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From the
Desk of...Deirdre Hanford, Chairperson, AeA
Board of Directors
AeA Launches Tech Tutorial Series for Capitol
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State,
Federal, and International Lobbying
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International
Environment Committee Reviews Regulatory
Developments in Europe, China, Korea,
Argentina and Explores New Work on Chinese
Energy Efficiency Initiatives |
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House & Senate
Pass Extension of Internet Tax Moratorium,
Still Need to Reach Compromise |
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Major AeA Win
in California -- Bill Misrepresented as
Privacy is Vetoed by Schwarzenegger |
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Monthly
CyberSTAT: Miami/Fort Lauderdale Is
Florida’s Leading Metro Area for High-Tech
Employment, with 75,300 Tech Industry Jobs in
2005 |
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High-Tech Industry
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Travel Costs are on
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Working
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Michaela Muranova Chen, Director, International
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AeA Launches
Tech Tutorial Series for Capitol Hill
It is my great pleasure as the 2008
Chairperson of the
AeA Board of Directors to announce a
new educational program based on a series
of informal surveys and interviews with
Members of the U.S. Congress and their
staffs. They told us that they need
to know more about technology and how it
works. They have said that failure to
understand the technology could result in
unintended and harmful consequences to the
high-tech industry and to the economy at
large.
Based on these surveys and interviews,
AeA is launching a series of educational
programs for Members of Congress and their
staffs called “AeA Tech
101.” These tutorials will be
conducted by senior executives from member
companies who will explain the current
generation of that technology, its
evolution, and its future potential
applications. In many instances, the
faculty will be chief technology officers
of our member companies, with an emphasis
on clear and concise presentations tailored
for non-technologists. The purpose of
these tutorials is to educate and explain -
it is not to lobby. We at AeA are
convinced that the more that Members of
Congress and their staffs understand
technology, the better the resulting public
policy will be, and furthermore, fewer
unintended consequences will result from
that policy.
The Tech 101 series will kick off in
December and will focus on microchips and
microprocessors. These are perhaps the most
fundamental building blocks for many, if
not most, technologies. They also
have a pervasive presence in our lives,
some of which we know about, some of which
we don’t know about.
The need to host these tutorials was
reinforced in a Technology Daily article on
the initiative where, David Marin, a
spokesman for House Oversight and
Government Reform Committee ranking
Republican Tom Davis of Virginia, was
quoted as saying:
"that the number of members and staffers
with a thorough understanding of tech
issues is significantly less than the
number who claim such knowledge, and that's
not very many to begin with. 'Committee
members would not hesitate to send staff to
an AeA briefing on an issue important to
them,' he said.
'Knowledge is king around here, and there's
a heck of a lot more innovative thinking
going [on] in the private sector than in
government,' Marin said. The IT industry
drives our economy and is our best hope at
keeping the U.S. competitive in the global
economy. If more members and staff don't
get it, and get it soon, we'll continue to
fall behind."
It is interesting that within minutes of
the press release being issued, a reporter
from another prominent news service e-mailed AeA
and said, “I could use this kind of
tutorial.” AeA is considering
separate tutorial sessions for the press,
if the demand warrants it.
A steering committee has been
established for this new series with
Intel,
Texas
Instruments,
Agilent
Technologies,
Motorola,
Xerox, and
Citrix
as founding members. Additional
members will be named in the next few
weeks, including representation from our
smaller member companies. Future
tutorials will include new green
technologies, broadband deployment, and
nanotechnology. The steering
committee will select on tutorial topics
based also on input received directly from
Capitol Hill.
The in-person tutorial events will be
held regularly in the Association’s
flagship state-of-the-art
David Packard Conference Center on
Pennsylvania Avenue, just six blocks from
the Capitol. They will take place Fridays
over lunch.
For more information on the program or
to become involved in the educational
efforts, please contact
John Palafoutas, Senior Vice President,
Domestic Policy & Congressional Affairs, at
202.682.4451.
