IEEE-USA In the News

 

Appended below is a listing of references to IEEE-USA in various media publications. In some cases, the text of the article has been reprinted. Note: Due to the nature of the Internet, some of the links may have expired or require a password.

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4th Quarter
	IT salaries down last year By Grant Gross The Industry Standard 23 December 2004   Also ran in:  PC World ComputerWorld IT World Yahoo News
	Offshoring Said to Zap Electrical Engineers’ Wages By Daniel Sorid Reuters 23 December 2004   Also ran in:  USA Today online CIOL.com ABS-CBN News.com New York Post online edition Yahoo News Yahoo Asia News Yahoo Singapore News Reuters UK Muzi.com.
	Creating Diversity in Your IT Staff By David Southgate Earthweb 20 December 2004
	Stealth Lawmaking Seattle Post-Intelligencer Editorial Board 24 November 2004
	Companies face costs of US visa expansion By Edward Alden Financial Times 24 November 2004
	Bill adds 20,000 H-1B visas By Ed Frauenheim, Staff Writer, CNET News.com The New York Times 22 November 2004
	Some high-tech groups claim H-1B visas unfair By Alana Roberts Las Vegas Sun 22 November 2004
	Congress ups H-1B visa cap by 20,000 By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld 22 November 2004
	Expert: Offshoring presents many challenges to U.S. By Rebecca Lipchitz The Sun, Lowell, Mass. 19 November 2004
	IT unemployment now exceeds overall jobless rate By Greg Schneider The Washington Post 9 November 2004
	Think Globally, Act Locally (with IEEE-USA's Ron Hira) Time Bonus Section November 2004
	IEEE-USA backs center to give Congress technological expertise Control Engineering 19 October 2004
	Industry scrambles to decipher tax bill By George Leopold EE Times 14 October 2004
	Visa Issues Vex Tech Workers, Their Employers By Ellen McCarthy The Washington Post, pg E1 14 October 2004
	Building the Engineering Electorate By Elizabeth Johnson Design News 11 October 2004
	Induce Act Talks Sputter By Katie Dean Wired News 7 October 2004
	H-1B visa cap: Any hope for techies? Sify Finance (India) 5 October 2004
	H-1B visas nearly gone By Patrick Thibodeau ComputerWorld 4 October 2004
3rd Quarter
	Broad anti-piracy bill could ensnare device makers (subscription required) By Marilyn Geewax The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 29 September 2004   Also ran in:  Austin American-Statesman
	Sheila Lennon: Incredible String Band (Fourth Item is “Congress considering H-1B expansion: Deal could add 76,000 H-1B visas”) By Sheila Lennon Providence (R.I.) Journal – On WHAS TV (Louisville, Ky.) Web site 28 September 2004
	New Induce Act Alarms Foes By Katie Dean Wired News 27 September 2004
	The Engineer’s Conflict By Brian Fuller EE Times 30 August 2004
	Outsourcing issue flares up at chip conference By Joris Evers, IDG News Service InfoWorld 24 August 2004   Also ran in:  Network World Fusion IDG.com Computer Weekly.com ComputerWorld
	Outsourcing backers say move up food chain, foes question new job claims By Brian Fuller EE Times 24 August 2004   Also ran in:  Silicon Strategies Electronic Buyers News
	Better Times for Techies? By Ed Frauenheim CNet News.com 19 August 2004
	Greenspan's Blinders on Job Quality By Alan Tonelson AmericanEconomicAlert.org 01 August 2004
	High-tech employment numbers drop in the second quarter By Grant Gross IDG News Service 27 July 2004   Also ran in:  ITWorld.com Network World Fusion InfoWorld
	Techies Blast Induce Act By Katie Dean Wired News 23 July 2004
	Tech groups fight copyright infringement bill By Grant Gross, IDG News Service MacCentral 23 July 2004
	Hatch Vows P2P Action This Year By Roy Mark internetnews.com 23 July 2004
	Shredding the INDUCE Act (IICA) - CEA, IEEE-USA, NetCoalition Posted by Ernest Miller Corante 23 July 2004
	Mike Emmons is Mad as Hell By Leigh de Armas Orlando Weekly 22 July 2004
	A WISE Intern Calvin News 22 July 2004
	Devices for elderly new source of jobs By Victor Godinez The Dallas Morning News 11 July 2004
	How Can We Ensure a Strong IT Labor Pool? By Ronil Hira Optimize July 2004
	Economy zaps electronics jobs Fourth item in "On the Job" Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal 5 July 2004
