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... The United States can construct a technology strategy by leveraging national strengths in science and innovation. This can be done without detailed government direction of industrial performance or interference with the market forces that drive economic advance.
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... Specifically, · the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's role in dual-use technology development especially in the area of information technology-should be reaffirmed; · a small number of the 700 federal laboratories should be selected to work with private firms in an effort to enhance technology transfer; · the scope of selected mission agency R&D programs should be enlarged to include pre-commercial projects; · funding for the Small Business Innovation Research program should be increased; · the Advanced Technology Program has had a promising start although past budgets were insufficient to have a significant impact on technology commercialization and should be evaluated, by an independent group, to determine the desirable size of the program; and · a new Industrial Extension Service should be created at the Department of Commerce to speed technology adoption by U.S. industry.
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... Long-term productivity growth rates remain lower for this country than for our foreign competitors. The United States needs to improve its performance in all areas that promote productivity growth.
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