Sincerely,
Deirdre Hanford
Senior Vice President, Global Technical
Services
Synopsys, Inc.
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International Environment Committee
Reviews Regulatory Developments in
Europe, China, Korea, Argentina and
Explores New Work on Chinese Energy
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October 9, over 30 member company
representatives participated in an all day
meeting of the AeA International
Environment Committee in Santa Clara, CA.
Participating members heard from several
speakers who provided updates on a broad
range of issues, including the European
Energy Using Products (EuP) framework
directive, REACH, RoHS and WEEE directives,
updates on Korea RoHS, the Argentine
Battery Law,
China RoHS, Chinese Energy
Efficiency initiatives, and updates on
various regulations appearing on the
domestic front.
In addition to several AeA staff members,
participating speakers included Tad Ferris,
Partner at Holland & Knight, LLP; Steve
Andrews from the UK Department for
Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform;
DaeYoung PARK, Secretary General at the
Korean Environment Council in Europe;
Felise Cooper from Allen & Overy, LLP; and
Angeles Murgier from the Argentine law firm
of Brons & Salas, LLP.
The committee ended the all day meeting
with a productive discussion about
committee priorities for the upcoming year.
AeA will continue to lead coordination of
the China RoHS Steering Committee as work
is expected to increase on the catalogue
and certification issues. AeA is also the
leading association on efforts of the
International Substance Restriction
workgroup to develop global harmonization
position papers and advocacy strategy.
The group also decided to increase its
activities related to the Chinese energy
efficiency efforts. They will gauge
members’ interest in Chinese energy
efficiency standards, labeling and the
possibility of issuing a position paper
that would build on the
AeA Europe Energy Efficiency report
with a focus on the Chinese market.
The meeting agenda, speaker presentations
and supporting documents are
available on the AeA website. For more
information contact
Michaela Muranova Chen, Director for
International Environment and Trade Policy,
at 202.682.4445.
For more information on AeA’s international
activities contact
Rob Mulligan, Senior
Vice President International, at
202.682.4452
Rob Mulligan (bio)
Senior Vice President, International
For more information on the International Issues affecting your company, visit:
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House & Senate Pass Extension of
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On October 25,
the Senate passed a seven-year extension of
the moratorium on Internet access taxes.
The vote came a week after the House passed
a four-year extension. AeA and five
other leading technology associations
sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
on October 1 to advocate making the
extension permanent.
The Internet
tax moratorium, which bans state and local
taxes on Internet service, was first passed
in 1998 and is set to expire again on
November 1. The two chambers still
need to reach a compromise on the length of
the ban and a few other differences before
they can send the bill to the White House
for the President to sign.
Rangel
Introduces "Mother of all Tax Bills"
On October 25, House Ways and Means
Committee Chairman, Charlie Rangel (D-NY)
introduced the "mother of all tax bills."
The $1.3 trillion tax bill is a
"revenue-neutral" measure that would repeal
the alternative minimum tax after 2007 and
extend for one year all provisions set to
expire at the end of 2007 (including the
R&D tax credit). In addition, the
bill includes a corporate title that would
reduce the top rate from 35 percent to 30.5
percent and eliminate a number of corporate
provisions as a way to pay for the rate
cut. A summary of the bill can be
downloaded online on the House Ways and
Means website.
John
Palafoutas (bio)
Senior Vice President for Domestic
Policy & Congressional Affairs
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Major
AeA Win in California -- Bill
Misrepresented as Privacy is Vetoed
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AeA's
California Government Affairs Office in
Sacramento is pleased to announce a
significant political win with Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto to AB 779
(Jones), a personal information bill which
was misrepresented as a privacy bill.
The bill, vigorously opposed by AeA and
many other business groups, was a bold
gambit by politically influential credit
unions to impose their voluntarily incurred
business costs on literally every other
business and state taxpayers.
The credit union sponsors of the bill spent
hundreds and hundreds of thousands in radio
and newspaper ads to try and persuade the
public that this was, in fact, really a
privacy bill.