	Tough in the Trenches By Terry Costlow IEEE Spectrum July 2004
2nd Quarter
	IEEE-USA's Hira Laments Impact of Temporary Labor, Outsourcing on U.S. Engineering Careers In a 20-minute radio interview on CBS news affiliate WTIC-Newstalk 1080 in Hartford, Conn., IEEE-USA R&D Committee Chair Dr. Ron Hira discussed the use of temporary labor and outsourcing to fill U.S. engineering positions. WTIC 1080AM - Ray & Diane on the Air 27 June 2004
	Iffy future is expected for engineers By Jane Larson The Arizona Republic 27 June 2004
	H-1B Increase Faces Stiff Resistance By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld 25 June 2004
	Not all that’s outsourced gone abroad By Jeff Kosseff The Oregonian 15 June 2004
	Introducing Girls to Engineering By Lango Deen BlackEngineer.com 11 June 2004
	A Policy That Exiles Common Sense By Lisa Bergson BusinessWeek Online 08 June 2004
	"Nip" and Tuck? By Domonic Basulto Tech Central Station 03 June 2004
	Addressing the Healthcare Needs of our Aging Population with Technology USA Medical News Today 27 May 2004
	Jobless rate rose for engineers in 2003 By Courier-Journal Staff Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal 24 May 2004
	Offshoring debate: Merely an election gimmick? By Vivek Nanda Electronic Engineering Times - Asia 16 May 2004
	Outsourcing: How Safe Is Your Job? By Rob Schneiderman Electronic Design 10 May 2004
	U.S. Jobs: Reach for the Stars ... or a Hammer By Ilana Mercer Insight On the News 04 May 2004
	Outsourcing: Reforms, not Rhetoric By Mike Yamamoto and Ed Frauenheim CNET News.com 04 May 2004
	Foreign worker bill expected to agitate critics of tech visas By Victor Godinez The Dallas Morning News 02 May 2004
	Trying to engineer a solution to outsourcing Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online 02 May 2004
	Effort afoot to exempt 20k from H-1B visa cap By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld 19 April 2004
	Bye Bye Engineering, Hello Massage Therapy By Ilana Mercer WorldNetDaily 16 April 2004
	Putting a Human Face on Outsourcing By Cynthia Webb Washingtonpost.com 12 April 2004
	It’s Time to Update the Trade Laws By Stan Gibson eWeek 12 April 2004
	Heading Offshore By Michael Wentzel Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.) 04 April 2004
	The Responsibility to Retrain By Jennifer Reingold Fast Company April 2004
1st Quarter
	Report: Offshore IT outsourcing helps economy By Ed Frauenheim CNET News.com 31 March 2004
	Outsourcing could create 'wage compression' for IT workers By Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld 31 March 2004
	Study: Offshore outsourcing helps U.S. economy By Grant Gross IDG News Service, Washington Bureau 30 March 2004
	As jobs go overseas, a city struggles to reinvent itself By Kathy Kiely USA Today 21 March 2004
	Firms push for work visas By Judy Holland St. Paul Pioneer Press 20 March 2004
	Still Short of the Offshoring Ideal By Steven Pearlstein The Washington Post 12 March 2004
	U.S. ELECTIONS: Indian Americans in two minds over outsourcing of U.S. jobs By Amy Yee Financial Times 04 March 2004
	R&D Funding Battles Begin By George Leopold EE Times 03 March 2004
	R&D Starts to Move Offshore: Outsourcing evolves beyond low-wage programming jobs by Patrick Thibodeau and Sumner Lemon Computerworld 01 March 2004
	Offshore Outsourcing Stirs National Debate By Danielle Boykin Engineering Times March 2004
	Engineer of the Year: UAB Professor wins ECOB’s top honor By Lori C. Pruitt Birmingham Business Journal 27 Feb. 2004
	H-1B visa cap could be reached within a week by Patrick Thibodeau Computerworld 11 Feb. 2004
	Watkins spending year in D.C. Rolla (Mo.) Daily News 02 Feb. 2004
	Now workers, not companies, are hurting By Ron Hira San Jose Mercury News 22 Jan. 2004
	Demand for Engineers Rising Fast In U.S. By Brian Deagon Investors Business Daily 20 Jan. 2004
	Tech Council Backs Foreign Labor Use By Ellen McCarthy Washington Post 14 Jan. 2004
	Tech CEOs: Hiring Offshore Helps U.S. Workers By Grant Gross IDG News Service 7 Jan. 2004

Last Update:  15 May 2007
Staff Contact: Pender M. McCarter, p.mccarter@ieee.org