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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 414 Offered January 21, 1999 Expressing the sense of the General Assembly with regard to including Southwest Virginia in the Commonwealth’s efforts to attract and encourage information technology growth in Virginia. ---------- Patron-- Wampler ---------- Referred to Committee on Rules ----------

WHEREAS, the growth of information technology is fundamentally changing the way in which we communicate, learn, conduct business, transact financial services, and are entertained; and

WHEREAS, geographic borders cannot contain the opportunities presented by expanding information technology, thus erasing obstacles to education and commerce presented by distance and topography; and

WHEREAS, information technology provides consumers and producers with access to markets, products, and services never before possible; and

WHEREAS, electronic commerce promises to become an increasingly vital component of the Commonwealth’s economy; and

WHEREAS, the global electronic commerce made possible by expanding information technology is a 21^st century economic development tool, opening the door for today’s commercial pioneers to develop new businesses and revitalize existing businesses; and

WHEREAS, Southwest Virginia offers an ambitious workforce which could benefit greatly from economic opportunities offered by emerging information technology; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That steps be taken to include Southwest Virginia in the Commonwealth’s efforts to attract and encourage information technology growth in Virginia.