CompTIA s Public Policy Office protects and advances the interests of the technology community before federal and state legislative, executive and judicial branches of government, and all regulatory agencies. The Public Policy Office seeks to influence legislation that impacts on the technology industries.
Legislators listen to their constituents.
CompTIA members need to get involved and respond to legislative alerts and other calls to action. Public Policy successes include enactment of federal legislation that placed a moratorium on the growing number of states taxing Internet transactions or Internet access as well as defeat of state legislation that would have required expensive licenses for computer technicians and imposed redundant standards, regulations and fines. In 1999, CompTIA developed state and federal legislation that would create tax credits for training in the IT sector. One state bill has passed, and federal legislation is receiving growing support. Only with your support will it become law.