Global IT Policy Resources

Backgrounds and General Information
18-May-06	ITAA Member Joins UN Advisory Group on Internet Governance The Secretary General of the UN has announced the appointment of the members of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Advisory Group, which includes ITAA member Masanobu Katoh, Corporate Vice President; President, Law and Intellectual Property Unit and Security Export Control Headquarters, Fujitsu Lim More...
11-Nov-05	ITAA Sets Six Goals for Doha Round The World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Agenda is an unprecedented opportunity to link the goals of opening markets to international trade and the benefits for economic development. The IT industry has set six goals for concluding a successful Round. More...
08-Nov-05	Industry Opposes New International Internet Regime With a debate over Internet governance simmering, IT industry executives and Bush Administration officials at an industry roundtable recently warned against a new regime of international government oversight and regulations. The pric More...
11-Sep-05	Global Public Policy at a Glance More...
11-Sep-05	Global Projects at a Glance More...
11-Sep-05	VAT and Levies E.U. VAT The Council of Europe has passed a directive imposing More...
11-Sep-05	WTO Services Round More...
11-Sep-05	Hague Convention and Treaty of Rome II Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters Draft text was initially release More...
11-Sep-05	EU Data Retention Directive Data Retention The EU prepared a Framework D More...
11-Sep-05	EU Privacy Directive Data Retention The EU prepared a Framework D More...
10-Sep-05	Meet the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) is a consortium of 67 information technology (IT) industry associations from economies around the world. WITSA members represent over 90 percent of the world IT market. As the global voice of the IT industry, WITSA is dedicated to: advoc More...
10-Sep-05	WITSA Member Profiles More...
10-Sep-05	China Trade Practices Stir Questions China is playing an increasingly important role in the world with regard to the information technology industry. While China represents a significant market for IT products and services, it also represents a significant potential threat to the established order. Despite seemingly positive discussi More...
10-Sep-05	Internet Governance News and Happenings More...

Comment and Letters
30-Aug-08	ITAA Input to the 2007 IGF in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil More...
15-Feb-08	ITAA Comments to Notice of Inquiry on the ICANN Joint Partnership Agreement More...
08-Feb-08	Letter from Congress to the World Trade Organization on Doha Round More...
02-Feb-08	ITAA Preliminary Comments to IGF Consultation More...
13-Feb-07	ITAA Files WHOIS Commments In a letter to Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) CEO Dr. Paul Twomey, ITAA opposed on February 2, 2007 a plan being considered by Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to eliminate contact data related to domain name registrants contained in the WHOIS More...
13-Feb-07	ITAA's Comments for the Internet Governance Forum's "stock-taking session open to all stakeholders" In comments filed by ITAA on February 2, 2007 via a letter addressed to Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Executive Coordinator Markus Kummer, ITAA encouraged the IGF to focus on the role of the Internet in economic development. Toward that end the letter cited the importance of capacity building More...
21-Jul-06	ITAA Comments to Notice of Inquiry on ICANN More...
16-Sep-04	ITAA Comments on China’s Compliance With WTO Commitments ITAA on September 15, 2004, presented its response to the Request for Comments and Notice of Public Hearing Concerning China's Compliance With WTO Commitments published in the July 29, 2004 Federal Register. See the cover let More...

Links
10-Sep-05	International IT Organizations Resource Links Index: WITSA Member Associations More...
10-Sep-05	China Resource Links Standards and Trade More...

Links

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International IT Organizations

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China Resource Links

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Other
17-Oct-05	Mixed View on China Trade Commitments China’s record on trade scored a mixed review at a recent meeting of the ITAA China Committee, featuring guest speakers Paul Neureiter, Senior Director for China, USTR Office of China Affairs and Cheryl McQueen, Director, China Office, U.S. Department of Commerce. In the past, China has bee More...
10-Sep-05	Global IT Awards See an overview of the WITSA Global IT Excellence Awards, including the 2004 Ceremony here. The next Awards Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the May 3-5, 2006, world Congress on IT in (WCIT 2006). ITAA member More...

