Posted by Jeff MeisnerEditor, Microsoft on the Issues Yesterday, Brad Smith, Executive Vice President of Legal & Corporate Affairs at Microsoft spoke at the University of Washington’s Distinguished Lecture Series about the significant role Computer Science is playing in shaping the future of our global economy. While the United States faces a growing economic challenge…
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Strengthening American Competitiveness and Creating Opportunity for the Next Generation
Posted by Brad SmithGeneral Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft The United States faces a growing economic challenge – a substantial and increasing shortage of individuals with the skills needed to fill the new jobs the private sector is creating. Throughout the nation and in a wide range of industries, there…
Creating Opportunities for 300 Million Young People in the Next Three Years
Posted by Brad SmithGeneral Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Today we are announcing Microsoft YouthSpark, a new company-wide initiative designed to help create new opportunities for 300 million youth in 100 countries over the next three years. We’re launching this initiative because we’re seeing the emergence of an opportunity divide…
Creating Opportunities for Washington’s Students
Posted by Brad SmithGeneral Counsel and Senior Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft With Washington students heading back to school, September will see Microsoft build upon the many education-related investments the company has made to date in Washington state, and consider ways of taking them even farther as we move forward. Microsoft is committed…
Hiring America’s Heroes
Posted by Pamela PassmanCorporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Editor’s Note: The following post originally appeared earlier today on the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Blog. This particular topic seemed relevant to readers of the Microsoft on the Issues Blog, so we have included it here too. Senator Patty Murray, Chair of the Senate Veterans…
Higher Education Task Force Presents Funding Strategy to Gov. Gregoire
Posted by Brad SmithSenior Vice President and General Counsel This morning the Higher Education Funding Task Force presented its recommendations to Gov. Chris Gregoire. The governor created the task force last spring and charged it with developing a long-range funding strategy to provide Washington state’s students with affordable higher education opportunities. She also asked the…
Important Efforts Help Veterans Transition to Civilian Workforce
By Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Our servicemen and women possess strong leadership and other intangible skills, but many do not have the formal education, technology training and industry recognized certification employers in the private sector seek. In fact, today, nearly 185,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans are unemployed. The Veterans Employment…
Elevating America one veteran at a time
Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Pamela Passman, Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Earlier today while speaking to the annual conference of theNational Association of Workforce Boards in Washington, D.C., I announced that Microsoft is forming a coalition of public, private and non-profit organizations to help our country’s veterans and their spouses get…
The Local Economic Benefits of the Global Software Business
Posted by Pamela PassmanCorporate Vice President Creating jobs and speeding economic recovery are top of mind for everyone these days, including those of us in the information technology (IT) industry. A recently released study entitled “Aid to Recovery: The Economic Impact of IT, Software, and the Microsoft Ecosystem on the Global Economy,” illustrates some of the…
Promoting Innovations to 21st Century Careers
Posted by Fred Humphries Managing Director U.S. Government Affairs At Microsoft, we believe that equipping students and workers with the education and skills they need to compete in the 21st century global economy is critical to U.S. economic and national security. Indeed, despite the economic downturn and high unemployment rates, Microsoft and thousands of our partners continue…