Partisanship and Opportunities for Additional Bipartisanship in Tech Immigration and Privacy Reform

This paper explores the history of technology and government by analyzing the longstanding partisan advantage Democrats have had in the Silicon Valley and other tech hubs. Additionally, this paper seeks out opportunities for bipartisanship, specifically in the legislative realms of tech privacy and immigration reform. Constituencies, committee assignments, fundraising and other environmental factors can help determine a politician's level of interest in tech issues. Specifically, upon analyzing these factors, bipartisanship appears to be more likely in privacy reform than in immigration reform.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Public Affairs (MoPA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Project/Capstone - Global access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Segal, Arielle E

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Corey Cook
• Dr. Sandy Brown
• Angela Fleekop

• tech
• bipartisanship
• immigration reform
• privacy reform
• partisanship
• American Politics
• Policy History, Theory, and Methods
• Public Affairs
• Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/capstone/7

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:capstone-1001