An open-door policy in Salt Lake City

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Salt Lake City, UT, has been the destination of many firms in the computer hardware and software industries as they look for reduced operating costs and an increased quality of life for their employees. Salt Lake City has traditionally been a conservative city with a high population of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Since the high-tech exodus into the area, the Mormon population in the Salt Lake City metropolitan has fallen from 75 percent to 60 percent. Mormon teaching prohibits the consumption of alcohol, tobacco, and coffee, and this contributed to the social milieu. However, the influx of non-Mormons into the city has resulted in some loosening of social constraints in the city at large. Many transplanted workers find the local community to be warm and welcoming. Despite the openness, there are still distinct separations between Mormons and non-Mormons.

Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Salt Lake City, Utah, Human Factors, Facility Relocation, Utah

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Democrat days in Silicon Valley

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Clinton is the first Democrat President to have close links with Silicon Valley executives, thus breaking the tradition of Republican support in the area. David J. Barram, who works for Apple, has been a Democrat and political activist for 15 years but Clinton was the only Democratic presidential candidate who responded to his campaign policy suggestions. Clinton contacted Barram, and asked him for help in addressing Silicon Valley executives. The 40 CEOs who came to the first meeting were Democrats, plus Republicans who came because they knew Barram. However, Clinton's knowledge and interest encouraged a broader response. Barram took leave from Apple in May 1992 to organize the CEOs, who drafted Clinton's technology policy and announced their support for his candidacy. In the election, Silicon Valley voted for Clinton by a 125,000 vote margin.

Clinton, Bill, Science and technology policy, Barram, David J.

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Learning their way around the beltway

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Silicon Valley CEOs are getting more involved in lobbying Congress for legislation that will favor their companies. Some, such as George Soliman, president and CEO or Centigram Communications Inc, find the process of getting a bill passed impressive. Others like Steve Hix, chairman of Infocus Inc, are not happy about the cost of lobbying, both in terms of time spent and actual expenses. Cadence Design Systems Inc's Joe Costello suggests that while the legislators have generally made up their minds on legislation, the trick that computer industry officials should do is to start lobbying early. Since technology specialists, who are generally control freaks, find Washington a very different world, they tend to wait until they are about to be hurt before they begin their lobbying.

Chief executive officers, Lobbying, Legislative process, Legislation, Legislature

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