The bill actually did two things:
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First, it imposed certain credit card
data storage requirements on all
businesses. Those standards applied
no matter how small the business, no
matter how few credit cards they took,
even if they conflicted with national
standards required by national credit
card issuers.
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Second, it dealt with reimbursing credit
card issuers, like the sponsors, for the
costs they incur when they get a notice
under California's landmark breach notice
law. Under that law, a business is
required to send out a notice to credit
card issuers when it reasonably suspects
a breach might have occurred. It is
the voluntarily chosen policy of the
credit unions to cancel cards when
getting this notice, even if no breach
has in fact occurred. Banks, in
contrast, monitor their accounts before
incurring such large costs.
Revealing the true, non-privacy purpose of
the bill, the measure gave credit card
issuers a cause of action against anyone
who sent them such a breach notice.
Any business, no matter how small, even if
they had unquestionably complied with the
privacy portions of the bill, and even if
there was no evidence of any actual breach
of data, would have to pay all of the
credit union's costs, even the cost of
credit card replacement that were actually
listed as a per se compensable cost in the
bill itself.
AeA's September 19 letter to the Governor
explained the true, purely financial
motivation behind the bill. This was
further revealed when an amendment was
refused. One business group offered
to drop its opposition to the bill if it
was amended to provide that if a business
actually complied with the privacy
provisions of the bill, the credit union
sponsors would not be able to sue them for
costs anyway. The sponsors and author
refused this amendment. Since no
rational business would spend sums to
comply with the so-called privacy
provisions of the bill without also knowing
that such expenditures would prevent them
from being sued by multi-million dollar
credit unions, it was obvious that cost recoupment for the sponsors and not
promoting privacy was the true aim of the
bill's sponsors. This conclusion was
bolstered by the fact that, under such a
scheme, the only way a business could
protect itself would be to interpret the
data breach law in a more stingy fashion;
again, a result that should have concerned
the sponsors if privacy was truly their
motivating concern.
We want to thank all our coalition partners
-- especially the California Retailers
Association -- in helping to get this bill
vetoed. For more information on this
bill, AeA's work on obtaining the
Governor's veto, or to become involved in
the California State Government Affairs
Committee, please contact
Roxanne Gould, Senior Vice President,
CA Government and Public Affairs, at
916.443.9059.
Roxanne
Gould (bio)
Senior Vice
President, California Legislative and
Public Affairs
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Read AeA's 2007
California End of Session Report
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There
were over 3,000 bills that were
introduced and considered during the
first year of our current two year
legislative session in California. AeA successfully represented the
interests of the Technology Industry
in a multitude of subject matters
ranging from the creation of a State
Chief Information Officer, Internet
Privacy, Elective Sales Factor,
Research and Development Tax Credit
Enhancement to promoting Online
Learning in Classrooms, Chemical
Substance Bans in Electronic Products
and even an attempted all out ban of
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Attend AeA’s Upcoming
Government-Industry
Executive Interchange
NOTE EVENT DATE CHANGE
FROM DEC. 14 TO JAN. 17
On Thursday, January 17
Federal Chief
Information Officers,
Program Managers, and
procurement officials
will meet with the
leaders of the high-tech
industry to discuss
Mobility/Wireless, Telework, and Identity
Management solutions and
best practices at AeA's
offices in Washington,
DC.
This half day forum is
held for Government and
Industry executives to
discuss their similar
experiences, share
insights, exchange best
practices, and discuss
ways they can
collaborate together.
To register please go
to:
www.aeanet.org/InterchangeAeA
or contact Goldy Kamali,
Director of AeA's
Government and
Commercial Markets
Group, at 202.682.4432.
Recent Government VIP
speakers and attendees
(by agency) include:
AIR FORCE
Mike Wynne, Secretary,
Air Force
ARMY
Vernon Bettencourt,
Acting CIO, Current
Deputy CIO, ARMY
Jeffrey Sorenson, Deputy
Acquisition and Systems
Management, ARMY
Gary Wetterhall, Asst
PEO for Enterprise
Information Systems,
ARMY
DARPA
John Zolper, Director,
Microsystems Technology
DARPA
Dean Collins, Deputy
Director Microsystems
Technology DARPA
Tony Tether, Director,
DARPA
DCMA
Mike Williams, Chief
Information Officer,
Defense Contract
Management Agency
Department of
Education
Patrick Pizzella,
Assistant Secretary,
Chief Information
Officer, U.S. Department
of Education
DHS
Scott Charbo, Chief
Information Officer,
Department of Homeland
Security
Charlie Armstrong,
Deputy Chief Information
Officer, Department of
Homeland Security
Elaine Duke, Chief
Procurement Officer,
Department of Homeland
Security
Rod MacDonald, CIO
Customs and Border
Protection, Department
of Homeland Security
Soraya Correa, Director,
Office of Procurement,
Department of Homeland
Security
Ken Ritchhart, Deputy
CIO Customs and Border
Protection, Department
of Homeland Security
Jonathan Scharfen,
Deputy Director, U.S.
Citizenship &
Immigration, Dept. of
Homeland Security
Sara Schroerlucke,
Director IT Acquisition,
Department of Homeland
Security
William Thoreen,
Contracting Officer,
Department of Homeland
Security
Andrew Anderson, Program
Executive, Department of
Homeland Security
DISA
John Garing, Chief
Information Officer,
Defense Information
Systems Agency
Roberta Stempfley,
Deputy CIO, Defense
Information Systems
Agency
Jana Jackson, Director,
Corporate Outreach,
Defense Information
Systems Agency
DNI
General Dale Meyerrose,
CIO, Director National
Intelligence
DOD
Mark Krzysko, Deputy
Director, Electronic
Business, Department of
Defense
DOJ
Vance Hitch, Chief
Information Officer,
Department of Justice
DOL
Karen Czarnecki,
Director, Office the
21st Century Workforce,
Department of Labor
Thom Stohler, Senior
Legislative Officer,
Department of Labor
DOS
Gary Galloway, Office of
Diplomacy, Department of
State
DOT
Darren Ash, Associate
CIP, Department of
Transportation
Dan Mintz, Chief
Information Officer,
Department of
Transportation
Samuel Mok, Chief
Financial Officer,
Department of
Transportation
Tim Schmidt, Chief
Technology Officer,
Department of
Transportation
DSS
John Skudlarek, Chief
Information Officer,
Defense Security
Services
FDA
Gary Washington,
Director IT Government
Staff, Chief Enterprise
Architect, FDA
GSA
Jim Williams,
Commissioner, Federal
Acquisition, Service,
General Services
Administration
David Drabkin, Deputy
Chief Acquisition
Officer, General
Services Administration
John Johnson, Assistant
Commissioner General
Services Administration
Steven Kempf, Assistant
Commissioner IT
Integration, General
Services Administration
Georgia Marsh, Deputy
Program Manager,
e-Authentication
Initiative, General
Services Administration
Tom Kirelis, Sr.
Procurement Manager,
SmartBUY, General
Services Administration
GPO
Reynolds Schweickhardt,
Chief Information
Office, Government
Printing Office
Bruce O'dell, Deputy
Chief Information
Officer, Government
Printing Office
HHS
Dr. Robert Kolodner,
National Health IT
Coordinator, Department
of Health & Human
Services
Dr. Karen M. Bell,
Director, Office of
Health IT Adoption,
Department of Health &
Human Services
NIH
Jack Jones, Chief
Information Officer,
National Institute of
Health
Helen Schmitz, Acting
Chief Architect,
National Institutes of
Health
OMB
Karen Evans,
Administrator, Office of
Management & Budget
Pamela Piper, Office of
Management & Budget
Richard Burk, Chief
Architect, Office of
Management and Budget
Robert Burton, Deputy
Administrator, Office of
Federal Procurement
Policy, Office of
Management & Budget
Dan Byers, Deputy Chief
of Staff, Office of
Technology & Policy,
Office of Management &
Budget
SBA
Nicholas Owens, National
Ombudsman, Small
Business Administration
TSA
Deborah Kent, Secure
Flight Program,
Transportation Security
Administration
Patricia Titus, Chief
Officer Information
Security, Transportation
Security Administration
VA
General Bob Howard, CIO,
Veterans Affairs
Adair Martinez, Deputy
Assistant Secretary,
Information Protection,
Veterans Affairs
Stephen Warren, Deputy,
Chief Information
Officer IT, Veterans
Affairs
Ray Sullivan, Executive
Director of Field IT
Operations, Department
of Veterans Affairs
Charles Gephart,
Director of Field IT
Security Operations,
Department of Veterans
Affairs |
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If
your company would like to expand its
visibility with other AeA members,
enroll today in the AeA Member to
Member Discount Program.
