Current Issues

• Current Issues

Overview

The Council closely tracks the following policy issues that are critical to the industry:

Promoting the Growth of the Internet:

• Protection of Online Privacy
• Deployment of Broadband Services
• Net Neutrality
• Taxation of Internet Transactions
• Unsolicited E-mail (spam)
• Open Source/Open Standards
• Government IT Infrastucture

Developing the Technology Workforce:

• Council Outlines Innovation Agenda for New Governor
• Impact of the H1B Visa
• Integrating Technology into Massachusetts Public Higher Education System
• Integrating Technology into Massachusetts K-12 Public Schools
• Offshore Outsourcing

Fostering Access to Capital:

• Expensing of Stock Options
• Alternative Minimum Tax on Incentive Stock Options
• Payroll Taxes on Incentive Stock Options

Protecting Intellectual Property:

• Patent Reform
• Copyright Protection in the Digital World

Security Breach:

• Security Breach Legislation