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Adding fuel to the debate over U.S.-international trade, a tech industry group is blasting "Buy American" legislation passed by the House of Representatives this week. On Friday, the Information Technology Association of America called the measure bad security policy and bad economic policy. The legislation, an amendment to the Homeland Security Authorization Act, would force the Department of Homeland Security to buy products mostly made in America. The legislation was authored by Rep. Don Manzullo, an Illinois Republican, and passed by the House on Wednesday. It would require more than 50 percent of the components in any end product procured...

APRIL 05, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Here's a comforting bedtime story: Offshoring won't just save companies money. It will also create jobs. And reduce inflation. And grow the economy. Those are the top-line conclusions of a new report from the Information Technology Association of America, the IT vendors' lobbying group. Just don't read very far past that top line -- at least, not if you want to get any sleep tonight. See, the report says those new jobs won't be IT jobs. And that reduced inflation will come in part from lower pay -- "wage compression," as it's charmingly dubbed by...

Jobs: Outsourcing has become a convenient bogeyman for politicians who want to scare Americans about their jobs. But, in fact, outsourcing is good for our economy.Thankfully, those who know better are finally starting to make the case that outsourcing, far from being a detriment to American workers, is a major benefit. How? It's true that outsourcing takes some jobs and sends them overseas. But that frees up capital for the creation of new, higher value jobs — jobs that pay well, and require skills and education. The kind of jobs that all politicians insist they want, but that few understand...