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3. Summaries of the Contributions of Invited Speakers
Pages 9-16

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... products." This workshop is part of NAE's effort to continue the recommendations of that committee. The National Academy of Sciences, and its sister organizations the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine, were chartered by the government both to honor distinguished scientists, engineers, and medical practitioners and to provide advice to the government on technical matters.
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... And the growth of multinational corporations competing in a global economy has expanded the information technology resources to be managed. Given these trends, information technology equipment suppliers must (and did)
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... 1b accomplish the longer-term objectives, an umbrella group called the Information Technology Requirements Council (ITRC) has been formed to provide a structure to expand the scope of work and the breadth of
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... Can Standards Help Industry in the United States to Remain Competitive in the International Marketplace? Irvin Dorros Executive Vice President, Technical Services Bell Communications Research, Livingston, New Jersey The creation, transport, and use of information are fundamental activities in the service economy.
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... This approach seems to be more in tune with the current world economy and the changing standards developing process. Although the United States remains first class in technology, it might be falling to a second~lass information infrastructure.
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... Information technology and information technology standards are important for competitive advantage in the U.S. economy.
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... in the United States and Promoting Conference for Open Systems Interconnections (POSI) in Japan are also making progress in harmonizing standards profiles and test suites, which are essential to the successful interconnection and interoperability of information technology systems.
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... voluntary consensus standards system, the existing processes require considerably more support and many refinements to satisfy the needs of information technology standardization. Information technology interests are poorly represented at the management level in both the national and international standards structure.
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