Visit
www.aeanet.org/MtoM for complete
details and an application and don't
forget when you are shopping for
technology products and services to
check the directory for potential
savings from fellow AeA members!
New AeA Member to Member Discounts:
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U.S. Headquarters -
Vancouver, WA
Antares Advanced
Test Technologies is
reducing the cost of
semiconductor test,
with concentration
on high-sensitivity
areas like yield and
integration of test
disciplines, by
focusing on customer
support, delivering
innovative
technologies and
offering a single
point of contact for
your semiconductor
ATE test cell
requirements as well
as burn-in and
thermal management
solutions.
Antares is are
offering a 10% on
products and
services using
discount code: AEA |
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Associate Member
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Fort Lauderdale, FL
Christopher &
Weisberg, P.A. is a
boutique
intellectual
property law firm.
They offer AeA members
10% off fees for
all legal services
including all
litigation and
intellectual
property matters
such as patent,
trademark and
copyright
procurement,
patentability and
trademark searches
and validity and
infringement
opinions. They also
offer free initial
consultation to AeA
members. Mention
your AeA membership
to take advantage of
these discounts. |
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U.S. Headquarters -
Alpharetta, GA
Sevista Technologies
is a leading
developer of
eMarketing
solutions. The
Sevista platform is
a web-based ASP
application that
enables users to
create and manage
fully branded HTML
eMarketing campaigns
such as newsletters,
surveys, promotions,
fundraising drives,
announcements and
sales/marketing
events, while
providing the
ability to track
results in
real-time.
Sevista offers a 25%
Discount off of
their standard List
Pricing for any new
Enrollment of Sevista's Email
Marketing Services. Call
678.405.6044 and
request want the
AeA Discount.
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U.S. Headquarters -
Dublin, CA
Zendex designs and
manufactures printed
circuit boards and
industrial
enclosures for OEM's
in the Aerospace,
Medical, Industrial
Controls, Gaming,
and Transportation
industries. Zendex
offers a 5% discount
on all of its
standard products to
fellow AeA member
companies.
They also
offer a 5% discount
on embedded board
design and
manufacturing
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Learn How to Reduce Your Healthcare Costs
with AeA
70% of all healthcare costs generated in the
United States are attributable to preventable risks and unhealthy
choices,
including smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise.1
Through the
AeAHealth! Program you and your employees can have access to
UnitedHealthcare’s myuhc.com.
This online resource provides: the most up-to-date medical and
wellness information, tools to manage diet and exercise, as well as
tools to help you find the provider that is right for you.
Preventative maintenance is critical to
a healthy, productive employee! To find out more about the
AeAHealth! Program, and how your organization can benefit, contact
your local broker. You may also call
Tiffany Barrett at 202.682.4459 and she can
provide a referral to an AeA partner and preferred broker. (The
AeAHealth! Program, through UnitedHealthcare, is only accessible
through AeA Partners who are licensed preferred brokers.)
1 Research findings compiled
by the Wellness Councils of America and the Center for Health Care
Economics at the Milken Institute
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High-Tech Industry
Specific Salary Data At Your
Fingertips
Join us for an online orientation:
How to participate and access reports.
