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... Naval Sea Systems Command 1333 Isaac Hull Ave., SE Washington Navy Yard, DC 20376-1080 Dear Mr. James: In 2007, an ad hoc committee of the National Academies released a report entitled, Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future That report concluded that "the scientific and technological building blocks critical to our economic leadership are eroding at a time when many other nations are gathering strength."1 The report identified a series of challenges to competitiveness and four areas of recommendations for the nation to enhance the science and technology enterprise so that the United States can successfully compete, prosper, and be secure in the global community of the 21st Century.
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... NAVSEA correctly reasons that this challenge has implications for its own workforce development, and its commitment to address this challenge as it relates to its own mission is commendable. The committee recognizes that the program outlined in the draft memorandum is an early attempt to lay out a comprehensive solution for NAVSEA in the context of existing efforts there and in the Navy more broadly.


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