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17-Oct-05

Mixed View on China Trade Commitments

China’s record on trade scored a mixed review at a recent meeting of the ITAA China Committee, featuring guest speakers Paul Neureiter, Senior Director for China, USTR Office of China Affairs and Cheryl McQueen, Director, China Office, U.S. Department of Commerce.

In the past, China has bee More...

10-Sep-05

Global IT Awards

See an overview of the WITSA Global IT Excellence Awards, including the 2004 Ceremony here. The next Awards Ceremony will be held in conjunction with the May 3-5, 2006, world Congress on IT in (WCIT 2006). ITAA member More...

Positions and Statements
22-Feb-08	Top Ten Policy Issues 1. Promote Competitiveness of US IT Industry at Home and in Global markets a. Take steps to retain jobs, assure ready availability of technical talent, nurture innovation and foster entrepreneurial growth and global competitiveness, including:. Double the graduates in Sc More...
09-Jun-06	Data Retention Advisory More...
09-Jun-06	ITAA Issues Position Advisory on EU Data Retention ITAA recently released an advisory advocating consistency in national data retention requirements developed as a result of a European Union mandate. Click here to read the advisory. More...
11-Apr-06	ITAA Calls on USTR to Sustain Progress on China Trade ITAA "presses for progress" on liberalizing markets as the US Trade Representative meets with Chinese counterparts at the April 2006 US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade talks. More...
16-Nov-05	ITAA Praises Internet Governance Agreement Arlington, VA -- The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today praised an agreement by participants at the World Summit for the Information Society meeting in Tunis to drop from the agenda proposals for forming a new international body to run the Internet. The Association ap More...
08-Jun-05	WGIG Internet Governance Response More...
01-Jan-05	Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy More...
13-Oct-04	Delhi Declaration on Information Security Agreement More...

Presentations
01-Nov-05	Global Insight Presentation More...
05-May-05	WTO DOHA Round: Achieving a Successful Conclusion More...
09-Nov-04	US India Cybersecurity Summit More...
26-Oct-04	ICT Policy and the U.S. 2004 Elections More...
26-Oct-04	Post 2004 Election and the U.S. Global Trade Agenda More...
26-Oct-04	Internet Governance and the Global Information Society More...
26-Oct-04	The Internet as Public Policy More...
26-Oct-04	The Outlook for Telecommunications Reform More...
27-Sep-04	Digital Planet, A Global ICT Spending Overview More...
27-Sep-04	South Africa's ICT Market More...
26-Sep-04	ICT in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda More...
18-May-04	ICT for Development More...
18-May-04	E-Science and the Grid More...
18-May-04	Services over Internet Protocol More...
18-May-04	The Grid and Public Policy More...
18-May-04	Russia's ICT Marketplace More...
26-Nov-03	Introduction to ICANN More...
26-Nov-03	Japanese Perspective on Offshore Outsourcing More...
24-Oct-02	Measuring the Information Economy More...

Press Release
05-Jun-07	ITAA Asks Senate to Preserve DOD Access to U.S. Information Technologies Arlington, VA -The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today wrote the members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees, asking them to reject provisions on Department of Defense (DoD) use of specialty metals included in the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Authorization Act pass More...
07-Sep-05	ITAA Opposes EU Data Retention Plan Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today told European Union officials that it opposes a plan to require technology and telecommunications firms to retain data on Internet traffic and telephone calls. In a letter to members of the European Commission, Parliamen More...
28-Jul-05	ITAA Applauds CAFTA Approval Arlington, VA, - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today applauded Congress for its historic approval of the Central American Free Trade Agreement, saying it serves as an important precedent as the U.S. pushes for open markets elsewhere in the world. "This a More...
01-Jul-05	ITAA Applauds Senate Passage of CAFTA Arlington, VA, - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today applauded the U.S. Senate for approving the Central American Free Trade Agreement and urged the House of Representatives to take up the pact without delay. "This is a promising development for the technol More...
30-Jun-05	ITAA Applauds U.S. Stance on Internet Governance Arlington, VA-Saying that "if it's not broken, don't fix it," the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) applauded the Commerce Department's release today of U.S. Internet Principles. "The Bush Administration has gotten the issues of Internet governance exactly right," s More...
09-Jun-05	ITAA Says "Enough Already" to Internet Governance Groups Arlington, VA-The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today told the United Nation's Working Group on Internet Governance that a proposal to create yet another group focused on the Internet would clog an already crowded field and that the resources required would be better used else More...
20-Oct-03	ITAA Cautions Lawmakers to Keep Offshore in Perspective Respond with New Competitive Reality Program Arlington, Virginia, -- Testifying before Congress today, the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) said the flow of IT jobs offshore is not as pervasive as policymakers and the public fear. To the extent that the nation' More...
06-Aug-03	ITAA Says Offshore Reality Presents New Competitiveness Challenges Arlington, VA - The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) today said that although the United States is the world leader in information technology, its future leadership position cannot be assumed and the nation must take affirmative steps to retain its competitive advantage More...