Date: Thursday, December 13,
2007
Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Pacific
/ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Eastern
Location: On-line Webinar
Cost: No Charge
AeA's
Salary Survey ensures
you have the right information to
determine if you are over or under
compensating your employees, allowing
you to maximize your top and bottom
lines.
AeA's
online, subscription-based access
survey, offers you fresh data,
anytime. Unlike
any other survey product on the
market, AeA's Salary Survey provides:
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Current Data - Updated daily,
year-round to provide you with the most
up-to-date data available
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Custom Reports - Refine searches
based on region, industry or company
type at no extra cost
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Free Access - AeA Members
receive complimentary access, just
for participating
Your company's participation in the
AeA Salary Survey is critical to
maintaining dynamic reports for you
and your industry peers.
All
data submissions are kept strictly
confidential.
For
more information, visit
http://survey.aeanet.org.
Or, contact AeA's Survey Support at
SurveyInfo@aeanet.org or
1.800.542.9078. |
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Travel
Costs are on the Rise – Let
AeA Help You Save
Global growth is placing
unprecedented pressure on the
travel industry. Business
Travel News magazine estimates
that travel costs will grow by 5%
due to inflationary demand which
will cause more than 300,000 U.S.
companies to face significant
business travel expenses this
year.
In
an effort to improve your bottom
line, AeA has partnered with Hertz
and Avis to provide the
AeA Car Rental Program to secure
discounts of up to 25%. In
addition to keeping your costs
down, this program also offers
your employees special services so
they can receive the best customer
service while on the road! Participating companies and their
employees receive free car class
upgrades, bonus miles, preferred
renter status and can earn AeA
Dues Credit with every business
and leisure rental. Last year
alone, this program helped save
technology companies over $525,000
in car rental expenses!
Click here for free coupons and
more information on AeA’s Car
Rental Programs.
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Miami/Fort
Lauderdale Is Florida’s Leading Metro
Area for High-Tech Employment, with
75,300 Tech Industry Jobs in 2005
Tampa/St. Petersburg, Orlando, Palm
Bay/Melbourne, and Jacksonville Round
Out the Top Five
Source:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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AeA's new
report, Florida Cybercities 2007,
shows that the state's high-tech
industry employed 276,400 workers in
2005, up by 10,900, or four percent.
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This makes
Florida the 4th ranked cyberstate by
tech industry employment and the 2nd
fastest growing cyberstate in 2005.
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9 out of
top 10 Florida cybercities add tech
jobs in 2005.
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Palm
Bay/Melbourne had the highest
concentration of tech workers in
Florida as a percentage of the overall
private sector workforce, 119 out of
every 1,000 private sector workers,
and they received the state’s highest
average tech wage, $65,800 in 2005.
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Orlando
added the most tech jobs of any
Florida cybercity, 2,500 in 2005.
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Fort
Walton Beach had the state's highest
tech job growth rate, 26 percent in
2005 and the highest wage
differential; its tech workers earn
more than twice as much as the average
private sector worker in 2005.
For more
information on Industry Data and AeA Publications visit
www.aeanet.org/research
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On October 2, Bill Archey, AeA’s President and
CEO since 1994, was presented with the AeA 2007 Medal of Achievement Award. As
the forty-eighth recipient of the coveted award, Bill joined a select group of
distinguished high-tech leaders including William Hewlett and David Packard of
Hewlett Packard, and Andrew Grove of Intel, who have all been recognized as
pioneers of the industry.
Tim Guertin, President and CEO of
Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
and AeA’s 2007 National Board Chairman along with Deirdre Hanford,
Senior Vice President,
Global Technical Services of
Synopsys, Inc.
and AeA’s 2008 National Board Chairwoman, presented the award to Bill Archey
during a sold-out luncheon at the San Jose Marriott.
Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, who was unable to attend the lunch in person due to a
scheduled vote in Congress, sent a taped tribute to Bill Archey thanking him for
presenting the needs of the high-tech industry and convincing the Congress that
they needed to intervene with legislation to improve American Competitiveness in
the global marketplace. The luncheon featured many other special tributes
highlighting the heartfelt praises of high-tech industry leaders who feel
fortunate to have had the privilege and benefit of Bill’s leadership and
influence.
