Bill Text: IA SR24 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A concurrent resolution congratulating Google on its ten-year anniversary in the State of Iowa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 944. [SR24 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SR24-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
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Introduced
SENATE
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
NO.
24
BY
DAWSON
A
Resolution
congratulating
Google
on
its
1
ten-year
anniversary
in
the
State
of
Iowa.
2
WHEREAS,
in
2009,
Google’s
Council
Bluffs’
data
3
center
officially
opened
for
business
and
is
now,
with
4
its
collective
facilities,
Google’s
largest
global
data
5
center;
and
6
WHEREAS,
Google
has
invested
more
than
$2.5
billion
7
in
its
Iowa
facilities
and
now
employs
more
than
400
8
people
in
the
facilities;
and
9
WHEREAS,
in
the
past
10
years,
Google
has
awarded
10
more
than
$1.1
million
to
local
schools
and
nonprofits
11
in
Iowa,
granted
nearly
$400,000
to
the
Council
12
Bluffs
School
District,
and
provided
hardware
such
as
13
Chromebooks
for
area
students;
and
14
WHEREAS,
true
to
the
mission
of
accessibility,
15
Google
partnered
with
the
City
of
Council
Bluffs
to
16
launch
a
free
community
Wi-Fi
network
that
will
be
one
17
of
the
largest
community
Wi-Fi
networks
in
the
country
18
once
completed;
and
19
WHEREAS,
Google
helps
Iowa
organizations
20
learn
digital
skills
necessary
to
grow
in
today’s
21
technology-driven
economy,
providing
$899
million
in
22
economic
activity
for
Iowa
businesses
and
nonprofits
23
in
2017
alone,
training
thousands
of
Iowans
over
24
the
last
10
years,
and
helping
Iowa
businesses
make
25
their
products
more
readily
available
to
customers
26
worldwide;
and
27
WHEREAS,
Google’s
mission
is
to
organize
the
world’s
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information
and
make
it
universally
accessible
and
1
useful;
NOW
THEREFORE,
2
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
THE
HOUSE
OF
3
REPRESENTATIVES
CONCURRING,
That
the
Iowa
General
4
Assembly
congratulates
Google
and
its
employees
for
5
its
continued
commitment
to
the
State
of
Iowa
and
6
leadership
in
preparing
Iowans
to
expand
their
skills,
7
careers,
and
businesses.
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