TechAmerica Foundation educates industry executives, policymakers, and opinion leaders on the promise of technological innovation to advance prosperity, security, and the general welfare.

Launched in 1981, the foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, non-partisan affiliate of TechAmerica, the leading voice and resource for the U.S. technology industry. It disseminates award-winning industry, policy, and market research covering topics such as U.S. competitiveness in a global economy, innovation in government, and other areas of national interest.

The foundation also organizes conferences and seminars to explore pertinent issues with government and industry representatives and to share the foundation's findings


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Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning
Led by Dr. David Belanger of AT&T Labs; Dr. Arden Bement Jr. of Purdue University and Dr. Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, of the Apollo Research Institute, the Commission has brought together leaders in education technology from industry and academia to recommend an initial research and policy agenda for Digital Promise... Read Full Article
Job Losses in U.S. High-Tech Industry Decline in 2010
TechAmerica Foundation's 14th annual Cyberstates report details national and state trends in high-tech employment, wages, and other key economic factors. Cyberstates 2011: The Definitive State-by-State Analysis of the U.S. High-Tech Industry covers all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico... Read Full Article
State & Local Government Cloud Commission
TechAmerica Foundation has announced that on the heels of the federal roadmap for adoption of cloud computing, an expert panel of industry leaders is being created to develop a comparable report and guide to help state and local governments acquire and implement cloud technologies... Read Full Article
Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2). TechAmerica Foundation convened a group of senior technology industry thought leaders to serve on a commission to provide the Obama Administration with recommendations for how government should deploy cloud technologies and for public policies that will help to drive U.S. innovation in the cloud.... Read Full Article