AeA wishes to thank everyone who helped to make the AeA 2007 Medal of
Achievement Award luncheon a success, especially our Platinum Sponsors,
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. and
UnitedHeathcare, and Gold Sponsor,
Microsoft
Corporation.
2007 AeA Chairman Tim Guertin, President & CEO,
Varian Medical Systems; Bill Archey, President & CEO, AeA; and 2008 AeA
Chairperson Deirdre Hanford, Senior Vice President,
Global Technical Services, Synopsys, Inc. (L-R)
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Robert Grady,
Managing Director, The Carlyle Group,
keynotes the
AeA Technology Capital
Conference in Newport Beach, CA. The
financial conference, held from October
15-16, showcased a select group of
privately held technology companies with
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AeA's sold-out
14th Annual AeA High Tech Awards luncheon
was held October 19 in San Diego, CA,
brought nearly 650 San Diego high-tech
leaders together for networking and
honoring the outstanding companies of the
region. Pictured speaking is Melissa Ford,
CEO, Vektrex Electronic Systems, and the
2007 Chair of the AeA San Diego Council. | |
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Executives and
government affairs specialists from Google,
Microsoft, Fox Interactive (MySpace),
Symantec, RIM, Yahoo!, and several other
leading online companies met on October 26
in Washington, DC, as part of the
AeA Online Child Safety Working Group.
Presentations were made by the U.S. Dept.
of Justice and the National Cybersecurity
Alliance. |
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Michaela Muranova Chen
Director, International
Environment & Trade Policy
P:
202.682.4445
F: 202.682.9111 |
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Michaela
Muranova Chen covers international
environmental and trade policy issues
affecting AeA member companies and the
overall high-tech sector. In
these capacities, Michaela monitors
these issues through constant
communications with foreign government
agencies and collaborating with other
trade associations and AeA member companies
affected by the regulations.
Michaela
manages the work of the AeA
China RoHS
Steering Committee and the AeA
International Environment Committee.
The AeA
China RoHS Steering Committee is a
private group of AeA member companies
and other industry leading
manufacturers that communicate a
message of harmonization, ease of
product introduction and technically
and economically realistic compliance
requirements. By prioritizing AeA's
efforts in China and holding various
forums, meetings, and exchanges, the
committee has successfully forged
relationships that have allowed
companies the opportunity to directly
communicate comments, concerns, and
proposals in key issues with the
leading Chinese government regulators.
Michaela
also covers trade policy for AeA,
where she advocates the association's international
affairs positions to the U.S. Congress
to enhance member companies’ global
market access. Currently Michaela is lobbying for the passage of
the
Peru,
Panama,
Colombia, and
Korea
Free Trade Agreements.
Prior to
joining AeA in December of 2006,
Michaela worked at the
Telecommunications Industry
Association (TIA), as a Manager of
Government Affairs, overseeing the
organization's international affairs
agenda and covering domestic
competitiveness and innovation
efforts. Before joining TIA, Michaela
worked at the Washington International
Trade Association (WITA), supporting
the Executive Director in organizing
trade policy and diplomatic events.
