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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, African American-owned technology firms have |
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| traditionally had few opportunities from the State of Illinois |
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| even though African Americans make up more than 14% of the |
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| population of the State of Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Tens of millions of dollars in State of Illinois |
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| computer contracts have gone to technology firms that are not |
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| even based in the United States, let alone in Illinois; and
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| WHEREAS, Chicago and Illinois boast some of the nation's |
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| award-winning and largest African American-owned technology |
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| firms; and
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| WHEREAS, In order to promote diversity and help employ |
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| future business leaders and empower the African American |
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| communities, the State should hire African American and |
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| minority-owned vendors for technology contracts; and
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| WHEREAS, Minority-owned firms are frequently forced to be |
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| subcontractors to non-minority technology companies because of |
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| the perception that they do not have the ability to execute |
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| substantial contracts on their own; and
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| WHEREAS, These issues are made even more urgent by the |
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| growing offshoring of technology work, as well as vendor |
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| rationalization in general; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the House Computer Technology Committee hold hearings on the |
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| lack of diversity in State technology business; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That the Committee issue a report by October 31, |