ITI Spotlight:
Building the Future: Tech''s Policy Platform for U.S. Candidates
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ITI released its Tech Policy Platform for U.S. Candidates, a cross-sector tech policy roadmap outlining policy recommendations that will enable a continued economic recovery and future prosperity in the United States, global leadership, and the fostering of greater opportunities across all communities.
The policy recommendations in ITI''s platform include:
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Enabling a Diverse Future Workforce by providing STEM education, closing skills and opportunity gaps, and supporting high-skilled immigration.
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Enabling Prosperity to support American businesses by encouraging open markets, reducing barriers to trade, and promoting a competitive tax system.
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Enabling U.S. Innovation and Leadership by investing in innovative technologies, streamlining policies to accelerate public sector use of technology, advancing a legal and regulatory environment that fosters competition and growth, and promoting leadership in sustainability.
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Enabling Trust and Resiliency by investing in cutting-edge digital infrastructure, embracing new technology to defend against cyber-threats, ensuring data privacy, and protecting the security of global supply chains.
In an open letter to 2020 U.S. candidates, ITI’s President and CEO Jason Oxman stressed the tech industry’s commitment to working constructively with the next Administration and the next Congress to ensure that the United States adopts policies that support the well-being of Americans as the workforce and education landscapes continue to evolve.
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POLITICO Morning Tech: Tech Industry Unveils Policy Recommendations (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Inside Cybersecurity: Tech Group Urges Presidential, Congressional Candidates to Embrace Policies Including Commitment to Cybersecurity (Jason Oxman quoted)
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ITI: ITI Unveils Tech Policy Platform for U.S. Candidates
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ITI & Protocol Join to Host National Political Conventions Event Series |
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ITI and Protocol have teamed up to host a two-part series on the tech and policy needed to enable a diverse future workforce and a strong economy featuring ITI member companies Adobe, Cognizant, Corning, Dropbox, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, IBM, and SAP. The second event, on enabling the technology of the future, will take place this coming Wednesday, August 26, at 12:00pm ET. RSVP here.
Watch a recap of the first event—Enabling a Diverse Future Workforce—here.
As part of our partnership, ITI and member companies Adobe, HP, Samsung, and SAP outlined their policy ideas for diversifying the workforce and addressing election security:
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Protocol: What are the most pressing policies that will help ensure the growth of a talented, diverse workforce in 2021 and beyond? (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Protocol: What plausible action could the tech companies and government agencies working on election security take before November to increase trust in the process? (John Miller quoted)
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Major Supply Chain Law Sec. 889 Implemented in U.S. |
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ITI issued a reaction from Gordon Bitko, SVP of Public Sector Policy, in response to the implementation of Sec. 889, a ban on U.S. government contractor use of telecommunications equipment from Huawei and ZTE and certain video surveillance equipment from three other named entities.
Bitko appeared on WJLA''s Government Matters to speak more about the impact of Sec. 889 for tech industry government contractors.
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Government Matters: Updates on the Ban on Chinese Telecommunications Products (Gordon Bitko interviewed)
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Reuters: U.S. Federal Contract Ban Takes Effect for Companies Using Equipment from Huawei, Others (Gordon Bitko quoted)
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POLITICO Pro Morning Cybersecurity: Brace Yourself (Gordon Bitko quoted)
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ITI: ITI Responds to Enactment of Major Government Acquisition Supply Chain Law
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Press Releases
- ITI Unveils Tech Policy Platform for U.S. Candidates
- ITI Unveils New Policy Recommendations for the Americas
- ITI Responds to Enactment of Major Government Acquisition Supply Chain Law
- ITI Calls on Congressional Leadership to Fund Digital Skills Development in Future Pandemic Aid Package
- Tech Industry Welcomes Initiation of Discussions on a New EU-U.S. Data Transfer Agreement
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ITI''s Tech Sector Policy Platform
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POLITICO Morning Tech: Tech Industry Unveils Policy Recommendations (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Inside Cybersecurity: Tech Group Urges Presidential, Congressional Candidates to Embrace Policies Including Commitment to Cybersecurity (Jason Oxman quoted)
ITI''s High-Tech Innovation Report
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Morning Consult: High-Tech Sectors Will Power U.S. Economic Recovery From the Ground Up (Jason Oxman authored)
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Rep. Jamie Raskin: Rep. Raskin Announces 8th District Has Highest Proportion of Science & Engineering Jobs of Any Congressional District in America (ITI mentioned)
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Montgomery County Media: Maryland''s 8th District Leads in Science and Engineering Jobs, Study Says (ITI mentioned)
Data/Privacy
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Axios: EU-U.S. Privacy Rift Leaves Businesses in Disarray (Guido Lobrano quoted)
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Washington Post: Tech 202: The Commerce Department and the European Commission will begin to work on a new agreement to make it easier for companies to comply with E.U. data laws (Jason Oxman quoted)
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POLITICO Morning Tech: U.S. and Europe Kick Off Fresh Privacy Shield Talks (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Law360: EU, U.S. In Talks to Replace Axed Privacy Shield Data Pact (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Multichannel: U.S., EU Working on New Privacy Shield (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Bloomberg Government: U.S., EU Say Discussions Underway on Privacy Shield Follow-up (Jason Oxman quoted)
Workforce
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Protocol: What are the most pressing policies that will help ensure the growth of a talented, diverse workforce in 2021 and beyond? (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Bloomberg Government: Tech Groups Calls for Digital Skills Funds (ITI quoted)
Cybersecurity
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South China Morning Post: US tries to pick up pace in developing 5G alternative to Huawei (Jason Oxman quoted)
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Protocol: What plausible action could the tech companies and government agencies working on election security take before November to increase trust in the process? (John Miller quoted)
Public Sector
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Government Matters: Updates on the Ban on Chinese Telecommunications Products (Gordon Bitko interviewed)
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Reuters: U.S. Federal Contract Ban Takes Effect for Companies Using Equipment from Huawei, Others (Gordon Bitko quoted)
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POLITICO Pro Morning Cybersecurity: Brace Yourself (Gordon Bitko quoted)
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Federal Computer Weekly: How Commercial Tech Supports Government COVID Response (ITI mentioned)
Immigration
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Forbes: Tech Company Amicus Brief Makes a Strong Case for Immigration (ITI mentioned)
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Agence France-Presse: Tech Titans Say Trump Block on Worker Visas Harms US (ITI mentioned)
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Crain''s Detroit Business: Restrictive Immigration Policy Hurts Michigan''s Economy (ITI mentioned)
Tax & Trade
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Bloomberg Tax: OECD Pitches Plan to Curb Tax Feuds Between Companies, Countries (Sam Rizzo quoted)
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POLITICO Pro Morning Trade: The Information Technology Industry Council has released its new policy recommendations for the Americas, which includes promoting a pro-digital trade policy and avoiding localization barriers. (ITI mentioned)
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Member Updates on COVID-19 Response |
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To keep up to date with what ITI member companies are doing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, explore ITI''s directory of resources for businesses, educators, communities, and governments.
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