Articles associated with topic: tech policy
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How Will the Biden Administration Actually Tweak the H-1B Visa?
The Biden administration still wants to tweak the H-1B program. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a much-delayed proposal (now scheduled for May 2023) that could adjust the definition of the… -
Does the Tech Industry Face Greater Regulation in 2022?
Although technology touches nearly every aspect of our day-to-day lives, it’s largely unregulated, and the big tech companies want to keep it that way. With Congress calling for more regulation and rules govern… -
H-1B Numbers Fall Due to Slowed Visa Processing, Travel Restrictions
The COVID-19 pandemic and visa restrictions are having an impact on the number of H-1B workers currently in the United States, as well as the U.S. government’s H-1B lottery process. An analysis of U.S. Departme… -
Biden’s Infrastructure Bill: What Does It Mean for Cybersecurity?
President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure spending bill into law on Nov. 15. The White House wants to use the legislation to invest vast amounts of money to build and repair roads, brid… -
SponsoredChanging The Way The World Moves
How Ford’s Technical Specialists Manage a Globalized Workforce The automotive industry is in a state of rapid change. In addition to the expedient move to electrification, auto manufacturers around the world ar… -
Lawsuit Gives H-1B, L-1 Visa Holders' Spouses Automatic Extensions
Spouses of H-1B and L-1 visa holders will be granted an automatic extension on their work authorizations. That’s the result of a new settlement for a class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in September. Th… -
House Reconciliation Bill Would Add H-1B Supplemental Fees
The reconciliation bill moving through the U.S. House of Representatives, better known as the Build Back Better Act, contains a lot of proposals for a lot of programs. Buried in its lengthy page-count are a few… -
Facebook Fined for Alleged Discrimination Against U.S. Workers
Facebook has agreed to pay a $4.75 million fine in order to settle allegations of hiring discrimination against U.S. workers. As a part of that settlement, the social-networking giant will also change some of i… -
Will Biden's H-1B Policy Impact the Tech Industry's Canada Migration?
During the Trump administration, many technology companies opted to shift operations to Canada. With the Biden administration now firmly in place (and supposedly changing the rules around the H-1B and other vis… -
Smaller Tech Companies Pay H-1B Workers More Than Big Tech
When it comes to the H-1B and the tech industry, much of the discussion tends to focus on how the largest and most-established tech companies use the visa. However, examining smaller companies’ relationship wit… -
Should the U.S. Government Raise the H-1B Cap?
Every year, employers register with the federal government for hundreds of thousands of H-1Bs. However, the H-1B cap means only a relatively small percentage of companies will actually succeed in securing an H-… -
SponsoredWhy Finding Your 'Work-Life Integration' is Better Than 'Work-Life Balance'
We’re all familiar with the so-called Work-Life Balance. But, this conjures up visions of see-saws that must be perfectly balanced with equal weights on both ends at all times to ensure success. I personally be…