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March 31, 2009: TechAmerica
Report Shows that Tech Industry Remains Vital to California Economy
The Cyberstates 2009 report - which details national and state
trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors for
all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico - shows that
California's high-tech industry added 2,000 net jobs for an industry total
of 942,700 in 2007, the most current year for which state data is
available. This marks the third net increase in jobs since the tech bubble
began to burst in 2000. Leading the way in job creation were computer
systems design and related services (+12,600 jobs), R&D and testing labs
(+8,800), and engineering services (+2,500 jobs)...read
more.
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Cyberstates 2009 provides
2008 national tech trends on employment and venture capital
investments as well as the latest data on state employment, wages,
establishments, payroll, and research and development. |
Learn more about high-tech employment in
California.
January 22, 2009: AeA Presents Technology
Leader Award to California
Assemblymember Ted Lieu
High-tech leaders joined AeA to
honor Asm. Lieu at a "Dinner for Decision Makers" event in
Woodland Hills, CA.
Roxanne Gould, then-SVP State Government
Affairs, AeA; Asm. Lieu; Joe Gregorich, California Regional
Director, State Government Affairs, AeA; and JoElla Lapiana,
Executive Director, AeA Los Angeles (L-R).
September 23, 2008: California Ranks First
in Exports in Six of the Eight High-Tech Sectors |
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New!
Trade in the Cyberstates 2008
examines high-tech trade flows at the national level and tech goods
exports for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
The report shows that nationally,
high-tech is the largest merchandise export sector in the United
States, with $214 billion in 2007. |
Learn more about high-tech trade in
California.
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August 27, 2008: Read
AeA's Reaction to Governor Schwarzenegger's 2009 Budget Proposal
AeA believes that the Governor's recent
proposal is a positive step toward working with both Republicans and
Democrats to pass a responsible budget that includes a fix to California's
broken budget system...read
more.
May - July 2008: AeA Hosts
California Town Hall Meetings with State CIO
AeA once again
partnered with the State of California to host four regional Town Hall
meetings to continue a dialogue that started in 2005 to offer insights on
doing business with the state, which is one of the world's largest buyers
of technology goods and services.
"We have completed the series of IT
Procurement Town Halls around the state and we have come away with some
very good insights on how to improve the current process," said Teri Takai,
Chief Information Officer for the State of California. "We thank AeA for
organizing these events and look forward to continue working with them on
these and other IT issues."
Cindy Veri, VP, Xerox; JoElla Lapiana, Executive Director,
AeA Los Angeles Council; and Will Bush, Director, Department of General
Services, on July 11 in El Segundo (L-R)
June 24, 2008: Sacramento Tech
Workers Earn Twice the Average Private Sector Wage, Reports AeA |
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Cybercities 2008
examines the high-tech industry in the nation’s 60 largest
metro areas focusing on tech employment, wages, establishments,
payroll, employment concentration, and wage differential. The
report compares different U.S. regions and delves into the 16 sectors
that comprise the high-tech industry for these 60 cities. |
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Learn more about high-tech employment in
Sacramento.
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April 22-23, 2008: AeA Celebrates 22nd Annual Tech
Summit and Lobby Day in Sacramento
Over 50 representatives from 35 California companies convened in
Sacramento this week to review the high-tech industry’s policy agenda for
2008 at AeA’s 22nd Annual Tech Summit. The two-day event kicked-off on
Tuesday evening, and continued through Wednesday. High-tech industry
leaders and several government officials were present, including Teri
Takai, California’s first Cabinet-level State CIO, who gave a keynote
address...read
more.
2008 Tech
Summit Chair Leslie
Bar Ness, Symantec, & Assemblymember
Cathleen Galgiani (D-CA 17th
District)
March 5, 2008: Joe Gregorich to Lead AeA’s Public
Policy Efforts in California
One day after appointing Roxanne Gould to lead AeA’s
state government affairs efforts, Christopher Hansen, AeA’s President and
CEO, has named six regional policy directors to support member companies
in State Capitols across the country. Joe Gregorich, who is based in AeA’s
Sacramento office, was chosen to lead public policy efforts on issues in
California...read
more.
March 4, 2008: AeA Continues Expansion of State
Government Affairs Program; Roxanne Gould to Lead Efforts
In a statement made this morning to member companies,
Christopher Hansen, AeA’s President and CEO, announced staff changes that
will enable further expansion of AeA’s State Government Affairs Program
across the country. Effective immediately, Roxanne Gould will be promoted
to Senior Vice President of State Government Affairs...read
more.
January 23, 2008:
AeA, Government Technology Magazine, and Symantec hosted a Green
Government event in Sacramento.
