Technology Policy and Critical Technologies A Summary of Recent Reports (1991) / Chapter Skim
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'TECHNOLOGY POLICY REPORTS'
'TECHNOLOGY POLICY REPORTS'
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OFFICE OF SCffiNCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY TECHNOLOGY POUCY STATEMENT Perhaps the most significant of the technology policy reports is the statement of the Bush Administration's technology policy, prepared by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
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Semiconductor Indus try (nd) National Association of Manufacturers Technology Policy R ecommendations: Execu tive Summary ( 1 990)
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TABLE 2 Categories of Technology Policy Recommendations Technology Leadership and Modernization Government R &D Government technology acquisition Government technology deployment Government support of critical generic technologies Federal laboratories and commercialization of federally funded technology Technology infrastructure Industrial extension /economic development Standards Cooperation Using foreign technology Financial Environment Fiscal policy Capital cost and patience Tax policy Incentives to save Leveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers Harmonizing U.S Policies With Competitiveness Goals Antitrust Intellectual property rights Regulation Product liability Voice for competitiveness Human Resources Environment Worker training Preschool Primary / secondary education Higher education Foreign students Using engineers better Multi-level International Trade Unfair trade practices Export controls Trade-related intellectual property S& T Policy Machinery White House advisory mechanisms Congress Coordination with States Commerce Defense Leadership and Consensus Private Sector Actions Knowledge Base 8
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Another notable feature of the Bush technology policy statement is that it includes not only elements that are inherently technological in nature, such as federal R&D funding and technology transfer, but also elements 9
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NATIONAL A DVISORY COMMITTEE ON SEMICONDUCTORS REPORTS A series of reports on technology policy has also been published by the National Advisory Committee on Semiconductors INACS) , a group of offi cials from companies and government agencies active in semiconductor research and technology, established by the Congress to devise a national semiconductor strategy.
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competitiveness and comprised of executives from industry, organized labor, and higher education-has prepared two reports of direct relevance to technology policy. The first of these, Picking Up the Pace, focuses on the role of the federal government in facilitating and removing impediments to the commercial application of technology and makes recommendations for how the federal government can create an environment that is more condu cive to the rapid commercialization of technology by the private sector.
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" The second Council on Competitiveness report, Gaining New Ground, appraises current U.S. technology policy and concludes that current national policies and priorities do not adequately address the commercial technology challenge facing the United States.
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CARNEGIE COMMISSION REPORTS The Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology, and Government composed of individuals with broad experience in government and in sci ence and technology-was established in April 1 988 to assess the process by which the government incorporates scientific and technical knowledge into policy and decisionmaking. The Commission has published a series of reports, two of which are relevant to technology policy.
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It argues that national technology investments must be driven by a "policy broader than simply the support of federal missions, " one that "takes full account of the global nature of mod ern industrial technology. " The report also argues that there is a need for a structure in the Executive Office of the President and the White House that can "develop and review federal programs and initiatives for advancing and diffusing technology and can assure consistent and timely policy and pro gram decisions " and recommends new functions for OSTP and the National Security Council to achieve this.
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