In crafting the economic stimulus bill, Congress and the Obama administration embraced the transformative power of technology for building the infrastructure for the 21st century; modernizing education and healthcare systems; and creating smarter and more efficient ways to use energy, officials said. "We believe it when we say future begins here," Bond said. "We think public policy in the United States has underscored that innovation is America's greatest resource."

According to the 2008 Cyberstates report:

• The U.S. high-tech industry employment was up for the fourth straight year in 2008, adding 77,000 jobs, a 1.3 percent increase.
• Tech sectors adding jobs included software services (+86,200) and engineering and tech services (+26,600).
• Tech sectors shedding jobs included tech manufacturing (-23,100) and communications services (-12,700).
• Nationwide, average high-tech wages were 88 percent higher than the average private sector wage.
• Unemployment rates inched up for several tech occupations in 2008, but remained relatively low - 2.4 percent for computer scientists and 2.5 percent for engineers.

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