Competitiveness
Global IT Rankings Out: Denmark Keeps Top Spot
Apr 9, 2008 | The World Economic Forum (WEF) and INSEAD have released the results of the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report, its seventh Read More
Tech Policy Summit '08 Podcasts Available
Apr 8, 2008 | We're happy to report that the podcasts from the 2008 Tech Policy Summit, which took place at the Renaissance hotel Read More
Who Will Get H-1B Visas for FY 2009?
Apr 8, 2008 | Yesterday was the last day to submit H-1B visa applications for FY 2009 to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Read More
Sciencedebate 2008: Moving to May?
Apr 7, 2008 | With it looking less and less likely that any of the presidential candidates will accept the invite to participate Read More
Bill Gates' Visit to Capitol Hill
Mar 13, 2008 | During his testimony yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science and Technology, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, Read More
Companies Creating Home-Grown Engineers?
Mar 6, 2008 | There's an interesting article in today's Wall Street Journal about the lengths some companies are going to here in the Read More
New Data on CS Majors; Start of H-1B Season
Mar 5, 2008 | Data from the Computing Research Association (CRA) indicates that the number of undergraduates majoring in computer science at North American Read More
Program Uses Mobile Phones To Teach Math
Feb 4, 2008 | Qualcomm founder and chairman Dr. Irwin Jacobs was on CNBC earlier today talking about his company's $1 million investment in Read More
CCIA's Scorecard Rates Congress
Feb 4, 2008 | How did the U.S. Congress treat tech in 2007? According to the Computer and Communications Industry Association's (CCIA) recently released High Read More
President's State of the Union: Tech Highlights
Jan 29, 2008 | As a follow-up to our earlier post about the President Bush's State of the Union address, here is a summary Read More
State of the (Tech) Union?
Jan 28, 2008 | President Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress tonight. And if past speeches are any indication, Read More
Guest Commentary: Mary Arnold, SAP
Dec 12, 2007 | The following editorial was written by Mary Arnold, Vice President for Government Relations at SAP America, and a member of Read More
13th Time Isn't the Charm for R and D Credit
Dec 7, 2007 | The Senate voted yesterday to approve a one-year extension of the R&D tax credit, which is set to expire on Read More
U.S. Ranks 1st in Overall Global Competitiveness
Oct 31, 2007 | Earlier today, the World Economic Forum, the international nonprofit known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, released the results of Read More
Tech Coalition Keeps Fighting for Immigration Reform
Oct 29, 2007 | "The demise of comprehensive immigration reform does not change [or] reduce the urgency for congressional action this year on skilled immigration Read More
Editorial: Education Shortage is a Myth
Oct 26, 2007 | Improving math and science education has been a core issue for U.S. tech companies who see a need for more Read More
Treasury Secretary Talks China
Oct 23, 2007 | Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a keynote this morning about America's economic ties with China at a D.C. conference on Read More
TechNet Leaders Gather at Summit in Berkeley
Oct 12, 2007 | Industry group TechNet held its annual Innovation Summit on the UC Berkeley campus yesterday. As in previous years, PBS Read More
Republicans Debate Economic Issues
Oct 10, 2007 | CNBC, MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal hosted a Republican presidential debate yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan that focused on Read More
Senate Hearing on Small Businesses and Broadband
Sep 27, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), held a hearing yesterday on Read More
Congress Passes Competitiveness Bill
Aug 3, 2007 | Congress has voted in favor of competitiveness legislation that many tech industry associations have been backing. Both the House and Read More
Commerce Committee Backs Broadband Bill
Jul 20, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) announced today that the full committee unanimously voted in Read More
TPS Advisors on TV
Jul 7, 2007 | Two of Tech Policy Summit's advisors,** James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly and New America Foundation and Dr. Robert Atkinson Read More
The iPhone and SW Design in Silicon Valley
Jul 6, 2007 | On Monday, News.com's Charles Cooper asked a rhetorical question in his column: "Could the iPhone have been invented anywhere but Read More
WSJ:Silicon Valley Startups "Sour" on India
Jul 4, 2007 | Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (sub required) featured an article called "Some in Silicon Valley Begin to Sour on India" that Read More
Steven Levy on U.S. Broadband
Jul 2, 2007 | In this recent Newsweek article, Steven Levy writes about the current state, and the future, of broadband in the United Read More
Need for Speed?
Jun 26, 2007 | Communications Workers of America (CWA), a labor union affiliated with the AFL-CIO, has issued a report on Internet speeds in Read More
What's the Real Cost of Taxing Internet Access?
