Contributing Author & Director, US Innovators Policy Council
There are many common threads in each of the job descriptions – for instance, the free flow of data is basically assumed, and many of these jobs may face unforeseen and ill-advised regulatory hurdles. But the common thread that stuck out to me was that all of these jobs will be dependent on coding, or at least familiarity with coding.
Read MoreYesterday, the House passed its tax overhaul bill (HR 1). House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA 23) has praised a provision that would allow employees of not (yet) public companies who exercise stock options to defer paying the taxes they owe for up to five full years.
Read MoreToday the House Judiciary Committee passed the Protect and Grow American Jobs Act, HR 170, which aims to curb companies from abusing the H1B visa system. Alliance members and tech employers rely on H1B employees who bring valuable skills from foreign countries. But companies that hire large numbers of H1B-dependent employees, often underpaying them market rate salaries, make the already tough visa system more cumbersome and difficult for employers to find quality, high skilled talent they need to innovate and compete.
Read MoreTax reform is finally here. While the House and Senate undergo amendments, markups, and debate, the tech community is engaging to stop a provision that changes the way stock options are taxed. Those who should be most concerned? Startups.
Read MoreMost recently the Trump administration is flying under the radar with its latest policy memorandum released late Monday that will make extending employment visas significantly more difficult. Under current rules, US Citizenship and Immigration Services officers exercise less scrutiny for applicants seeking a visa extension compared to new visa candidates — if you were a good candidate the first time, your initial merits are considered when extending the visa. But under the new guidelines, officers are instructed to apply the same level of scrutiny to all applications.
Read MoreContact: Chris Grimm — cgrimm@appdevelopersalliance.org Washington, DC — Developers Alliance President and CEO Bruce Gustafson released the following statement regarding Joseph Simons’ and Rohit Chopra’s nomination to the Federal Trade…
Read MoreFrom the desk of Bruce Gustafson, President & CEO of the Alliance: This is an essay on Encryption. It is also an essay on the People’s right to secure their property, especially where the Government is unable to provide security on the People’s behalf. Most importantly, this is not an essay about privacy. Let me explain.
Read MoreWhile that’s a flippant analogy, that little preamble looks a lot like what some political leaders are doing to the internet. While social media sites continue to ramp up their efforts to combat extremism online, policy makers are threatening steep fines if internet companies don’t move at unrealistic speeds to help solve a problem which politicians are actually responsible for.
Read MoreWhat the heck is Privacy Shield, and why should application and other software developers care? The answer, in part, is that developers everywhere are looking at a future where data is either free to flow or blocked at the border; circulating inside two completely disconnected clouds or in one. It’s important enough that policy heavyweights from the US and EU are taking the time to meet face to face this week in DC to discuss the future shape of the internet with (hopefully) or without (catastrophe) it.
Read MoreThe tech industry has long supported policies that encourage high-skilled workers to come to the U.S. The Alliance and our members have written about the impact of H1B visas and the benefits of high-skilled foreign employees who contribute their talents to U.S. companies. But the RAISE Act falls short of addressing the tech industry’s increasing need for retaining highly-skilled, often specialized workers.
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Read MoreContact: Chris Grimm – cgrimm@appdevelopersalliance.org Developers Alliance Announces New Leadership and Expanded Mission Bruce Gustafson Named New CEO, Will Focus on Representing All Software Developers Washington, D.C. – The Developers…
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