The Technology CEO Council, a Washington, D.C.-based policy advocacy group, has called on the federal government to strengthen research funding, open global markets and promote tax policies that encourage technology entrepreneurism. Called “The Great Nation,” the report is meant to raise technology-related issues in advance of the 2008 presidential election, the group said. Members of the group — which include the heads of Hewlett-Packard, Dell, EMC, Intel and Motorola — make twice annual visits to the beltway to lobby for technology issues.