CompTIA Hails Congressional Stimulus Package

Business Wire, Feb 8, 2008

The following statement may be attributed to Roger Cochetti, Group Director of U.S. Public Policy for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA):

WASHINGTON -- "CompTIA hails Congressional passage of its economic stimulus bill. Among its several provisions, increasing deductions for small business equipment purchases, accelerating depreciation of capital assets, and putting a tax rebate into the pockets Americans will enable U.S. businesses, laborers and the IT industry to keep our economy resilient and strong.

"More specifically, the package will incentivize the purchase of IT. This will create powerful cascading benefits - small-to-large businesses will more rapidly bring new IT online, boosting competitiveness; laborers will have newer IT tools with which to be more productive; and average Americans will be more likely to purchase IT, decreasing the digital divide.

"With this infusion into the U.S. economy, Congress has taken targeted yet aggressive steps to stem the tide of the present economic downturn. We congratulate theirs and the Administration's bi-partisan efforts."