"Even if a company has plans to go to NT 5.0, the majority of organizations are going to wait a year to 15 months to implement it, " said Bill Peterson, an analyst at Framingham, Mass.

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Peterson Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and our own Skoll Global Threats Fund.

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"The sponsors hope a bill will pass this year, " says Scott Peterson, director of Streamlined Sales Tax.

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This year, Peterson wonders whether they'll have enough money to pay the electric bill and buy groceries.

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