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Professional Services Council Acquires Tech Firm Advocacy Group TechAmerica

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, February 2nd, 2015

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Professional Services Council Acquires Tech Firm Advocacy Group TechAmerica

PSC President and CEO Stan Soloway. Photo: PSC

The Professional Services Council (PSC), a lobbying and advocacy group for the United States technology and professional services industry, on Monday said it has acquired the TechAmerica Foundation, which similar public policy works for the U.S. technology industry.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.TechAmerica was part of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), which supports the information technology industry. CompTIA acquired TechAmerica last May, although this past fall several of TechAmerica’s lobbyists left for a competitor, the Information Technology Industry…

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