Stephen Hand - Know Technology, LLC
Advocacy & Public Policy
Maine Public Policy
Information to help you sort through Federal and Maine Public Policy as it relates to Maine's technology industry.
- Legislative Alerts - Subscribe to TechMaine's Legislative Updates
- 2010 04/14 LD 1 - Maine Innovation Finance Program - The Bill is Signed into Law
- 2010 03/29 LD 1665 (3) - An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1 - The Bill is Dead
- 2010 03/09 - TechMaine Legislative Update
- 2010 03/06 LD 1 (1) - An Act To Stimulate Capital Investment for Innovative Businesses in Maine
- 2010 02/12 LD 1666 (2) - An Act To Improve the Seed Capital Investment Tax Credit Program
- 2010 02/11 LD 1665 (2) - An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1
- 2010 02/01 LD 1666 - An Act To Improve the Seed Capital Investment Tax Credit Program
- 2010 01/13 LD 1665 An Act to Prevent the Spread of H1N1
- 2009 03/27 Taxation
- 2009 07/30 Upcoming Sales Tax Seminars
- 2009 08/27 TechMaine Broadband Position Statement
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State of Maine
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Federal
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State Legislation
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- This page supplies a direct link to bio information for every Legislative Committee member in the current Legislature.
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Current State Issues
- TechMaine - Creating a $100,000,000 Venture Fund for Technology Firms
- TechMaine - Developing a Software Testing and Usability Design Center
- Lower Cost Domestic Sourcing: A Niche Opportunity for the US
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A recent national report corroborates the value of TechMaine's proposal to create the Software Testing and Usability Design Lab:
"However some functions will continue to be best done onshore. Included in this group are many customer facing applications and development management (ADM) functions (requirements definition, user acceptance testing, test script generation), functions where complex, high touch and/or continuous interaction with users is necessary (project, program and relationship management), jobs requiring security clearances and many others."
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