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Appended below is a listing of references to IEEE-USA in various media publications. In some cases, the text of the article has been reprinted. Note: Due to the time-sensitive nature of the Internet, some of the links may have expired.

2004 Listings               2004  | 2003 | 2002
3rd Quarter
The Engineer’s Conflict
By Brian Fuller
EE Times
30 August 2004
Outsourcing issue flares up at chip conference
By Joris Evers, IDG News Service
InfoWorld
24 August 2004
 
Also ran in:  Network World Fusion
IDG.com
Computer Weekly.com
ComputerWorld
Outsourcing backers say move up food chain, foes question new job claims
By Brian Fuller
EE Times
24 August 2004
 
Also ran in:  Silicon Strategies
Electronic Buyers News
Better Times for Techies?
By Ed Frauenheim
CNet News.com
19 August 2004
Greenspan's Blinders on Job Quality
By Alan Tonelson
AmericanEconomicAlert.org
01 August 2004
High-tech employment numbers drop in the second quarter
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service
27 July 2004
 
Also ran in:  ITWorld.com
Network World Fusion
InfoWorld
Techies Blast Induce Act
By Katie Dean
Wired News
23 July 2004
Tech groups fight copyright infringement bill
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service
MacCentral
23 July 2004
Hatch Vows P2P Action This Year
By Roy Mark
internetnews.com
23 July 2004
Shredding the INDUCE Act (IICA) - CEA, IEEE-USA, NetCoalition
Posted by Ernest Miller
Corante
23 July 2004
Mike Emmons is Mad as Hell
By Leigh de Armas
Orlando Weekly
22 July 2004
A WISE Intern
Calvin News
22 July 2004
Devices for elderly new source of jobs
By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News
11 July 2004
How Can We Ensure a Strong IT Labor Pool?
By Ronil Hira
Optimize
July 2004
Economy zaps electronics jobs
Fourth item in "On the Job"
Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal
5 July 2004
Tough in the Trenches
By Terry Costlow
IEEE Spectrum
July 2004

2nd Quarter

IEEE-USA's Hira Laments Impact of Temporary Labor, Outsourcing on U.S. Engineering Careers
In a 20-minute radio interview on CBS news affiliate WTIC-Newstalk 1080 in Hartford, Conn., IEEE-USA R&D Committee Chair Dr. Ron Hira discussed the use of temporary labor and outsourcing to fill U.S. engineering positions.
WTIC 1080AM - Ray & Diane on the Air
27 June 2004 
Iffy future is expected for engineers
By Jane Larson
The Arizona Republic
27 June 2004
H-1B Increase Faces Stiff Resistance
By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
25 June 2004
Not all that’s outsourced gone abroad
By Jeff Kosseff
The Oregonian
15 June 2004
Introducing Girls to Engineering
By Lango Deen
BlackEngineer.com
11 June 2004
A Policy That Exiles Common Sense
By Lisa Bergson
BusinessWeek Online
08 June 2004
"Nip" and Tuck?
By Domonic Basulto
Tech Central Station
03 June 2004
Addressing the Healthcare Needs of our Aging Population with Technology USA
Medical News Today
27 May 2004
Jobless rate rose for engineers in 2003
By Courier-Journal Staff
Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal
24 May 2004
Offshoring debate: Merely an election gimmick?
By Vivek Nanda
Electronic Engineering Times - Asia
16 May 2004
Outsourcing: How Safe Is Your Job?
By Rob Schneiderman
Electronic Design
10 May 2004
U.S. Jobs: Reach for the Stars ... or a Hammer
By Ilana Mercer
Insight On the News
04 May 2004
Outsourcing: Reforms, not Rhetoric
By Mike Yamamoto and Ed Frauenheim
CNET News.com
04 May 2004
Foreign worker bill expected to agitate critics of tech visas
By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News
02 May 2004
Trying to engineer a solution to outsourcing
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online
02 May 2004
Effort afoot to exempt 20k from H-1B visa cap
By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
19 April 2004
Bye Bye Engineering, Hello Massage Therapy
By Ilana Mercer
WorldNetDaily
16 April 2004
  Putting a Human Face on Outsourcing
By Cynthia Webb
Washingtonpost.com
12 April 2004
It’s Time to Update the Trade Laws
By Stan Gibson
eWeek
12 April 2004
Heading Offshore
By Michael Wentzel
Democrat & Chronicle (Rochester, N.Y.)
04 April 2004
The Responsibility to Retrain
By Jennifer Reingold
Fast Company
April 2004

