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• NY Court Ruling in Favor of Collecting Online Sales Tax Likely to Affect SMBs

  by Lamar Whitman on Monday, April 01, 2013

  Tags: Advocacy , tax , taxes

  Last week, the New York Court of Appeals ruled in a case brought by Amazon and Overstock.com that non-resident sellers offering products through a New York website will be required to collect New York sales taxes on sales made into the state. This collection requirement would apply even though the out-of-state business has no other ...

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• Legislation Seeks to Eliminate the Patchwork of State Data Breach Notification Laws

  by David Valdez on Tuesday, March 26, 2013

  Tags: congress , Advocacy , data breach

  Congressman J. Randy Forbes (R-VA) has prepared a draft data breach notification bill that serves as the best effort this year to eliminate the patchwork of state data breach notification laws. The bill would require “entities that acquire, maintain, store or utilize personal information” to report a data breach of customer information within 14 days ... Read More

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• CompTIA Participates in House Small Business Committee Hearing on Cyber-Security

  by David Valdez on Friday, March 22, 2013

  Tags: congress , Advocacy , Security

  Yesterday the House Subcommittee on Health and Technology held a hearing titled “Protecting Small Businesses Against Emerging and Complex Cyber-Attacks.”
  
  CompTIA’s own Dan Shapero, founder of ClikCloud, participated on a panel comprised of the following speakers:

  • William H. Weber, senior vice president, general counsel, Cbeyond, Atlanta – testifying on behalf of the COMPTEL.
  • Justin Freeman, ...

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• What’s Missing from Tax Reform Discussions for Small Business

  by Lamar Whitman on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

  Tags: public advocacy , Advocacy , house of representatives , tax reform

  The U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means is continuing its work to develop a consensus on tax reform. Last month, chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and ranking member Sandy Levin (D-MI) announced that 11 committee working groups would be formed to develop discussion drafts on various aspects of tax reform. Just last week, one of ... Read More

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• CompTIA Workforce Priorities Presented For Review

  by Randi Parker on Thursday, March 14, 2013

  Tags: public advocacy , Advocacy

  A colleague of mine recently told me, “If it isn't in writing, it doesn’t exist.” This holds true when advocating on Capitol Hill. It’s always helpful to have a one-pager or a leave-behind of some kind to give to Hill staff that sums up what you covered in your meeting. In this spirit, I have ... Read More

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