Sunday, February 05, 2006
The President's State of the Union address focused in part on building innovation in regional economies. After the speech, President Bush gave follow up presentations with 3M and Intel.
The Department of Commerce moved to highlight innovation at leading universities. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez visited Carnegie Mellon. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Sandy Baruah visited RPI.
The move is attracting attention on Capitol Hill and generating bi-partisan support for increased science funding. Read more.
(But, unfortunately, this article underscores that some people remain unconvinced. There is no strong consensus on the core challenges we face, what to do or how much to invest. Clearly, we need a far stronger, more sustained national debate on strengthening our innovation economy.)
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President Bush pushes innovation