1st Quarter

Report: Offshore IT outsourcing helps economy
By Ed Frauenheim
CNET News.com
31 March 2004
Outsourcing could create 'wage compression' for IT workers
By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
31 March 2004
Study: Offshore outsourcing helps U.S. economy
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service, Washington Bureau
30 March 2004
As jobs go overseas, a city struggles to reinvent itself
By Kathy Kiely
USA Today
21 March 2004
Firms push for work visas
By Judy Holland
St. Paul Pioneer Press
20
March 2004
Still Short of the Offshoring Ideal
By Steven Pearlstein
The Washington Post
12 March 2004
U.S. ELECTIONS: Indian Americans in two minds over outsourcing of U.S. jobs
By Amy Yee
Financial Times
04 March 2004
R&D Funding Battles Begin
By George Leopold
EE Times
03 March 2004
R&D Starts to Move Offshore: Outsourcing evolves beyond low-wage programming jobs
by Patrick Thibodeau and Sumner Lemon
Computerworld
01 March 2004
Offshore Outsourcing Stirs National Debate
By Danielle Boykin
Engineering Times
March 2004
Engineer of the Year: UAB Professor wins ECOB’s top honor
By Lori C. Pruitt
Birmingham Business Journal
27 Feb. 2004
H-1B visa cap could be reached within a week
by Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
11 Feb. 2004
Watkins spending year in D.C.
Rolla (Mo.) Daily News
02 Feb. 2004
Now workers, not companies, are hurting
By Ron Hira
San Jose Mercury News
22 Jan. 2004
Demand for Engineers Rising Fast In U.S.
By Brian Deagon
Investors Business Daily
20 Jan. 2004
Tech Council Backs Foreign Labor Use
By Ellen McCarthy
Washington Post
14 Jan. 2004
Tech CEOs: Hiring Offshore Helps U.S. Workers
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service
7 Jan. 2004

2003 Listings                 4Q | 3Q | 2Q | 1Q | 2002


4th Quarter
U.S. gov't report: IT industry growing again
By Grant Gross
IDG News Service
17 Dec. 2003
U.S. grapples with offshoring
By Marc Ferranti and Grant Gross
IDG News Service
19 Dec. 2003
FCC investigates smart radios
By Joab Jackson
Government Computer News
19 December 2003
IBM may move jobs at Boulder
By Jennifer Alsever Beauprez
The Denver Post
16 December 2003
Debate over foreign workers looms again
By William Glanz
The Washington Times
16 December 2003
'Exporting' High-tech Jobs
By Ilana Mercer
WorldNetDaily.com
12 December 2003
The Rise of India
By Manjeet Kripalani and Pete Engardio
With Steve Hamm in New York
BusinessWeek Online
08 December 2003
India, US can become ideal trade partners
The Financial Express
30 November 2003
U.S. tech services giants shift offshore
By David Zielenziger
Reuters News Service
26 November 2003
U.S. state weighs response to high-tech outsourcing
Reuters News Service
Forbes.com
26 November 2003
Experts Debating Future of IT Careers
By Victor Godinez
Dallas Morning News
26 November 2003
Techies in Texas eye research backing from Washington
By Maureen Sirhal
National Journal's Technology Daily
20 October 2003
Congress looks for ways to slow offshore hiring
By Grant Gross, IDG News Service
InfoWorld
20 October 2003
Broadband Users Boost Economy As They Purchase Gear, Services
By Mike Angell
INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY
20 October 2003
H-1B visa cap may not mean more local jobs
BY Radhika Kaushik
Silicon Valley Biz Ink
17 October 2003
U.S. unemployment rate for EEs up in third quarter
EE Times
14 October 2003
Offshoring stirs prejudices
By Rhonda Ascierto
Silicon Valley Biz Ink
10 October 2003
Tough Tactics for a Tough Market
By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News
07 October 2003
U.S. Visa Cap for IT Cut
AustralianIT.com
06 October 2003
Data Management Problems Thwart GAO Effort to Count H-1Bs
By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
03 October 2003
Legislators seek better tracking of tech visas
By Chris Gaither
The Boston Globe
03 October 2003
Program Had Provided Tech Companies With Labor During Dot.com Boom
By Bruce V. Bigelow
The San Diego Union-Tribune
02 October 2003
H-1B Cap Deadline Passes, But Debate Not Over
By Grant Groass
IDG News Service
02 October 2003
H-1B Cap No Big Issue for IT Firms
By Abhay Vaidya
The Economic Time (IndiaTimes)
01 October 2003
Congress cuts visas for skilled foreign workers
By Carolyn Lochhead
San Francisco Chronicle
01 October 2003
The China Syndrome
By Abe De Ramos
CFO Magazine
01 October 2003
H-1B Visa Cap Falls to 65,000
By Lisa Vaas
eWEEK
01 October 2003

