Harris Miller's Global Project To Invade Texas

Date: Friday, October 11, 2002 11:33 AM

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Harris Miller has set up a global organization called the World Information
Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA). The only thing I can see "good"
coming from this is that now Harris Miller has two titles, and we can make
sure that both are used when referring to him: President of Information
Technology Association of America (ITAA), and President of the WITSA.

The second title suits Miller better: the name America and Harris Miller
should not be allowed to be associated together. Harris Miller is a
globalist and doesn't care about national boundries. His purpose is to
provide abundant and cheap labor to wealthy multi-national companies. He
doesn't care if his proposals ruin this country or destroy the careers of
the technical professionals that made this country a superpower.

The WITSA has conferences in countries that they call the World Congress on
Information Technology (WCIT) that some describe as the "Olympics of IT".
Perhaps a more appropriate nickname would be "The Slavelords of IT". Harris
Miller makes the cities seem like lucky winners to host these conventions of
greed. When talking about 2006 he said, "We are thrilled that WITSA's board
of director's awarded Austin, Texas the honor of hosting this premier IT
event."

Austin's Mayor, Gus Garcia, gushes about this convention when he said that,
"Hosting the World Congress on Information Technology is an opportunity for
Austin to prove that it is an international business and technology center".
The mayor obviously didn't consider what this organization has done to
destroy those high paying jobs in Austin. To find out more about this gala
event go to: http://www.austinxl.com/article.php?sid=2061.

They even have their own web page at http://www.austin2006wcit.com/ that
answers the question "Why should Austin, Texas host the WCIT?" The aswer:
"Austin attracts a diverse pool of technology workers from all parts of the
globe who contribute their skills and abilities to the region, while
integrating high-technology research and development with the rest of the
world." This is typical code words when Harris Miller is talking about H-1B
and foreign labor importation.

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The WITSA has been inducted onto the Skunks page due to their smelly
behavior:
http://www.zazona.com/ShameH1B/Skunks.htm#WITSA

Here are some key snippets from http://www.witsa.org/ and
http://www.witsa.org/policyrep02.pdf

* The World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) is a
consortium of 46 information technology (IT) industry associations from
economies around the world. WITSA members represent over 90 percent of the
world IT market

* Harris N. Miller is President

* Founded in 1978 and originally known as the World Computing Services
Industry Association, WITSA has increasingly assumed an active advocacy role
in international public policy issues affecting the creation of a robust
global information infrastructure, including:

- increasing competition through open markets and regulatory reform;

- protecting intellectual property;

- encouraging cross-industry and government cooperation to enhance

information security;

- bridging the education and skills gap

* The shortage of skilled workers, a perennial problem for the IT industry,
is the most important issue for the majority of respondents.

* The demand for IT workers is large and growing.

* WITSA believes workforce related barriers constitute a growing predicament
to the growth of IT and the high-tech industry.

* Should government regulation be necessary, the regulations ought to be
internationally coordinated

* WITSA urges WTO Ministers to identify as a priority for the new GATS round
the negotiation of the reduction of government measures that impede or
prevent the timely movement of business persons on a temporary basis among
WTO members,WITS

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