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Government Measures that Could Support Women in Tech Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
05/12/20 Update: Congress continues to push greatly-needed relief measures forward with the passage of its fourth spending package. The latest bill to be signed by the President included $380 billion total in additional funding for small businesses, as well as for hospitals and disease testing. The additional spending for small businesses was considered urgent after the “Paycheck Protection Program,” which was passed in the CARES Act, ran out of funding… Read post
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Supporting Paycheck Fairness for Equal Pay Day 2020
Tuesday, March 31 marks this year’s Equal Pay Day, the day that the average woman has finally earned what her male counterpart did in the previous calendar year for the same work. The timing of this day is a stark reminder that 57 years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, women… Read post
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The Women in Tech Election Toolkit is Now Live
The field of candidates vying for a role in our local, state, and federal governments in the 2020 election cycle is crowded. There’s a lot of noise and it can often feel like the issues being discussed aren’t the ones that have the most impact on our lives. That’s why we’re excited that our Women… Read post
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Appropriations 101: What are Appropriations and Why Do They Keep Shutting the Government Down?
Let’s start at the top — Congress is constitutionally guaranteed the “power of the purse.” This means that every year, it’s up to Congress to determine how tax dollars get allocated to all of the government’s federal expenditures, from Medicare to public schools, and from maintaining U.S. embassies abroad to dairy farm subsidies. When it… Read post
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Data Collection First Step in Promoting Women in U.S. Patents
Women comprised only 12% of all inventors named on U.S. patents granted in 2016. In 2018, Congress passed the SUCCESS Act, a law that directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to conduct a study and provide recommendations to promote the participation of women, minorities, and veterans in the U.S. patent system. In late… Read post