TechNet is a full-service trade association that offers its members a wide variety of benefits and services ranging from our unparalleled, award-winning 50-state advocacy program to federal lobbying expertise and relationships in Washington, D.C. We also work with our member companies on strategic communications, amplification, and thought leadership, and serve as a leading convener for direct policymaker engagement.

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Federal and State Advocacy

TechNet’s teams at the federal and state levels advocate with policymakers on behalf of our member companies. Our experienced lobbying teams track legislation and provide information and intelligence on the status of bills and the stakeholders involved. TechNet’s bipartisan engagement with policymakers includes meetings, letters, testimony at hearings, policy roundtables, and fundraising events to advocate for our member-endorsed positions. TechNet sends a weekly report to all members updating them on actions taken on priority issues at the federal and state levels and a weekly calendar of TechNet meetings and events.

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Federal

TechNet’s bipartisan federal team, based in Washington, D.C., consists of advocates with deep experience on Capitol Hill. The team regularly engages with Administration officials and members of Congress on our comprehensive pro-innovation agenda to enable inclusive job growth, empower the workforce of tomorrow, ensure global competitiveness, and promote digital trust.

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50-State

TechNet’s 50-state program is unparalleled in size and experience among tech industry trade associations. In 2024, our state team engaged on 775 bills in 45 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., and our policy position prevailed 87 percent of the time. The team consists of eight regional Executive Directors and one Deputy Executive Director based in the tech hubs of Austin, Boston, Denver, Chicago, Harrisburg, Olympia, Sacramento, and Tallahassee. The team is managed by our Senior Vice President of State Policy and Government Relations and supported by a State Policy Coordinator and contract lobbyists in numerous high-priority states.

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Policymaker Engagement Opportunities

TechNet understands the importance of our members making direct connections with policymakers. To meet that need, we host events that range in size and scope, from small virtual policy roundtables to an annual federal fly-in for senior executives of our member companies. In 2021, TechNet hosted events featuring 120 federal and state policymakers. Examples of TechNet events include:

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TechNet Day

TechNet holds its annual Washington, D.C. fly-in for member company senior executives and government affairs professionals in the spring of each year. TechNet Day 2021 was held virtually last March and featured meetings with more than 40 Members of the U.S. Senate and House, as well as senior Administration officials.

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State Policy Conference

TechNet’s annual State Policy Conference is a fall event that brings TechNet members together with impactful state legislators from around the country for a multi-day conference featuring policy panel discussions and networking events. The 2021 State Policy Conference took place in San Francisco in November and featured more than 30 leading state policymakers from across the country, including California Attorney General Rob Bonta.

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Federal Public Policy Committee (PPC) Meetings

TechNet’s Federal PPC Meetings are held monthly. The meeting agenda features a discussion of TechNet business and engagement on priority federal legislation, as well as a conversation with a policymaker from Congress or the Administration.

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State Lobby Days

TechNet’s 50-state program hosts annual Lobby Days in high-priority state capitals, offering opportunities for member company representatives to advocate directly to key legislators with TechNet staff support.

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TECHtalks and Policy Roundtables

At the state and federal levels, TechNet regularly hosts smaller format policy conversations with a single legislator and a group of member company representatives.

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Political Fundraising Events

TechNet has PACs that are active in supporting legislators at both the federal and state levels. TechNet’s PAC funds are used to directly support TechNet- and member-led fundraising events and priority candidates throughout each election cycle. Contribute to TechNet's PACs here.

Strategic Communications

TechNet's strategic communications team works to build, strengthen, and elevate our advocacy efforts in Washington, D.C. and in state capitals across the country. We have trusted relationships with reporters at the national, regional, and local levels that enable us to shape stories and ensure our industry’s perspective is heard. TechNet is regularly featured in outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNBC, POLITICO, Axios, PunchBowl and more. 

TechNet’s team also works to support our member companies’ communications objectives through thought leadership, live events, strategic partnerships, social media campaigns, and targeted newsletters.

TechNet’s Tech at Work, a biweekly newsletter that highlights the positive impact of our member companies, and AI in Action, a monthly newsletter that showcases how AI is improving our lives, driving economic growth, and keeping us safe, both reach more than 3,000 key policymakers and staff in Congress and the administration, more than 200 reporters, and more than 15,000 state-level elected officials and staff.