The Information Technology Association of America wants more H-1B visas, a foreign call-center free-for-all and more money for e-voting. But is the IT lobby on your side? Recently while flipping channels, I stopped short at the face of Harris Miller, president of the Arlington, Va.-based ITAA. He was explaining to a local reporter that there was, yet again, an IT worker crunch in the U.S. Indeed, in a September 7,2004, memo to Congress, the ITAA recommends against two amendments that block tax dollars from being spent on government services that are outsourced offshore. And it voices a perennial ITAA plaint, asking for more access to specialized technology workers who hold H-1B visas.
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