Michaela received her Master’s Degree
in Economic Policy and Administration
from
Masaryk
University
in the
Czech
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Event |
Location |
| Nov. 1 |
Minnesota Tekne Awards |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Nov. 1 |
Changes To Oregon's Non-Compete Laws |
Portland, OR |
| Nov. 1 |
HR Roundtable: Building a Team That Has Accountability |
San Diego, CA |
| Nov. 1 |
Executive Night At the DMA |
Dallas, TX |
| Nov. 1 |
Management Communications |
Bellevue, WA |
| Nov. 2 |
WA Education Committee Meeting |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 2 |
AeA East Bay CEO Roundtable |
Fremont, CA |
| Nov. 4-7 |
2007 AeA Classic Financial Conference |
Monterey, CA |
| Nov. 6 |
Maximizing Your HR Structure for Impact & Effectiveness |
Portland, OR |
| Nov. 7 |
OR TIP Committee Meeting |
Portland, OR |
| Nov. 7 |
Doing Business in China, Malaysia, & India |
Santa Clara, CA |
| Nov. 7 |
WA Marketing Committee Conference Call |
Via Telephone Conference, WA |
| Nov. 8 |
November Monthly Member Luncheon |
Atlanta, GA |
| Nov. 8 |
Executive Briefing Session: IP |
Orlando, FL |
| Nov. 8 |
WA HR Committee Meeting |
Redmond, WA |
| Nov. 9 |
ASME Congress - Innovation Showcase '07 |
Seattle, WA |
| Nov. 9 |
OR HR Committee Meeting |
Lake Oswego, OR |
| Nov. 10 |
ASME Congress - Invention To Venture Workshop |
Seattle, WA |
| Nov. 12 |
The Smart Energy Dinner Program |
Seattle, WA |
| Nov. 13 |
Leading the Project Driven Organization |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 13 |
CTO & Engineering Executive Forum |
Portland, OR |
| Nov. 13 |
Mastering Leadership Skills |
Santa Clara, CA |
| Nov. 14 |
Marketing 4 Business Committee Meeting |
Washington, DC |
| Nov. 14 |
Export Controls |
Irvine, CA |
| Nov. 14 |
AeA Operations Roundtable: Kaizen Events |
Poway, CA |
| Nov. 15 |
PD Roundtable: New Product Design & Manufacturing location |
San Diego, CA |
| Nov. 15 |
Acquisition As a Strategy for Growth |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 15 |
Building & Motivating Great Sales Teams |
Portland, OR |
| Nov. 15 |
Update: Latest RoHS & WEEE Developments |
Santa Clara, CA |
| Nov. 15 |
Driving Company Performance: Executive Briefing |
Mercer Island, WA |
| Nov. 16 |
Driving Company Performance: Workshop |
Mercer Island, WA |
| Nov. 16 |
WA Executive Committee Meeting |
Redmond, WA |
| Nov. 16 |
WA Board Operations Committee Meeting |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 16 |
Technology Leadership Coalition Agenda Meeting |
Atlanta, GA |
| Nov. 19 |
Minnesota Governor's Trade Mission to India CEO Briefing |
Eden Prairie, MN |
| Nov. 20 |
OR Emerging Business Committee Meeting |
Lake Oswego, OR |
| Nov. 21 |
WA Membership Committee Meeting |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 27 |
Sales Leadership Roundtable: November |
Seattle, WA |
| Nov. 27 |
Rohit Kumar, Domestic Policy Director for Sen Rep. Leader |
Washington, DC |
| Nov. 28-29 |
Product Management Intensive - 2 Day Workshop |
Seattle, WA |
| Nov. 28 |
WA Project Management Series Committee Meeting |
Lynnwood, WA |
| Nov. 29 |
NJ-PA Government Affairs Committee |
Via Telephone Conference, NJ |
| Nov. 29 |
TX CEO Roundtable |
Dallas, TX |
| Nov. 29 |
Networking Bash in the 'Burbs |
Norcross, GA |
| Nov. 30 |
Executive Committee Council Briefing |
Conference Call, FL |
| Nov. 30 |
AIPMM CPM/CPMM Certification Review & Exam |
Seattle, WA |
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AeA
(formerly the American Electronics
Association), founded in 1943, is a
nationwide non-profit trade
association that represents all
segments of the technology industry
and is dedicated solely to helping our
members’ top line and bottom line.
We do this in partnership with our
small, medium, and large member
companies by lobbying governments at
the state, federal, and international
levels; providing access to capital
and business opportunities; and
offering select business services and
networking programs.
AeA is the largest association of
high-tech companies in the United
States with about 2,500 companies,
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To learn more about receiving the full
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For
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newsletter,
please contact the AeA
Monthly News Staff via email or at
202.682.4458.
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