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U.S. technology industry in jeopardy?

AeA Los Angeles Council

On June 24th, the AeA released their annual Cyberstates report , with a not-so-subtle warning. The AeA report cautions that if changes are not made in the U.S.’s We either have to (i) streamline the visa process to encourage the next workforce to stay in the U.S.

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Web 2.0 & eHealth

AeA Los Angeles Council

Eysenback for the Journal of Medical Internet Research ) “The high tech industry is a strong supporter of eHealth initiatives such as ePrescribing that lower healthcare costs and improve the safety and delivery of care,” said Matthew Kazmierczak, Vice President, Research and Industry Analysis, AeA. We’ve already seen how Web 2.0

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2009, a new year for innovation

AeA Los Angeles Council

A report just released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says that spending $30 billion in taxpayers' money in 2009 on broadband infrastructure, health IT, and electric grid technologies could create or save approximately 949,000 U.S. More than half of those jobs, the report claims, would be in small businesses. (

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STEM - How important do you think it is?

AeA Los Angeles Council

To see the AeA's position on STEM education, please visit their website for more information. AeA is a non-profit technology association that is highly active in supporting legislation that will improve the quality of education, especially in the areas of Math & Science. Other Reading: From STEM branch future jobs U.S.

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High Tech is Hot -- and CA is on fire!

AeA Los Angeles Council

According to the AeA 2008 Cyberstate's report, California's technology workers earned an average wage of $101, 200 (112% above the state's average private-sector wage.) Christopher Hansen, AeA President & CEO, singled out "negligence on the part of our political leaders" to invest in research, improve the U.S.

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Greening the Workplace with TELEWORK

AeA Los Angeles Council

The report found that the organizations that successfully leveraged teleworking as a tool to downsize office space, saw an annual cost savings of $10,000 per employee. Reports predict that telework budgets will grow over the next 2 years – approximately by 17% in the private sector. AeA supports all of these approaches. (

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

With Dr. Drapeau's permission, the AeA Los Angeles Council is furnishing this insightful speech below: I'm sure that all of you understand that what I'm going to talk about today is my own informed opinion, and not the official position nor policy of the U.S. Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors.