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Review of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Draft Memorandum NAVSEA's 21st Century Engagement, Education, and Technology Initiative (2008) / Chapter Skim
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V. The Problem – Balancing Perspectives
Pages 30-35

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... "28 In the resulting NAS report entitled "Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future," the authors call for comprehensive and immediate action to address an increasing economic and national security threat to the United States: the impaired ability to grow and compete in a globalizing world for the scarce STEM professionals needed to ensure the capability for technological innovation. Appendix A provides a clear mapping of NAVSEA's intended actions to provide solutions to the NAS authors' four recommendations with twenty supporting actions to implement them.
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... Stakeholders at the strategic level include the American public, students at all levels, industry, federal government agencies, and foreign nations. At the Naval Enterprise and NAVSEA organizational levels, the stakeholders include the Department of Defense (DOD)
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... As noted in the NAS Storm Report as well as in an additional NAS report referencing National Science Foundation study findings: 5
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... citizens and legal permanent residents at a time when more and more employers view engineering services as commodities to be purchased at the lowest possible cost, here or overseas; • How to address U.S. corporate needs for maintaining a positive worldwide competitive position while also maintaining a viable technical workforce for the security and economic vitality of the U.S.; • How to reconcile fundamental economic laws of supply and demand … ; and 31 Jackson, S.J., National Science Foundation, "Envisioning A 21st Century Science and Engineering Workforce for the United States: Tasks for University, Industry, and Government," National Academies Press, 2003.
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... Second, while many federal employees stay long past retirement eligibility, the simultaneous loss of large numbers would certainly impact NAVSEA's capability to deliver world class products. For example, based on internal research, 60% of NAVSEA's workforce could retire simultaneously.33 In fact, a rapid retirement of a large percentage of the workforce would exacerbate the national security challenge because training new accessions does not make up for lost experience.
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... • Small business interactions to leverage federal government funding initiatives including Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
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