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Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, Microsoft on the Issues On the eve of the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Microsoft, along with the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and TIME , will host the Creativity Conference on Friday. This conference will convene leaders from the...

Posted by Brad Smith General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Today, the U.S. Senate took a significant first step toward reforming our nation’s broken and outdated immigration system with the introduction of comprehensive legislation by the ‘Gang...

Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, Microsoft on the Issues Brad Smith, general counsel and executive vice president of Microsoft, issued the following statement on today’s introduction of the Immigration Innovation Act of 2013: “It’s critical that America address the shortage of workers...

Posted by Brad Smith General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft This is the second in a series of blog posts by Microsoft executives regarding the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Read the first blog post on the Citizenship blog...

Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, 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...

Posted by Brad Smith General 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...

Posted by Brad Smith General 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. ...

Posted by Brad Smith General 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...

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate 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...

Posted by Brad Smith Senior 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...

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...

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 the National Association of Workforce Boards in Washington, D.C., I announced that Microsoft...

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate 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...

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 21 st century global economy is critical to U.S. economic and national security. Indeed, despite the economic downturn...

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President Given the large number of customers Microsoft serves around the world, and the many partners we collaborate with to maximize and deliver the benefits of our software, we have long sought to understand the economic impact of our work and our products...

Posted by Teresa Carlson Vice President, U.S. Federal Government Business Despite society’s best efforts, there is a huge disparity in the number of men and women majoring in IT fields and pursuing technology-related careers. In 1982, about half of the students majoring in science, technology...

Posted by Brad Smith General Counsel While lots of attention in the U.S. has focused on governmental efforts in Washington to create jobs and economic growth, governments all over the world are grappling with similar challenges. The challenges to the global economy have been top of mind this week...

Posted by Brad Smith General Counsel Like nearly every part of America, Washington State has been hard-hit by the current economic downturn. Yesterday was a hopeful moment, as Washington Governor Chris Gregoire announced 138 transportation and infrastructure projects that will move forward as soon...

Posted by David Bowermaster Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues Microsoft is not sheltered from the unprecedented crisis battering the global economy. In response to challenges we are confronting in markets around the world, we announced last month that we would cut jobs and reduce our overall...

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs With unemployment at 7.6% in January and thousands of additional layoffs since then, the economy and jobs are the key issues here at the National Governors Association meetings in DC this weekend. During a panel discussion...

Posted by David Bowermaster Administrator, Microsoft on the Issues If you’ve been reading this blog since we launched it last month, you’ve probably figured out that Microsoft is a big proponent of the stimulus package working its way through Capitol Hill. We have had one post highlighting...

Posted by Dan Reed Scalable and Multicore Computing Strategist Microsoft Research My colleague Pamela Passman recently blogged about the importance of the workforce development components of the economic recovery package working its way through the U.S. Congress. As a scientist at Microsoft Research...

Posted by Pamela Passman Corporate Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs Given the constant flow of dreary news battering American workers – including today’s announcement that jobless claims soared to 524,000 in December as the unemployment rate jumped to a 16-year high of 7.2 percent...