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CompTIA Announces Top 8 Legislative Priorities for '08 - February 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

December 18 Roll Call ad - Keep the Internet Free from Stifling Regulation - December 18, 2007

Survey - CompTIA Reveals Concerns of IT Workers for 2008 Elections - December 18, 2007

IT Workers and the 2008 Elections - December 2007

New Maryland Tax on Computer Services Will Cause Cascading Negative Effect on State - November 19, 2007

Deputy Chief Republican Whip Eric Cantor Meets with CompTIA Public Policy Committee for Annual Fall Meeting - November 16, 2007

Congressional Outlook for Fall 2007 - September 28, 2007

Summer Congressional Outlook - July 10, 2007

CompTIA Urges Expansion of Trade Adjustment Assistance to Service Workers - July 10, 2007

CompTIA Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Testimony before the U.S. House Ways & Means Committee - June 14, 2007

Data Security: Small Business Perspectives - June 6, 2007

Letter in Support of the Massachusetts Cable Choice and Competition Act - June 4, 2007

CompTIA Applauds Potential Movement on FTAs - May 11, 2007

CompTIA Applauds House Passage of Small Business Contracting Legislation - May 11, 2007

Congressional Spring Update - Spring 2007

CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - Support of HIT Legislation - April 24, 2007

CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - Patent System Reform Needed - March 29, 2007

CompTIA Policy Position Bullet - HIT Legislation Needed - March 28, 2007

CompTIA applauds Senate introduction of the Competitiveness through Education, Technology, and Enterprise Act (Compete Act) - March 9, 2007

CompTIA Announces 9-point Policy Plan to Help VARs, Small IT Businesses - March 2, 2007

CompTIA Congressional Update - Winter 2007

CompTIA applauds the House Ways and Means Committee for approving H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007 - February 13, 2007

CompTIA comments on Unlicensed Operation in the TV Broadcast Bands - February 1, 2007

CompTIA's Top 7 for 07 - January 22, 2007

Fall '06 Congressional Update: What’s Up for Technology Issues - September 6, 2006

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 urges Congress to extend the expired R&D tax credit, Roll Call Ad - July 26, 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 Applauds Senate Markup of Telecom Act Update - June 29, 2006

CompTIA Commends Passage of Health IT Legislation - June 19, 2006

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

Roll Call ad urging Congress to promote health information technology (HIT) investment – May 24, 2006

CompTIA Lauds Small Business-Friendly Tax Package – May 17, 2006

CompTIA says Barton broadband bill a good starting point in the debate to update U.S. telecommunications laws – April 5, 2006

CompTIA testifies before U.S. House Small Business Committee on the state of small business security in a cyber economy – March 16, 2006

CompTIA U.S. Public Policy Office Announces Council Chairs for 2006 – February 7, 2006

CompTIA Commends President’s Focus on Innovation and Competitiveness in His Recent State of the Union Address – January 31, 2006

CompTIA Urges Congress to Curb Abusive Patent Practices – Roll Call Ad – January 31, 2006

SBA Study on Rural Small Business Use of Broadband – January 5, 2006

Food for Thought: Satisfying a Hunger for IT – December 13, 2005

TRAIN IT Training Tax Credit, Roll Call Ad – November 14, 2005

CompTIA Applauds Intro of 21st Century Jobs Training Bill – November 14, 2005

CompTIA Commends Small Business Tax Simplification Proposals from U.S. Tax Advisory Panel – November 2, 2005

SBA and GSA Provide Information on Katrina/Rita Contracting Opportunities – October 12, 2005

Survey - Small IT Resellers (VARs) Voice Public Policy Concerns; Healthcare Tops That List – October 7, 2005

SBA Compilation of Federal Agency Regulatory Response to Hurricane Katrina – October 5, 2005

CompTIA announces addition of federal tax and small business lobbyist - Lamar Whitman to focus on the interests of CompTIA Value Added Reseller community – September 28, 2005

CompTIA comments on NIST’s minimum security requirements for Federal Information systems - September 13, 2005

Listening Tour Luncheon for Congressman Tom Davis - August, 2005

Present congressional issues that may affect the VAR community – Summer ‘05 – August 8, 2005

CompTIA Says Ensign Broadband Bill Important Starting Point for Update of U.S. Communications Laws – July, 2005

CompTIA Urges FCC Not To Regulate Internet Protocol-enabled Applications Such as VoIP – July 20, 2005

CompTIA Applauds Creation of Assistant Secretary for Cyber and Telecommunications Security Position at DHS – July 14, 2005

CompTIA Addresses the Value of Training at Security Summit – June 29, 2005

CompTIA Statement on Brand X and Grokster Decisions – June 27, 2005

CompTIA Urges Congress to Make R&D Credit Permanent – June 16, 2005

CompTIA Hosts Intellectual Property Breakfast – June 7, 2005

CompTIA Ad Urges Congress to Consider Small Business when Rewriting the Telecom Act – June 6, 2005

Lawmakers Urge Colleagues to Co-Sponsor the COMPETE Act to Promote Innovation and “Upskilling” of the American Worker – May 26, 2005

CompTIA’s Public Policy Office Lends Its Voice to the Telecom Act Rewrite Debates – May 4, 2005

Congressional Internet Caucus Gains Local Perspective on the Telecom Act Rewrite – April 28, 2005

CompTIA Hosts Congressional Briefing with Senator George Allen regarding Taxation of Internet Services - April 11, 2005

CompTIA’s Public Policy Office Hosts Security Roundtable – April 7, 2005

Testimony of CompTIA for the House Small Business Regulatory Reform and Oversight Subcommittee Roundtable, March 17, 2005 – March 18, 2005

CompTIA Urges Congress to Help Small IT Companies – March 17, 2005

CompTIA Commends Policy Agenda of the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force – March 17, 2005

RFID Public Policy Considerations and Recommendations – March 9, 2005

CompTIA Commends Passage of the Job Training Improvement Act of 2005 by the U.S. House – March 3, 2005

CompTIA Applauds the Approval of 2005 Job Training Improvement Act by U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce – February 17, 2005

CompTIA says 2-yr-old National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace an Evolving Success – February 14, 2005

CompTIA Supports President Bush ’s Workforce Training Program Proposal – February 7, 2005

CompTIA Applauds House Introduction of Workforce Investment Act (WIA) – January 4, 2005

California 2003 eRecycling Act Implementation – January 1, 2005

President Bush Signs Tax Benefit for Small Businesses – January 5, 2005

CompTIA Urges Congress to Reform Patent and Trademark Office Funding – November 17, 2005

CompTIA Urges US House of Representatives to Extend Moratorium on Internet Access Taxes –
November 12, 2005

Presidential Candidates Answer CompTIA Tech Platform Questionnaire – October 26, 2004

"Technology at the Grassroots" – August 12, 2004