Studies and Surveys
31-Oct-05	2005 Global Sourcing Study Released 2005 Global Sourcing Study - Executive Summary Purchase the study The Impact of Offshore IT Software and Services Outsourcing on the U.S. Econo More...
09-Sep-05	Digital Planet 2004: The Global Information Economy Since its inception in 1998, WITSA’s Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy has been a widely consulted source of information about information and communications technology spending in various countries around the world. Digital Planet 2004, produced by the WITSA using data More...

Studies and Surveys

31-Oct-05

2005 Global Sourcing Study Released

2005 Global Sourcing Study - Executive Summary

Purchase the study

The Impact of Offshore IT Software and Services Outsourcing on the U.S. Econo More...

09-Sep-05

Digital Planet 2004: The Global Information Economy

Since its inception in 1998, WITSA’s Digital Planet: The Global Information Economy has been a widely consulted source of information about information and communications technology spending in various countries around the world.

Digital Planet 2004, produced by the WITSA using data More...

Testimony
11-May-05	US-EU Regulatory Cooperation on Emerging Technology More...
24-Jun-03	The Internet, European Union and Value Added Tax More...

Global IT Policy Resources

ITAA Member Joins UN Advisory Group on Internet Governance

ITAA Sets Six Goals for Doha Round

Industry Opposes New International Internet Regime

VAT and Levies

E.U. VAT

WTO Services Round

Hague Convention and Treaty of Rome II

EU Data Retention Directive

Data Retention

EU Privacy Directive

Data Retention

Meet the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA)

WITSA Member Profiles

China Trade Practices Stir Questions

Internet Governance News and Happenings

ITAA Input to the 2007 IGF in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ITAA Comments to Notice of Inquiry on the ICANN Joint Partnership Agreement

Letter from Congress to the World Trade Organization on Doha Round

ITAA Preliminary Comments to IGF Consultation

ITAA Files WHOIS Commments

ITAA's Comments for the Internet Governance Forum's "stock-taking session open to all stakeholders"

ITAA Comments to Notice of Inquiry on ICANN

ITAA Comments on China’s Compliance With WTO Commitments

International IT Organizations

China Resource Links

Mixed View on China Trade Commitments

Global IT Awards

Top Ten Policy Issues

Data Retention Advisory

ITAA Issues Position Advisory on EU Data Retention

ITAA Calls on USTR to Sustain Progress on China Trade

ITAA Praises Internet Governance Agreement

Racing to the Horizon: Competition, Innovation and Enlightened Public Policy

ITAA Asks Senate to Preserve DOD Access to U.S. Information Technologies

ITAA Opposes EU Data Retention Plan

ITAA Applauds CAFTA Approval

ITAA Applauds Senate Passage of CAFTA

ITAA Applauds U.S. Stance on Internet Governance

ITAA Says "Enough Already" to Internet Governance Groups

ITAA Cautions Lawmakers to Keep Offshore in Perspective

ITAA Says Offshore Reality Presents New Competitiveness Challenges

2005 Global Sourcing Study Released

Digital Planet 2004: The Global Information Economy