Plan to participate in TIA’s annual strategic Conference, October 7-10, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Jobs
Title: Public Policy Internship
The Telecommunications Association (TIA), the leading trade association for the ICT industry, has an opening for the summer and fall semesters for a public policy intern in TIA's Washington DC office supporting TIA’s Director of Technology & Innovation Policy.
This is a substantive internship requiring:
- Strong research and writing skills
- Interpersonal skills
- 10-20 hour weekly commitment
The primary responsibilities for this position will include:
- Providing research assistance and writing white papers making policy recommendations to Congress, federal agencies, and state governments.
- Assisting with writing and filing comments with various government entities (DoE, FCC, and state regulatory agencies).
- Attending hearings and meetings with Congress, the FCC, DOE, EPA, other relevant federal agencies and industry groups and writing summaries for member companies.
- Writing and summarizing articles for TIA’s member newsletter “Green ICT News” to TIA membership.
- Assisting with meetings with TIA member companies.
The policy portfolio for this position will include:
- Energy & Environment (smart grid, smart buildings, intelligent transportation systems, telework/telepresence, energy efficiency)
- Research & Development
- Cybersecurity
The position is unpaid.
TIA provides a travel stipend.
Please send a resume and brief writing sample to Joseph Andersen at jandersen@tiaonline.org.
Title: Regulatory/Legislative Internship
The Telecommunications Association (TIA), the leading trade association for the ICT industry, has an opening for the spring, summer, and fall semesters for a regulatory and legislative policy intern in TIA's Washington DC office supporting TIA’s policy efforts across the U.S. Congress and the Federal agencies.
This is a substantive internship requiring:
- Strong research and writing skills
- Interpersonal skills
The primary responsibilities for this position will include:
- Assisting with writing and filing comments with various government entities (FCC, NIST, DoE, EPA, FTC, state regulatory agencies, etc.).
- Attending hearings and meetings with Congress, the FCC, DOE, EPA, other relevant federal agencies and industry groups and writing summaries for member companies.
- Providing research assistance and writing white papers making policy recommendations to Congress, federal agencies, and state governments.
- Assisting with meetings with TIA member companies.
The policy portfolio for this position include:
- Accessibility to advanced communications devices by people with disabilities
- Cloud computing
- Universal Service Fund/Connect America Fund
- Commercial spectrum policies
- Privacy
- Cybersecurity
- Public safety communications
- The device approval process
- Technology intellectual property rights policies
The position is unpaid.
TIA provides a travel stipend.
Please send a resume to Brian Scarpelli at bscarpelli@tiaonline.org.
Interested applicants must submit cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to tiajobs@tiaonline.org. TIA offers excellent benefits and compensation commensurate with experience and is an equal opportunity employer.
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We hope that China will use this break in the negotiations to reexamine its approach to the negotiations to expand the ITA and focus on reducing its overly large list of sensitive products. If China is ready to move forward to conclude the expansion of the ITA this year then the ITA Expansion is achievable this year.

As part of a large U.S. industry delegation representing a broad array of ICT manufacturers, TIA is in Geneva, Switzerland this week to cheer on the trade negotiators who are working hard to conclude the negotiations to expand the product coverage of the WTO’s Information Technology Agreement (ITA). The ITA remains one of the most commercially important WTO trade agreements – by eliminating tariffs on a broad range of ICT products, the ITA lowers the cost and improves access to these products, which are vital to the economic competitiveness of all economies around the world.
The Telecommunications Industry Association was in Geneva last week along with AdvaMed, the Consumer Electronics Association, the Entertainment Software Association, the Information Technology Industry Council, the Liquid Crystal Polymer Coalition, the Motion Picture Association of America, and the Semiconductor Industry Association. This coalition of high-tech companies represents a broad spectrum of manufacturers and service providers in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector.
Last week was a busy one at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The signs are very encouraging that the member countries of the WTO are back on track to move the WTO’s trade liberalization agenda forward – from the new International Services Agreement (ISA) to the ongoing negotiations to expand the existing WTO Information Technology Agreement (ITA).






