This includes the Internet, which started out as a US Government network. Bill Gates, owner of Microsoft, has a personal dislike of politics and has fought to stay away from it. His position as a hero to many in High Tech has imbued the industry with the same philosophy. The traditional partisan political power bases don't exist in High Tech. There is still a real shortage of women, blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities in most High Tech positions that carry any authority.
Trade unions are nearly nonexistent.
Most of the computer industry is still controlled by WASP males. As a result of this, the factions that do exist in High Tech don't have traditional ties to the political process. As the government makes more laws affecting High Tech, though, the courts are having more impact. The courts will also be felt when people start testing the validity of digital signatures in contract disputes. Typically, in the US political process, bad laws are created in the absence of participation of the majority of groups affected by the law.