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• Sen. Hatch calls high-skilled worker shortage ‘a crisis'

  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) this week outlined the Republican tech agenda for the next Congress, and took a position that puts him at odds with some in his own party.

• Offshoring remark haunts GOP Senate candidate in Georgia

  Offshore outsourcing doesn't always get much attention in U.S. Senate races, but the issue is pitting two political newcomers against each other in Georgia.

• Obama H-1B reform plan draws Grassley's ire

  President Barack Obama plans to make the H-1B system "more efficient" through executive action, a move that's drawing negative reaction from Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa).

• Tech groups press Congress to pass USA Freedom Act

  As Congress returned from summer recess Monday, several technology and civil rights groups quickly renewed their push for a bill that seeks to put curbs on the bulk collection of phone records and Internet data by the government.

• Obama's options for tech immigration take shape

  When President Barack Obama takes executive action on immigration, he's expected to give final approval to a rule allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders, now barred from working in the U.S., to get jobs.

• Obama's options for tech immigration take shape

  When President Barack Obama takes executive action on immigration, he's expected to give final approval to a rule allowing spouses of H-1B visa holders, now barred from working in the U.S., to get jobs.

• Congress okays upgrade of VA's 29-year-old software

  An agreement in Congress to allocate $17 billion to the Department of Veterans Affairs includes money for a major tech upgrade.

• U.S. senator blasts Microsoft's H-1B push as it lays 18,000 off workers

  U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions Thursday delivered a scalding and sarcastic attack on the use of highly skilled foreign workers by U.S. corporations that was heavily aimed at Microsoft, a chief supporter of the practice.

• Groups fear bill would allow free flow of data between private sector and NSA

  A draft U.S. Senate bill aimed at making it easier for organizations to share cyber threat information poses serious threats to personal privacy, several rights groups said in a letter to Congress on Thursday.

• Cantor, a reliable 'yes' vote for raising the H-1B visa cap, is unseated

  Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader who lost a primary bid Tuesday for re-election, was a reliable "yes" vote for increasing the H-1B visa cap. The man who beat him, David Brat, won't be.

• California kills bill to require that retailers use EMV smartcards

  The California State Senate has killed a bill that would have required California retailers to implement the Europay MasterCard Visa smartcard (EMV) standard that's seen as far safer than magnetic stripe technology used today.

• An H-1B cap hike would mean a grim future for workers

  If Congress approves comprehensive immigration reform, it will likely more than double the cap on H-1B visas. What happens then sounds dystopian for workers.

• Durbin warns Republicans standalone H-1B hike plan will fail

  A push by the high-tech industry to support a stand-alone H-1B increase is drawing the ire of U.S. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.).

• Payment card security revamp becoming chip vs. PIN tussle

  Industry efforts to shore up payment card security after the massive data breach at Target appear to be devolving into a battle over chip vs. PIN technology between retailers and credit card companies.

• As IT Presses for More H-1B Visas, Academics Question STEM Worker Shortage

  Amid simmering debate in Washington over immigration reform, scholars challenge the notion that the United States faces a widespread shortage of workers educated in science, technology engineering and math.