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		<title>February 17: ITP Press Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 17, 2010, ITP, several statewide business organizations and technology companies held a press confence in Springfield to call for modernized technology policies. Check out the highlights:
Modernizing Technology Policy

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		<title>The Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/08/the-internet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know what it is, but how does the Internet work anyway? The Internet is a connected series of over 200,000 privately owned networks. It is a network of networks, consisting of millions of business, academic, government, and personal computer networks. The infrastructure for this complex system was built and is maintained by internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wireless</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you ever think you could do things like check your e-mail, watch a movie or read the latest news on your cell phone?  Today, thanks to new technologies like wireless broadband, you can and as a result, more and more Illinoisans are “cutting the cord”. 
In fact, 16.7 percent of Illinois households have gone exclusively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITP Policy Positions</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/08/itp-policy-positions-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are several of the bills ITP is supporting in 2010.  Click here to see a full list.
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		<title>Broadband</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/07/broadband/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term “broadband” refers to the high-speed internet service which allows users to access a large volume of data very quickly.  When you refer to cable, DSL, wireless modems, and satellite internet service, you’re talking about different types of broadband service.
While government cost estimates to standardize high-speed Internet rates across the country are between $20 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ExaFlood</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/07/the-exaflood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The internet has grown tremendously since its inception – from a mostly text-based medium of e-mail and information, to an explosion of more complex uses, including video, animation, music, and other bandwidth-heavy features. “ExaFlood” stems from the word “exabyte,” (or 1.074 billion gigabytes) and refers to the digital data boom that is pushing the Internet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telecommunications Act</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/07/modernization-of-the-telecommunications-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Revamping the Illinois Telecommunications Act is the best way lawmakers can address the need to create jobs in our state in 2010 without affecting the budget.  The legislation, set to sunset this year, was first written in 1985 and has not been significantly updated since 2001.  Over the 25 years since it was last reviewed, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ITP Policy Positions</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/04/itp-policy-positions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telecommunications Act 
Revamping the Illinois Telecommunications Act is the best way lawmakers can address the need to create jobs in our state in 2010 without affecting the budget.  The legislation, set to sunset this year, was first written in 1985 and has not been significantly updated since 2001.  Over the 25 years since it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB 3655, Technology Development Act &#8211; Sen. Frerichs</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/04/sb-3655-technology-development-act-amendment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/04/sb-3655-technology-development-act-amendment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This amendment to the Technology Development Act works to attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois by authorizing the State Treasurer to allocate up to 2% of the Treasurer&#8217;s investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa.
Media and industry experts commonly point to the flight of technology start-ups to the coasts.  Legislation such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Bill 3654, Emerging Technology Industries Act &#8211; Sen. Kotowski</title>
		<link>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/04/senate-bill-3654-emerging-technology-industries-act/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iltechpartner.org/2010/03/04/senate-bill-3654-emerging-technology-industries-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ITP is supporting the Emerging Technology Industries Act which will help to nurture and retain start-up technology businesses in Illinois.  Specifically the legislation:
• Establishes a program to award grants to qualifying emerging technology businesses in Illinois, and
• Creates an income tax credit for qualified investors who make an investment in emerging technology companies in Illinois.
There will be [...]]]></description>
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