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North America
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In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas. This congressionally requested report by a pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the area of clean, affordable energy.
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Consensus
·2007
In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these...
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The National Academies was asked by Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Jeff Bingaman of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, with endorsement by Representative Sherwood Boehlert and Representative Bart Gordon of the House Committee on Science, to respond to the following questions:
What are the top 10 actions, in priority order, that federal policymakers could take 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? What strategy, with several concrete steps, could be used to implement each of those actions?
Collaborators
Committee
Norman R. Augustine
Chair
Richard Axel
Member
Craig R. Barrett
Member
Gail H. Cassell
Member
Steven Chu
Member
Robert M. Gates
Member
Nancy S. Grasmick
Member
Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
Member
Shirley Ann Jackson
Member
Anita K. Jones
Member
Joshua Lederberg
Member
Richard C. Levin
Member
C. D. (Dan) Mote, Jr.
Member
Cherry A. Murray
Member
Peter O'Donnell, Jr.
Member
Lee R. Raymond
Member
Robert C. Richardson
Member
P. Roy Vagelos
Member
Charles M. Vest
Member
George M. Whitesides
Member
Richard N. Zare
Member
Staff
Deborah D. Stine
Lead