3rd Quarter

Congress Allows H-1B Limit to Drop
By D. David Beckman
WashTech News
30 September 2003

Congress lowers visa cap for foreign tech workers
By Ted Sickinger
The Oregonian
29 September 2003
H-1B visa cap to be revisited
By Kent Hoover
Bizjournals
29 September 2003
Tech's Use of H-1B Visas Falls 75% in '02
By Margaret Steen
The Mercury News
18 September 2003
Congress Reviews Foreign Worker Visa Programs
By Caron Carlson
eWEEK
17
September 2003
Hatch Says Foreigners Didn't Take U.S. Jobs
By Lee Davidson
Deseret Morning News
17
September 2003
Pairing a Foreign Guest List
By Ellen McCarthy
Washington Post
17
September 2003
Chambliss Bill Targets Visa Loophole
By Julia Malone
Atlanta Constitution
17
September 2003
Unresolved H-1B Issue Tempers Modest Economy
By Ron Schneiderman
Electronic Design Magazine
15 September 2003
As More Jobs Move Overseas, Engineers Wonder What's Next
Engineering Times
August/September 2003
Foreign Worker Visas Waning
By Julia Malone
Washington Bureau, Cox News Service
The Rocky Mountain News
2 September 2003

Hi-tech visa limit to expire
By Julia Malone
Washington Bureau, Cox News Service
Arizona Business Gazette
2 September 2003
Backlash: Offshore Outsourcing – The Politics
By Chris Koch
CIO Magazine
1 September 2003
The Visa War
By Chris Koch
CIO Magazine
1 September 2003
Foreign Worker Visas Waning
By Julia Malone
Washington Bureau, Cox News Service
Austin American-Statesman
30 August 2003
Specter of Unemployment Hangs Over EEs
By Bob Bellinger
EE Times
28 August 2003
Outsourcing Causes Jitters: Is My Job Next?
By Bob Bellinger
EE Times
27 August 2003
Guest Opinion: Can you compete with an $800-a-month engineer?
By Paul J. Kostek
Puget Sound Business Journal
August 2003
We've got to use our brains more than our brawn
By David Crane
Toronto Star
23 August 2003
Offshore IT Weakens U.S.
By Paul Kostek
eWEEK
18 August 2003
Getting Unplugged Sheds Light On What Is Wired These Days
By Susan Warren and Melanie Trottman
The Wall Street Journal
18 August 2003
Outage a 'wake-up' call for system modernization
By William Glanz
The Washington Times
16 August 2003
Foreigners filling U.S. Tech Jobs
By Rachel Konrad
The Associated Press
Cincinnati Enquirer
11 August 2003
More Companies Are Exporting Computer Jobs
By Virgil Larson
Omaha World-Herald
11 August 2003
Jobs Go Global
By Laura Fording
Newsweek Web Exclusive
03 August 2003
After H-1B, Now L-1 Visas Draw Flak in U.S.
By Vasantha Arora
HindustanTimes.com
29 July 2003
Companies Abusing Visa Program, Replacing U.S. Workers, Critics Say
By Victor Godinez
The Oregonian
28 July 2003
Outsourcing Row Gets Hotter, Wider
By Yatish Rajawat
The Economic Times
28 July 2003
Outsourcing Services Put Chip Designers on Edge
By Ed McNamara
EE Times
25 July 2003
Visas and Outsourcing
By Richard G. Weingardt, P.E.
Structural Engineer Magazine
July 2003 issue
Free Trade Costs Thousands of Jobs
By Thomas Roeser
Chicago Sun-Times
19 July 2003
Are strike-it-rich stock options facing extinction?
By Lisa Bowman
CNET News.com
14 July 2003
NASA Checks Mars Math
By A.J. Hostetler
Richmond Times-Dispatch
11 July 2003
NASA Hasn't Gone Metric
By A.J. Hostetler
Richmond Times-Dispatch
05 July 2003
Displacing Americans
By Ilana Mercer
WorldNetDaily.com
02 July 2003

