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The Freshmen That Know Tech

November 25, 2008

The new cadre of freshman coming to Capitol Hill might be a more tech-savvy group than previous classes, but a few of the freshman have direct experience working in the technology sector. Rep-elect Jared Polis was in college when he co-founded his first company, American Information Systems, an Internet access, web hosting and application service provider. He also co-founded bluemountainarts.com, an online greeting card Web site which he latter sold to Excite@Home. Polis also launched a Web company to sell flowers direct from growers to consumers that has expanded to become Provide Commerce, Inc., which was recently acquired by Liberty Media.

Meanwhile, Rep-elect Gerry Connelly of Virginia, once served as a vice president in the Washington office of SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute) and he currently serves as director of community relations for SAIC, a Fortune 500 company that specializes in scientific and technology solutions for government and commercial clients. Also on the tech front is Senator-elect Mark Warner who is more well-known to the tech sector for co-founding the company that became Nextel.
-- Winter Casey

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Juliana Gruenwald

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Juliana Gruenwald has been covering tech and telecom issues for more than a decade for National Journal, Interactive Week, BNA and Congressional Quarterly. This is her second stint with National Journal. She was recruited by NJ in 1998 to help launch its first tech policy publication, Technology Daily. She left in 2000 to cover international tech and telecom issues for Ziff Davis Media's Interactive Week magazine. She started her career at United Press International as the wire service's first Helen Thomas Intern. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. A Minneapolis native, she misses the lakes but not the cold.


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Josh Smith covers technology policy as a staff reporter for National Journal. He previously interned at National Journal Daily, a Senate press office, and the Deseret News in Salt Lake City where he covered the state legislature, courts, and crime. In 2009 he graduated with honors from Southern Utah University after managing an award-winning student newspaper as editor-in-chief. Josh has received state, regional and national awards for his political and policy reporting, including first place in CapitolBeat’s 2009 Best of Statehouse Reporting college competition. A native of drop-dead-gorgeous Utah, Josh lives in Virginia with his wife, Amber.