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03/04/10
ITP Policy Positions
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 [...]
03/02/10
Nurturing Illinois’ Innovation
How can Illinois better foster innovative, new start-ups and successfully retain these companies in Illinois? Click here to learn more.
02/12/10
New Technologies Assist Hearing Impaired
Yesterday, I attended the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment’s Chicago Listening Tour to learn more about tools that make work environments friendlier to people with disabilities. There are a number of new and emerging technologies, particularly for people that are hard of hearing, that help facilitate communications in the workplace.
Video Relay and [...]
01/25/10
ITP Merges With Other Tech Orgs to form MCCC
ITP has joined with other technology organizations to form Midwest Consumers for Choice and Competition. Click here to learn more about the new organization.
01/20/10
ITP Letter to the Editor: Creating Jobs
The Illinois Technology Partnership, Chicago IT Roundtable and Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center submitted a letter to the editor at the Chicago Tribune in response to “The jobs crisis” editorial published on January 8. Click here to read our submission.
01/14/10
Texting Relief to Haiti
Donate to Haiti relief efforts via text message! Click here to learn more.
01/13/10
Helping Haiti
The earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday is one of the worst the region has seen in 200 years, leaving millions in need of humanitarian assistance. There are several organizations providing greatly needed relief. Please consider helping however you can. Click here to learn more.
12/16/09
“The Impact of Public Policy on the Tech Evolution” Event Wrap Up
The Illinois Technology Partnership hosted a successful event to review the need for policy modernization in Illinois. Panelists discussed rapid changes that have taken place in the technology industry and the need for public policy to keep pace in order to promote innovation, investment, business growth, and job creation.
11/19/09
EVENT: The Impact of Public Policy on the Tech Evolution
Industry experts will discuss advancements over the past 10 years and give insight into where the technology industry is going in the future. Each panelist will address how public policies have or have not kept up with the rapidly evolving technology industry and ways we can prepare for new and emerging innovations.
11/13/09
Telecomm no longer just your landline
In the era of smartphones, telecomm has become so much more than just a landline, and entire industries that rely mobile and broadband communication for business are springing up nationwide. The Wall Street Journal points to the development of mobile applications as just one such example. Click here to learn more.
11/03/09
Policy Can’t Keep Pace
Technology changes so quickly, many policymakers are drafting legislation that regulates misunderstood or even outdated technologies. Read on to learn more.
10/26/09
Rural High-Speed Access Spurs Start-Ups
In many ways, small business growth is dependent on access to high-speed Internet, especially in rural areas. Read more.