2nd Quarter

Congress upset as white-collar work exits U.S.
By Kent Hoover
American City Business Journals (bizjournals)
30 June 2003
'Good' Jobs Can Fall to New Economy
By Jeffrey Sparshott
The Washington Times
20 June 2003
Controversy surrounds employees on L-1 visas
By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News
18 June 2003
Skilled Workers — or Indentured Servants? As jobs dry up, abuse of power over visas is on the rise
By Brian Grow
Business Week
10 June 2003
Techies see jobs go overseas
Opposition to offshore outsourcing beginning to grow

by Carrie Kirby
San Francisco Chronicle
2 June 2003
Visa's Use Provokes Opposition by Techies, L-1 Regarded as Threat to Workers
by Carrie Kirby
San Francisco Chronicle
25 May 2003
Exporting America (CNN transcript)
Lou Dobbs Moneyline
CNN
22 May 2003, 6 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., 26 May 2003

CNN's Lou Dobbs Moneyline recently featured an interview with IEEE-USA Research & Development Policy Committee Chair Ron Hira, in which he discussed H-1B, L-1 and offshore outsourcing issues. (Read the transcript)

H-1B Visas Cost American Jobs
by Phyllis Schlafly
The Washington Times
10 May 2003
Finding the Perfect Fit
by Erica Vonderheid
The Institute
07 May 2003
High-tech Hardships
by Sanford Nowlin
KENS 5 and San Antonio Express-News
04 May 2003
Visa Numbers Could Lose Global Appeal
Natashia Gregoire
TBO.com News
03 May 2003
IT Unemployment on the Rise
by Lisa Vaas
eWeek
29 April 2003
A Snug Fit, But for How Long?
by Krishnan Thiagarajan
The Hindu Business Line
16 April 2003
H-1B Debate Flares as EE Jobless Rate Hits 7%
by Margaret Quan
EETimes
14 April 2003
1st Quarter
Closer Look: Foreign Workers Caught in Security Net
by Jack Robertson
EBN
31 March 2003
IEEE-USA Presses Congress on Visa Curbs
by Margaret Quan
EETimes
26 March 2003
Grass Looks Greener, But Welcome Cools
by David R. Francis
The Christian Science Monitor
20 March 2003
Former IEEE-USA President Joins H-1B Protest
by Margaret Quan
EE Times
13 February 2003
IEEE Wants Congress to Re-Examine DMCA
Posted on 11 February 2003
Slashdot.com
H-1B Visas Questioned
Tampa Bay Business Journal
10 February 2003
Hiring Hubbub
By Maria M. Perotin
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
10 February 2003
IEEE-USA asks for rollback of H-1B visa quotas
By Margaret Quan
EE Times
9 February 2003

New IEEE-USA chief steps into the breach
By Margaret Quan
EE Times
29 January 2003

H-1B Visa Awards Drop in 2002
By Patrick Thibodeau
Computerworld
28 January 2003
Boeing Technical Fellow Becomes IEEE-USA President
By April C. Murelio
Live Power News
15 January 2003