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2003
News Releases
The following news releases and media
advisories are issued periodically by
IEEE-USA. Reporters and
editors looking for more details, or who are researching a story, can contact:
News from other parts of
IEEE is also available at
IEEE's Newsroom, or you can search these other
sources of S&T-related news.
2003 Releases
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09
December |
IEEE-USA
Calls on Congress to Enact L-1 Visa Legislation to Protect U.S. and
Foreign Workers |
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05
December |
U.S.
IEEE Members' Median Income Tops $100,000, IEEE-USA Salary Survey
Reveals |
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20 November |
IEEE-USA
Hails Congressional Passage of "Nanotechnology Research & Development
Act" |
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17 November |
IEEE-USA
Seeks Law Barring Genetic Discrimination |
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10 November |
Austin
Business Consultant Emily Sopensky Serves as Technical Adviser Through
IEEE-USA Engineering & Diplomacy Fellowship |
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04 November |
Four
U.S. IEEE Members to Receive Nation's Top Technology Medal |
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04 November |
Two
U.S. IEEE Members to Receive Nation's Top Science Medal |
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20 October |
IEEE-USA
Chair's Offshoring Testimony Before U.S. House Committee To Be
Televised on C-SPAN |
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14 October |
U.S.
EE Unemployment Moves Upward As Thousands of Non-U.S. Workers Continue
to Flood the Job Market |
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03
October |
IEEE in Central Texas Announces Globalization Forum, October Event in Austin To Focus on Technology Policy Issues |
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30
September |
IEEE-USA Applauds Congress for Allowing H-1B Visa Cap to Drop, Calls For Renewal of Workforce Protections |
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24
September |
IEEE-USA Recommends Electric Grid Investment, Cooperation and Coordination to Improve Reliability and Prevent Future Blackouts |
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16
September |
IEEE-USA
Urges Congress to Strengthen Protections for U.S. High-Tech Workers in
Temporary Visa Programs |
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03
September |
Engineer
Mentors Sought for Future City Competition |
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15
August |
IEEE-USA’s
Call for Reliability Legislation Underscored by Largest U.S. Power
Outage |
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29
July |
2004 IEEE EWeek "New Faces of Engineering" Nominations Requested |
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21
July |
IEEE-USA
Leaders Express Concern About 500,000 U.S. IT Jobs Projected to Move
Overseas |
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11
July |
EE Unemployment Rate Drops Slightly |
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11
June |
IEEE-USA
TODAY'S ENGINEER Advises "How to Cope With Fear in Finding a Job
in Today's Economy" |
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06
June |
IEEE-USA
Publications Take Two Awards Honors |
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04
June |
IEEE-USA Supports Reverse Engineering in Brief before U.S. Supreme Court |
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27
May |
Copies
of "Stolen Jobs" Series Available Free to Media |
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02
May |
IEEE-USA Applauds Passage of Nanotechnology Bill |
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28
April |
Unemployment
Rate for Electrical Engineers Skyrockets to Record Level |
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24
March |
Offshore
Outsourcing and Labor Importing Put the Squeeze on Jobs in the U.S.
High-Tech Industry |
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06
March |
IEEE-USA
Calls for Government Agencies to Consider Ethernet Networks For
Prominent Role in Accelerating Advanced Broadband Deployment |
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26
February |
Former
IEEE-USA President to Receive Engineering Professionalism Award |
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20
February |
Philadelphia
Area School Wins IEEE-USA National Award |
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14
February |
IEEE-USA
Calls for Return of H-1B Visa Cap to 65,000, Fees to Retrain Displaced
U.S. Engineers, and Congressional Help for Students |
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06 February |
U.S.
Continues to Grant H-1B Visas Despite Record Unemployment |
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30
January |
IEEE-USA
Seeks to Substantiate Information in the
H-1B Guest Worker Visa Policy Debate |
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13
January |
Boeing
Technical Fellow Becomes IEEE-USA President |
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10 January |
IEEE-USA Consultants’ Survey Reveals Median Incomes Between $75,000
and $120,000 |
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Last Update:
15 May 2007
Staff Contact: Pender M. McCarter,
p.mccarter@ieee.org
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