2011-2012 Bill 4046: IBM Corporation - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 119th Session, 2011-2012 3 4 H. 4046 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Harrell, Agnew, Alexander, Allen, Allison, Anderson, Anthony, Atwater, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bedingfield, Bikas, Bingham, Bowen, Bowers, Brady, 11 Branham, Brannon, Brantley, G.A. Brown, H.B. Brown, R.L. Brown, Butler Garrick, Chumley, 12 Clemmons, Clyburn, CobbHunter, Cole, Cooper, Corbin, Crawford, Crosby, Daning, Delleney, 13 Dillard, Edge, Erickson, Forrester, Frye, Funderburk, Gambrell, Gilliard, Govan, Hamilton, 14 Hardwick, Harrison, Hart, Hayes, Hearn, Henderson, Herbkersman, Hiott, Hixon, Hodges, 15 Horne, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, King, Knight, Limehouse, Loftis, Long, Lowe, 16 Lucas, Mack, McCoy, McEachern, McLeod, Merrill, Mitchell, D.C. Moss, V.S. Moss, 17 Munnerlyn, Murphy, Nanney, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parker, Parks, 18 Patrick, Pinson, Pitts, Pope, Quinn, Rutherford, Ryan, Sabb, Sandifer, Sellers, Simrill, Skelton, 19 G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.E. Smith, J.R. Smith, Sottile, Spires, Stavrinakis, Stringer, Tallon, 20 Taylor, Thayer, Toole, Tribble, Umphlett, Vick, Viers, Weeks, Whipper, White, Whitmire, 21 Williams, Willis and Young 22 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gm\24755ab11.docx 23 Companion/Similar bill(s): 4079 24 25 Introduced in the House on April 6, 2011 26 Adopted by the House on April 6, 2011 27 28 Summary: IBM Corporation 29 30 31 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 32 33 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 34 4/6/2011 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 67) 35 36 37 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 38 39 4/6/2011 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE THE IBM CORPORATION UPON 12 THE OCCASION OF ITS CENTENNIAL 13 ANNIVERSARY. 14 15 Whereas, IBM, unmatched in the world of business and 16 technology, will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary on 17 June 16, 2011, reaching this important milestone due to the 18 talent, passion, and excellence of IBM’s employees; and 19 20 Whereas, while countless corporations, political groups, 21 technologies, economic upheavals, and scientific disciplines 22 have risen and disappeared throughout the decades, IBM has 23 persevered by providing critical insights for America’s rising 24 leaders who are charting their paths in a more global and 25 competitive world; and 26 27 Whereas, IBM’s centennial is about making the world work better 28 by exploring how the company has pursued progress in the last 29 century in three ways: pioneering the science of information, 30 changing the way the world works, and reinventing the modern 31 corporation; and 32 33 Whereas, IBM has always created technological discoveries that 34 transform our lives, from the first electronic calculator and 35 programmable computers, to the chip that powers the leading 36 gaming consoles and the Watson computer smart enough to battle 37 champions on the popular television game show, Jeopardy; and 38 39 Whereas, since its founding, IBM has continued to evolve and 40 anticipate the needs of its clients and citizens around the world,

[4046] 2 1 always using the information revolution to improve our world by 2 creating cleaner air and water, developing better crimefighting 3 systems for cities, and lowering the incidence of numerous 4 infectious diseases, such as AIDS and influenza; and 5 6 Whereas, IBM has continued to reinvent itself as a modern 7 corporation through sound practices around strong leadership, 8 management training, and global growth. Leading business in 9 meeting the challenges of global business and collaboration, IBM 10 built an equalopportunity workforce eleven years before the Civil 11 Rights Act of 1964 and was the first technology company to 12 acquire a consulting firm; and 13 14 Whereas, IBM’s longterm view of leadership development and 15 talent management has helped effectuate positive changes in 16 business and society and has enabled the company to pioneer many 17 of the management practices of twentiethcentury business such as 18 diversity and accessibility, crosscultural adaptability, and the 19 training of managers on a massive scale; and 20 21 Whereas, IBM also has a long and rich history of serving the 22 United States federal government, a partnership that dates 23 back to the early 1900s when the company pioneered 24 cuttingedge technology to sort census results faster than 25 human clerks for the U.S. Census Bureau; and 26 27 Whereas, today, IBM continues to shape the way the world 28 works by investing six billion dollars annually in research 29 and development, and more than four hundred thousand 30 employees globally are developing practices and making 31 discoveries that are creating a “Smarter Planet.” IBM is 32 partnering with federal agencies and local governments in the 33 use of analytics to detect waste, fraud, and abuse and in the 34 use of cloud computing to streamline and connect operations, 35 citizens’ services, and critical missions. These tools and 36 practices are increasing efficiency and saving money at a 37 time when governments are expected to do more with less; 38 and 39 40 Whereas, IBM first opened an office in South Carolina in 41 1945, and currently has offices in Columbia and Greenville, [4046] 3 1 that employ hundreds while many hundred more IBM 2 retirees reside within the Palmetto State; and 3 4 Whereas, these IBM family members devote thousands of 5 communityservice hours to organizations throughout our 6 State, such as Sister Care and Habitat for Humanity. Now, 7 therefore, 8 9 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 10 11 That the members of the South Carolina House of 12 Representatives, by this resolution, congratulate the IBM 13 Corporation, upon the occasion of its centennial anniversary. 14 XX 15

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