BSA’s 2019 digital trade agenda outlines policy priorities critical to powering digital trade in a changing global economy. Smart, forward-looking digital trade rules, including the ability to transfer data across borders, are critical to economic growth and innovation across all sectors. The 2019 agenda broadly addresses trade barriers, privacy and security, and innovation – focusing … Read More >>
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It’s Time to Prepare the Workforce of the Future
The software industry talks a lot about the software skills gap and the need for more coders. That’s because it’s a real concern – the US Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there will 1.4 million open computing jobs by 2020, but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the skills to fill them. Industry and government … Read More >>
2018 Fly-In: BSA Talks AI, Data, and Workforce with Congressional Leaders
On Wednesday, board members and executives from BSA’s member companies met with Members of Congress to talk about policy priorities of importance to the software industry. These issues also affect the American economy as a whole, since every sector relies on software. Our delegation included representatives from ANSYS, Autodesk, Datastax, DocuSign, IBM, Informatica, Microsoft, Okta, … Read More >>
The Reasons Why Michigan and Indiana Win With Software
In late September, Software.org: the BSA Foundation released a study that quantified the economic impact of software throughout the United States. The report tracked state-by-state changes in growth, jobs, and GDP. The good news is that the study finds software is helping grow the economy of every single state, but the surging numbers in some … Read More >>
With Software, Every State’s a Tech Hub
Across the US, software empowers countless people and businesses, improving our lives each day in ways big and small. In Michigan, it’s reducing medical conflicts so Americans can live longer, healthier lives. In South Carolina, it’s improving transparency in police departments. In California, it’s helping design smarter and more sustainable infrastructure. Stories like these are … Read More >>