The National Foundation for American Policy recently reported that the number of state bills to restrict outsourcing rose from four in 2003 to more than 200 in 2004 – only five of the latter group became law in that year. Currently, active bills to restrict outsourcing are pending in more than 20 states, including New York, California and Washington, as well as at federal level.
The bills include prohibitions on outsourcing jobs when receiving state aid (even, in some cases, within the US if the company is out of state), restrictions on offshoring personally identifiable information such as patient data, and requirements that offshore call centres disclose their location and/or reroute calls to US operators upon request.
