A commenter wondered how I could possibly be ignorant of H1Bs and the ITAA.

It's not that I've never heard of foreign workers in the IT field, it's just that I've never experienced it personally. Some background on my computer experience would probably explain. Yes, I've worked at small businesses for most of my career, and that's my preference. At one of those jobs, for some 10 years, I was the president of the company, too. I'm currently working at the largest corporate operation I've ever worked at, but it's still not very big: Our project "team" is only about 6 people and we're not terribly well-funded.

I don't live in a technology-rich area of Virginia (not like, say, Northern VA). I don't read trade magazines (unless you count Slashdot), I don't keep up with "trends" in the industry, and I've never paid much attention to politics until recently. So that's how I've never heard of the ITAA before this year.

As for H1Bs, since I'm a citizen and I've never been involved in human resources, there's never been any particular reason for me to know about them.

Anyway, thanks for the links to the offshoring resources, I'll be reading them with interest.