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Information to help you sort through Federal and Maine Public Policy as it relates to Maine's technology industry.

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State Legislation
Helping Your Employees Serve in the Maine Legislature: A Guide for Maine Employers
Written by Pierce Atwood Governmental Relations Group members Ted O'Meara, Jane Amero and Jim Erwin, this booklet is full of helpful advice to business owners and managers who want to help their employees run for and serve in the Maine Legislature.
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Current State Issues
MESDA - Creating a $100,000,000 Venture Fund for Technology Firms
MESDA - Developing a Software Testing and Usability Design Lab
Lower Cost Domestic Sourcing: A Niche Opportunity for the US
A recent national report corroborates the value of MESDA's proposal to create the Software Testing and Usability Design Lab:
"However some functions will continue to be best done onshore. Included in this group are many customer facing applications and development management (ADM) functions (requirements definition, user acceptance testing, test script generation), functions where complex, high touch and/or continuous interaction with users is necessary (project, program and relationship management), jobs requiring security clearances and many others."
MESDA - Technology Cluster Overview - 2007
MESDA - Investigating a New Health Plan for Members

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