No matter which presidential candidate you're backing, you may want to know more about their stance on technology. The Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) recently released a report that finds Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama both merit an "incomplete" for their overall vision and focus for tech innovation.

The ITAA report is culled from the candidate’s voting record, speeches, published comments and campaign Web sites, as well as discussions with campaign staff.

Obama scored highest in the campaign use of technology category, earning a perfect five stars for incorporating Web 2.0 technology such as Facebook and MySpace, a twitter profile, spending on Internet advertising, Internet video messaging and use of a Web portal.

Meanwhile, McCain excelled at international trade initiatives, getting five stars for promoting open trade, supporting sound trade law enforcement, recognizing national security concerns and supporting responsible trade adjustment assistance for service sector workers truly replaced by globalization.

Both candidates won four and a half stars for e-government and health IT. Key areas of focus for this category are promoting health IT, endorsement of real electronic government benefits for citizens, and transparency and citizen access to government decision making.

The complete report available from the ITAA also focuses on competiveness, procurement, intellectual property protection and Internet promotion.

“America needs a pro-innovation President who supports U.S. leadership in technology – a President who grasps that technology is fundamental to every sector of the economy and that if we lead there, we will lead elsewhere,” says ITAA President and CEO Phil Bond. “We must have a much more favorable public policy environment in which to do business if the technology sector is to help revive and build the American economy.”

Amy Schurr is the former managing features editor of Network World.