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A Comprehensive Analysis Of The H-Ib And L-1 Visa Programs In The U.S. From An It Perspective, Donald R. Moscato, Eric D. Moscato
A Comprehensive Analysis Of The H-Ib And L-1 Visa Programs In The U.S. From An It Perspective, Donald R. Moscato, Eric D. Moscato
Communications of the IIMA
This paper analyzes the experience of the H-IB and L-1 visa programs and their impact on information technology in the United States. The topics discussed are as follows: initial justification of the programs, the relationship of the programs to outsourcing and off-shoring, who is covered by the H-IB and L-1 visa programs, utilization of the visa programs by various constituencies, the impact of the visa programs on the prevailing wage, the arguments pro and con for the program, who is on either side of the lobbying effort, protectionist legislation regarding the visa programs, fraud within the visa programs, the alleged …
War Against Spam: A Comparative Analysis Of The Us And The European Legal Approach, Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard
War Against Spam: A Comparative Analysis Of The Us And The European Legal Approach, Sylvia Mercado Kierkegaard
Communications of the IIMA
Unsolicited commercial mail (also known as spam and junk mail) can inconvenience tens of millions of Internet users and impose huge costs on Internet Service Providers. Realizing the need to boost competitiveness and consumer confidence, the European Union (EU) and the United States have instituted various legal frameworks and policies to regulate unsolicited commercial mail. The EU has adopted an opt-in approach to spam mail, which means e-marketers need to seek the permission of consumers before they send out commercial emails, while the US CAN SPAM Act takes an opt-out approach. The EU's opt-in regime is viewed as offering greater …