotiations on used and waste electronics. The mission of the Basel Convention – a multi-lateral treaty ratified by over 180 countries (“Parties”) – is to protect human health and promote environmentally-sound outcomes by controlling the cross-border movement of hazardous [...]
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