TechAmerica

To this end, the organization maintains an advocacy program in all 50 US state capitals, in Washington, DC, and in several international locations.

[1] In May 2014, CompTIA, a nonprofit trade association that serves IT professionals, announced it had acquired TechAmerica in a move to expand its public-sector presence.

[5] On November 4, 2013 it was announced that four TechAmerica lobbyists: Trey Hodgkins, Pam Walker, Erica McCann and Carol Henton had resigned, lured to the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) which was able to raise $50,000 each from more than a dozen of its members to fund the acquisition of the four TechAmerica lobbyists.

[6] TechAmerica filed a lawsuit against ITI and three of the departing lobbyists in D.C. Superior Court.

TechAmerica's complaints include that the defecting lobbyists conspired in their new positions to use old contacts and other information acquired while at TechAmerica to help ITI find new clients for its neophyte effort focused on government procurement [7] Todd Thibodeaux President & CEO Elizabeth Hyman Executive Vice President, Public Advocacy Nancy Hammervik Senior Vice President, Industry Relations David Sommer Chief Financial Officer L. Daniel Liutikas Chief Legal Officer