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TechNet State Program
Facing the most difficult economy in decades, and relentless, growing global economic competition, the United States must embrace innovation to restore job growth and strengthen our position as a global economic leader. TechNet's members are America's leading technology companies at the forefront of the Innovation Economy, the sectors and industries arising from the convergence of computing, communications, biosciences and cross-disciplinary innovation. World leaders in e-commerce, software, hardware, networking, biotechnology, clean energy and finance, our members have created more than one million jobs in the United States. The rise of the Innovation Economy is a global transformation. Even as the U.S. economy struggles to restore growth, countries like China and India are investing in emerging technologies, education and broadband to secure a competitive advantage in the industries and markets of the future. The U.S. must redouble our commitment to the pro-innovation, pro-investment, pro-education public policies needed to make the U.S. the most innovative country in the world. We must move forward with investments in broadband, health IT, clean energy, research and education. To succeed, states must nourish a culture of innovation. This means forward-looking budgets that invest in education and research. And policies to foster deployment of next generation broadband; promote the growth of a safe, secure Internet; harness biotechnology to combat life-threatening disease and develop promising biofuels; and deploy smart, clean energy technologies to protect our global environment. Growing the technology sector is the best way to generate the ongoing resources needed for education, research and other critical investments, while balancing our budget. For example, when Google went public, California reaped $400 million in additional revenues. TechNet and our member companies welcome the opportunity to work with state leaders on behalf of a forward-looking, investment-oriented policies needed for leadership in the Innovation Economy. |
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