Washington leaders meet with tech execs
About 100 technology executives, including dozens of high-level officers and CEOs, met with White House officials and congressional leaders Wednesday to discuss ways the tech industry can help turn around the economy and the legislative agenda they say is needed to make that happen.
Cisco CEO John Chambers, Hewlett-Packard Executive Vice President Mike Holston, and Solazyme CEO Jonathan Wolfson were some of the executives brought together in Washington by TechNet, a bipartisan political network of CEOs from the "innovation" economy. The organization unveiled its 2009 policy agenda, which includes some proposals already under way such as support for … Read more