Jun 18, 2007 | It's a question more people are asking since, as we pointed out last month, the current moratorium on Internet access Read More
Follow-up Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jun 15, 2007 | In conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, researchers from Duke University and UC Berkeley have published a follow-up report Read More
Leading Tech CEOs Issue Report on Competitiveness
Jun 15, 2007 | The Technology CEO Council, which consists of the CEOs of Motorola, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Applied Materials, Unisys, EMC and NCR, Read More
New Report Examines Broadband Rankings
Apr 25, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of Tech Policy Summit's 2007 partners, has issued a new report called Read More
H-1B "Surge" Makes History
Apr 5, 2007 | It only took one day for the U.S. government to reach its annual cap on H-1B visa applications -- the Read More
H-1B Visa Process Underway
Apr 3, 2007 | News.com's Declan McCullagh wrote yesterday about the "rush for H-1B visas" that began April 1st. As McCullagh explains, that is Read More
U.S. Drops in World Economic Forum Rankings
Mar 29, 2007 | The Geneva-based World Economic Forum released its annual Network Readiness Index (NRI) rankings yesterday and the No. 1 spot went Read More
ITIF's Digital Prosperity Report
Mar 14, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of our 2007 event partners, officially released its latest report yesterday titled Read More
China Approves Intel Fab
Mar 14, 2007 | In January, we blogged about a Financial Times report that Intel is planning to open a new fab in Dalian, Read More
Elizabeth Corcoran on Immigration in Silicon Valley
Mar 9, 2007 | In her latest Letter from Silicon Valley column, Forbes contributing editor Elizabeth Corcoran writes about "Silicon Valley's Immigration Problem." Corcoran, Read More
New Report Assesses R and D Growth
Jan 25, 2007 | According to The Wall Street Journal, a new research report by Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D magazine predicts a "small Read More
HBS on Immigration and Tech Transfer in China
Jan 23, 2007 | HBS Working Knowledge, a Web site run by Harvard Business School, features a Q and A with Asst. Professor William Read More
FT on the Tech Industry and China
Jan 17, 2007 | According to Financial Times, while Intel itself hadn't announced such plans, the chipmaker may be planning to build a fabrication Read More
Science and Tech Chair Reintroduces Education/Energy Bills
Jan 12, 2007 | The House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced the re-introduction of several pieces of legislation from Read More
House Housekeeping: Science and Technology Committee
Jan 5, 2007 | With the start of the 110th Congress yesterday, Bart Gordon (D-TN) began his tenure as Chair of the House Committee Read More
Duke/Berkeley Researchers Release New Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jan 4, 2007 | In November, we blogged about the National Venture Capital Association's report on the number of tech startups founded by foreign-born Read More
Taiwan's Move Beyond Contract Manufacturing
Dec 26, 2006 | According to a Reuters article in Yahoo! News, electronics manfacturers like Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Motorola and Nokia are not only looking Read More
Defunding Could Cut TA and OTP
Dec 8, 2006 | Technology Daily points to a FCW.com article about possible funding cuts that would eliminate the Office of Technology Policy, the Read More
Study: Foreign-Born Entrepreneurs Play Key Role in Tech
Nov 15, 2006 | Technology Daily (sub required) points to a story in today's Boston Globe that highlights the role that foreign-born entrepreneurs play Read More
Survey Says: US Lagging on Next-Gen Internet
Nov 5, 2006 | FORTUNE magazine senior editor David Kirkpatrick (who will be one of the session hosts at Tech Policy Summit) reports on Read More
Op-Ed By Rep. Lofgren Blasts Congress' Lack of Action
Oct 31, 2006 | Cisco's High Tech Policy Blog links to an op-ed by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) that appeared in the Mercury News Read More
Exclusive: Q and A with Rob Atkinson
Oct 23, 2006 | Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to spend some time speaking with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology Read More
What Do China's Elite Think About China's Future?
Oct 5, 2006 | That's the question addressed in a News.com editorial today by Robert Holleyman, CEO of the Business Software Alliance (a Tech Read More
CRA Blog's Take on Competitiveness Legislation
Sep 29, 2006 | Earlier this week, the Computing Research Association's blog featured a post called "Innovation and Competitiveness: How'd We Do?" by CRA's Read More
Where Does US Rank in Global Competitiveness?
Sep 26, 2006 | CNNMoney.com reports that the World Economic Forum's 2006 global competitiveness rankings lists the U.S. as sixth overall -- falling from Read More
New Group to Study SEC Regulation and Competitiveness
Sep 13, 2006 | According to a press release issued yesterday, a new group called the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation has been formed Read More
ITIF Issues Report on R&D Tax Credit
Sep 7, 2006 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- one of Tech Policy Summit's event partners -- has published a new Read More