Deb Calevro, AeA; Assemblymember Lloyd Levine; Denise Pearl, Symantec;
Will Semmes, Department of General Services, California; and Dave Blevins,
Symantec (L-R).
January 16, 2008:
Newly-appointed California State CIO Addresses AeA High-tech Executives at
First Official Public Appearance
In an event held on January
16 at AeA’s
Sacramento office, the newly-appointed State of California
Cabinet-level Chief Information Officer (CIO), Teresa (Teri) Takai,
addressed high-tech executives from AeA Member Companies, and gave an
overview of her priorities for the high-tech industry writ large...read
more.
Fred Thompson, Microsoft; Teri Takai,
CA’s CIO; and Barbara Ross, Apple (L-R) |
P.K. Agarwal, CA Director of Technology
Services; Teri Takai, CA's CIO; and Kathy Hatch, AeA (L-R) |
May 16, 2007: 60+ AeA Members Lobby California
Government Leaders at the Annual Tech Summit
On May 16, AeA hosted over 60 member company representatives in
California's State Capitol building for the Annual AeA Sacramento
Technology Summit. The over-arching theme of the day was how to keep
California competitive...read
more.
William T. Archey, AeA, and
Dick Ackerman, CA Senate Minority Leader (L-R)
Assemblymember Anna Marie Caballero (D-CA
28th) and other members of the State Assembly speak to Tech Summit
participants during lunch
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
CIO, Internet Privacy, Elective Sales Factor, R&D Tax Credit
Enhancement to promoting Online Learning in Classrooms, Chemical
Substance Bans in Electronic Products and even an attempted all out
ban of a specified Technology (RFID). |
June 27,
2006: AeA Report Shows that Sacramento Adds 1,300 Tech Industry Jobs
Sacramento added 1,300 tech industry jobs, for a total of 42,200 in
2004, the most recent data available, making Sacramento California’s
fastest growing cybercity and the...read
more.
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California Cybercities 2006,
is a 51 page report
that provides you with the latest data on high-tech employment,
wages, establishments, payroll, and leading industry sectors for the
state's top 17 metropolitan areas. |
Executives from the AeA Orange County Council
on the capitol stairs before the California Technology Tour begins
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AeA, ITAA, GEIA, and CSIA Merge to Form TechAmerica
Together, we are the industry's leading trade association, offering companies a broader array of programs and services...read more. TechAmerica President Testifies to U.S. Senate
Phil Bond testified to the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security...read more. Cyberstates 2009 Report Released
The U.S. high-tech industry added jobs for fourth straight year acording to TechAmerica's 12th annual Cyberstates report...read more. |
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2/10/2010: Conference Call to Plan (Arlington, VA) TechAmerica and Thompson-Smitch Consulting Group will hold a joint conference call on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 2:00pm ET to begin planning a joint "Smart Grid IT" conference to be held in Washington, DC in early May 2010.
Please use the registration tools on this page to RSVP so we can kno...More
2/11/2010: Finding the Workforce: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by John Dorrer, Director, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor and Joe Kumiszcza, Executive Director, TechMaine who will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and pri...More
2/17/2010: Finding the Workforce: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by John Dorrer, Director, Center for Workforce Research and Information, Maine Department of Labor and Joe Kumiszcza, Executive Director, TechMaine who will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and pri...More
2/17/2010: Identifying, measuring, and retaining the needed workforce (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation that will focus on common workforce concerns U.S. state governments, government agencies and private companies need to be aware of in order to successfully market their region to low cost domestic sourcing, including:
• Identifying and mea...More
2/18/2010: Webinar: Low Cost Domestic Sourcing – Making the Model Work (Via Online, Webinar) TechAmerica Foundation is pleased to host a presentation by Peter DelGreco, Vice President of Operations, Maine & Company and Jim Damicis, President, PolicyOne Research, Inc. who will provide a case-study of how the State of Maine was able to successfully implement low cost domestic sourcing. Discus...More
5/12/2010 - 5/14/2010: Growth Cap Financial Conference (San Francisco, CA) TechAmerica presents the 2010 Growth Cap Financial Conference at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, the only neutral forum for smaller technology growth firms to meet with potential investors.
- 3 Growth Focused Company Tracks
- Unbiased Forum
- Private Presentation Rooms
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Joe Gregorich,
California Regional Director, State Government Affairs
Mira Guertin,
Manager & Counsel, Technology
Policy
California Government Affairs
Devin Whitney, Legislative
Advocate, CA State Government Affairs
AeA Sacramento Office
1215 K Street Suite 2140
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916.443.9059
Fax: 916.443.6734
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