CompTIA Policy Issues
for the United States

Hot Topics

• Cyber Security
  • CompTIA Says Small Business Committee Task Force on Cyber Security Will Help Small U.S. Businesses Maintain Proper Info Security Practices - June 10, 2008
  • Data Security: Small Business Perspectives - June 6, 2007
  • CompTIA testifies before U.S. House Small Business Committee on the state of small business security in a cyber economy - March 16, 2006
• e-Recycling
  • Comments from CompTIA for the e-Waste Working Group regarding the E-Recycling Concept Paper - Friday, March 14, 2008
• Health Information Technology
  • CompTIA Says Senate Passage of E-Prescription Proposal Is a Needed Shot in the Arm for U.S. Healthcare - July 10 2008
  • CompTIA Hails U.S. House’s E-Prescription Bill as Important Advance for Health Information Technology, U.S. Healthcare – Urges U.S. Senate To Follow Suit - June 27 2008
  • CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - Support of HIT Legislation - April 24, 2007
  • CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - HIT Legislation Needed - March 28, 2007
  • CompTIA's Roger Cochetti applauds the U.S. House passage of H.R. 4157 the Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005 - July 27, 2006
  • CompTIA’s Roger Cochetti talks about pending Health Information Technology legislation in the U.S. House, and its benefits to VARs and IT workers - July 12, 2006
  • CompTIA Commends Passage of Health IT Legislation - June 19, 2006
  • Roll Call ad urging Congress to promote health information technology (HIT) investment - May 24, 2006
• Intellectual Property
  • Grassroots Urges US Senate to Pass Patent Reform Bill
  • CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - Patent System Reform Needed - March 29, 2007
• Procurement
  • CompTIA Applauds House Passage of Small Business Contracting Legislation - May 11, 2007
• Roll Call Ads
  • Congress – Pass IT Training Tax Credits
  • Congress – Keep the Internet Free from Stifling Regulation
  • Congress – Pass Patent Reform
  • Congress – Extend TAA to U.S. Service Workers
• Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Information
  • CompTIA ECITA Comments - July 11 2008
  • CompTIA supports Trade Adjustment Assistance - July 2007
  • CompTIA Urges Expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance to Service Workers - July 10, 2007
  • Updating Trade Adjustment Assistance for Today’s Technology Workforce - June 2007
  • CompTIA Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Testimony before the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee - June 14, 2007
• Tax Incentives
  • Economic Stimulus Law: 2008 Tax Benefits for IT Purchases – Buy IT Now - May 27, 2008
  • CompTIA's Roger Cochetti applauds the House Ways and Means Committee for approving H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 - February 13, 2007
  • CompTIA urges Congress to extend the expired R&D tax credit, Roll Call Ad - July 26, 2006
  • CompTIA Lauds Small Business-Friendly Tax Package - May 17, 2006
• Telecommunications
  • Letter in Support of the Massachusetts Cable Choice and Competition Act - June 4, 2007
  • CompTIA Salutes Passage of U.S. House Telecom Rewrite - June 9, 2006
  • CompTIA Testimony Before U.S. Senate on Telecom Reform for VARs - May 25, 2006
  • CompTIA says Barton broadband bill a good starting point in the debate to update U.S. telecommunications laws - April 5, 2006
  • SBA Study on Rural Small Business Use of Broadband - January 5, 2006
• Trade
  • CompTIA Applauds USTR’s Actions to WTO on the Information Technology Agreement - May 29, 2008
  • CompTIA Applauds Potential Movement on FTAs - May 11, 2007
• VARs
  • CompTIA Survey of VARs Says Broadband Competition, Keeping Internet Free of Regulation Key Concern - October 10, 2007
  • CompTIA Survey of VARs Shows Piracy Not Just a “Big Company” Concern - September 26, 2007
  • CompTIA Announces 9-point Policy Plan to Help VARs, Small IT Businesses - March 2, 2007
• Workforce
  • IT Workers and the 2008 Elections - December 2007
  • CompTIA Surveys Political Attitudes of U.S. IT Pros - December 18, 2007
  • CompTIA supports Trade Adjustment Assistance - July 2007
  • Updating Trade Adjustment Assistance for Today’s Technology Workforce - June 2007
  • CompTIA Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Testimony before the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee - June 14, 2007
  • CompTIA Applauds Senate Introduction of the “Competitiveness through Education, Technology, and Enterprise Act” (Compete Act) - March 9, 2007
• Other
  • CompTIA says ICT choice abounds Association urges EC to dismiss BECTA and other related complaints - May 2008
  • CompTIA Announces Top 8 Legislative Priorities for ’08 – Sound File - February 2008
  • Congressional Outlook - February 2008
  • CompTIA Adds New Intellectual Property Rights Depth to Its Advocacy Team - February 1, 2008
  • CompTIA Says Economic Stimulus Must Not Sacrifice Long Term Policy Goals to Boost Economic Prosperity - January 28, 2008
  • CompTIA Hires New Federal Lobbyist – Trista Roehl - January 22, 2008
  • New Maryland Tax on Computer Services Will Cause Cascading Negative Effect on State - November 19, 2007
  • CompTIA Announces Hiring of Its Newest Federal Lobbyist – Christopher Turner - April 30, 2007