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The Business Software Alliance (BSA) today honored Congressman John Conyers (D – Mich.), Chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, for his leadership in building a safe and legal digital world by presenting him the software industry’s highest honor, the Cyber Champion Award. The award was presented as part of BSA’s 2009 CEO Forum, which brought together 10 chief executives of some of the world’s leading software companies in Washington for a round of meetings with top officials in the Obama Administration and Congress.
During the 2007-2008 session of Congress, Chairman Conyers played an instrumental role in the passage of legislation to protect intellectual property and fight cyber crime as well as passage in the House of Representatives of patent reform legislation. Chairman Conyers also championed pro-growth and pro-innovation measures. He understands technology offers the solutions to the challenges facing our country.
“On behalf of all BSA member companies, we salute Chairman Conyers as a 2008 Cyber Champion award recipient for going the extra mile to strengthen our economy and security,” said Robert Holleyman, president and CEO of BSA. ”Chairman Conyers has demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to solving problems and forging partnerships for progress.”
The BSA Cyber Champion Award was established in 1998 to recognize policymakers for their leadership in promoting policies that strengthen the high tech industry and create high-skill, high-wage jobs for millions of Americans. Previous Members of Congress who received the award include Senators Max Baucus (D-MT), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Ensign (R-NV), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA), Howard Coble (R-NC), Tom Davis (R-VA), Bob David Dreier (R-CA), Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Chip Pickering (R-MS) and Ellen Tauscher (D-CA).
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The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the foremost organization dedicated to promoting a safe and legal digital world. BSA is the voice of the world's commercial software industry and its hardware partners before governments and in the international marketplace. Its members represent one of the fastest growing industries in the world. BSA programs foster technology innovation through education and policy initiatives that promote copyright protection, cyber security, trade and e-commerce. BSA members include Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Bentley Systems, CA, Cadence, Cisco Systems, Corel, CyberLink, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, Dell, Embarcadero, HP, IBM, Intel, Intuit, McAfee, Microsoft, Minitab, Quark, Quest Software, Rosetta Stone, SAP, Siemens, Sybase, Symantec, and The MathWorks.
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