I know, bad play on a famous movie title, but I am very excited and proud to be participating in a congressional lobbying day in Washington, DC this coming Wednesday, May 13th. I have been invited, along with 16 other similar companies from around the country, to join CompTIA in DC to meet with several committees and hear from some very interesting speakers.
We will be meeting with theSenate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, theSenate Commerce Committee and the House Committee on Small Business. In addition, we will hear a presentation from a business development specialist from the Small Business Administration. I am also, personally, looking forward to a private meeting with the Legislative Director for our local New Hampshire 1st District Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porter.
I expect many of the discussions to focus on health care, access to federal stimulus funds and cyber security issues, to name a few. My understanding is that these meetings will be pretty free flowing and the topics may change as the discussions take root.
I am most interesting in discussing pending legislation's, federal and state, that may impact our clients and if some of these IT related mandates do become law, will our clients have access to stimulus funding to implement the proposed requirements. I'd also like to know where the health care debate is headed and what positive developments we can expect for our staff. I don't know any other industry that consistently raises its rates double digits year after year. If we did that, I doubt we'd have the client loyalty we enjoy today.
If there are things you may be interested in that I can look into for you while I am at Capitol Hill, please let me know. I have a ton of reading to do this weekend to get prepared. This is my first visit to Capitol Hill in this capacity and I am really looking forward to it. Thanks to CompTIA for making opportunity available to its membership. This member truly appreciates your efforts.
