The Advanced Materials and Processing Program and the Restructuring of Materials Science and Technology in the United States From Research to Manufacturing (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Session I: Welcome and Keynote Address
Session I: Welcome and Keynote Address
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Technology is the currency of national power, and we need to constantly replenish our stock of this currency to ensure the qualitative superiority of our weaponry. At that time, we saw that economic security and national security were rapidly converging, and it became very clear that the Defense Department's efforts to nurture critical technologies needed to be integrated into a broader national effort.
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The Clinton-Gore campaign was reaching similar conclusions, as outlined in their position papers from last fall, and their efforts began in earnest in February with the release of the administration's technology policy. These initiatives-the defense reinvestment package and the Clinton technology policy- are part of a long-term, fundamental shift in federal technology policy, one that will profoundly change the way the federal government pursues research and development.
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The key to partnerships is industry input, an(l the materials industry, as a pervasive supplier rather than a high-profile, finished-product industry, has a more difficult challenge than many other sectors in getting federal attention. What is neecled is a consensus position that the varied materials companies in the United States can advocate to Congress and the Administration.
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In my view, the laboratories need to be integrated into a national technology infrastructure that serves the national technology base. In my view, this wouict involve the establishment of national user facilities and pilot centers, and broad, generic cooperative agreements with particular sectors in addition to the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
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Trade Policy Coordination We need to look at enforcement of our trade laws so as to ensure that there are adequate and equal incentives for job creation here in the United States. The Motorola philosophy has been that the company needs to compete in Japan if it is to be competitive in the United States.
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