As new
members of Congress head to Capitol Hill next year and key House committees
handling tech issues change leaders, CCIA hopes the new chairs and lawmakers
recognize tech is an “everybody” issue.
Ed Black
told Politico at an election night party,“The truth
is, much of the tech industry would like to see tech issues not even
bipartisan, but nonpartisan.”
CCIA hopes this administration as it transitions to its
second term revives the ranks of tech savvy appointees. Several people with a
deep understanding of technology and the digital economy have left to return to
the private sector.
With some key international tech battles ahead, the
continuity a second Obama administration will provide could be helpful to
ongoing efforts for Internet freedom and trade. The Obama administration has
put together a strong, bipartisan team to advocate for Internet freedom rather
than the UN’s International Telecommunications Union gaining more international
government control over the Internet at the upcoming WCIT meeting in Dubai next
month. USTR negotiators have also recognized the importance of not adding
liability for US Internet companies as they negotiate the Trans Pacific
Partnership.
