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Day two of the 2014 D.C. Fly-In kicked off at the Cannon House Office Building with speakers who delved into data breach, broadband spectrum and cybersecurity. These included Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.); FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel; Adam Sedgewick, senior information technology policy advisor at the National Institute of Standards Technology; and Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.). Pryor discussed cybersecurity and data breach issues currently being considered within their committees, including th ...

Our second 2014 D.C. Fly-In panel this afternoon delved into how federal tax provisions – including tax reform efforts – can help new, small, nimble tech companies grow, hire more qualified workers, and provide new and innovative products and services. We learned how “the Startup Innovation Credit Act” and other tax provisions directed to small startup companies can create better opportunities for starting and growing tech businesses in the U.S. Panelists Rick Morgan, pol ...

This afternoon, we kicked off our much anticipated 2014 D.C. Fly-In, organized by TechVoice, the partnership of CompTIA and the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA), with an important panel on patent reform. Vishal Amin, majority senior counsel, House Judiciary Committee, discussed how the costs associated with abusive patent litigation are a considerable burden for small- and medium-sized IT businesses trying to get on their feet and compete within a $3.2 trillion global industry. Durin ...

Today, TechVoice hosted a WebEx webinar with two of Washington, D.C.’s experts on immigration reform. Alix Burns, founder of Bay Bridge Strategies, and Dan Turrentine, co-chair of Compete America, discussed comprehensive immigration reform legislation titled, “The Border, Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013.” Burns and Turrentine provided analysis of the legislation, fixes they propose and the bill’s future. Discussion began about the ...

Earlier today, CompTIA moderated a panel sponsored by the Congressional Small Business IT Caucus that included Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-CA), who founded the Congressional Small Business IT Caucus in 2011 and introduced “Startup Act 3.0,” a bipartisan bill that provides tax incentives that help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). David Brown, policy advisor of Third Way, started the morning with a discussion on the need for research and development (R&D) and research and exp ...

CompTIA believes that the looming budget cuts known as sequestration expected on March 1 will be a huge issue for all Americans, particularly tech entrepreneurs. We believe the largest impact will be on those small businesses who sell goods and services to the federal government.Furthermore, the fall-out from sequestration will cause major trauma for our economy and our tech entrepreneurs.So, as Congress and the Administration move to grapple with budget cuts, we call upon policymakers to contin ...

This morning we kicked off day two of the TechVoice D.C. Fly-In with a Tech Summit that included exceptional panel members from the private sector and federal government diving into IT workforce, Internet governance and other important issues for the tech entrepreneur.Ernest McDuffe, lead of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, started the morning with discussion of an initiative called NICE, which defines a framework to improve online behavior skills to enable a safer cyberspace ...

We heard from some great folks on a panel talk this morning at the TechVoice Fly-In in Washington, D.C., including Rep. Richard Hanna (R-NY) who discussed the importance of education and STEM including the introduction of bill called the STEM Education Opportunity Act.We also heard from Brian Forde, senior advisor to the Chief Technology Officer for The White House, who talked about the White House tech summit with the mission to broaden the STEM talent pool.Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) talked about c ...