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Report Indicates Fiscal Pressures for Cities On the Rise

Monday, September 12, 2005

Over the past few years, annual surveys from the National League of Cities (NLC) have reported grim findings on the fiscal status of cities across the nation with little hope for turnaround in the near future.

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Local ED Already Squeezed, According to ACCRA Survey

Monday, September 12, 2005

The average budgets for local and regional economic development organizations fell nearly 3 percent between 2004 and 2005, according to the second annual survey by ACCRA.

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NSF Releases 2003 Academic R&D Data

Monday, September 12, 2005

University R&D is considered a fundamental element of innovation and technological competitiveness. If R&D spending equates to more R&D, then the 10 percent increase between 2002 and 2003 as reported by the nation's academic community to the National Science Foundation (NSF) would be a rosy sign for America's future.

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Useful Stats:2003 Industrial Support for Academic R&D, by State

Monday, September 12, 2005

Over the period 1998-2003, Oregon saw the largest percent change in its academic R&D expenditures funded by industry sources, according to the National Science Foundation's latest survey (see the above story).

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Governors Urge Congress to Fund Support for Small Manufacturers

Friday, January 10, 2003

The National Governors' Association (NGA) is urging leaders of the House and Senate Commerce-Justice-State (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittees "to maintain the federal government's share of support for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) in the fiscal year (FY) 2003 appropriations."

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CFED Study Shows Some States Fare Better than Others in Recession

Friday, January 10, 2003

If states are to emerge from the recession stronger than when they went in, state policymakers must make long-term investments in economic fundamentals such as a skilled workforce, technological capacities and quality amenities, reports the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). They also need help from the federal government, according to the 16th annual Development Report Card for the States by CFED, a nonpartisan Washington-based think tank.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners Create Funding Vehicle to Aid Growth of Companies

Friday, January 10, 2003

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP), an independent nonprofit economic development organization, has announced the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's $2 million commitment to establish the Ben Franklin Investment Partners venture guarantee revolving fund. The fund is the first such development financing vehicle of its kind in the U.S.

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U.S. Industrial R&D Expenditures Peak in 2000, NSF Reports

Friday, January 10, 2003

U.S. companies had $199.5 billion in R&D investment in 2000, a 9 percent increase over the 1999 total, according to the annual Survey of Industrial Research and Development published by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The survey data is presented in a recent NSF InfoBrief, which shows the total industrial R&D increase to be 7 percent after adjusting for inflation.

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Starting and Maintaining Clusters

Friday, January 10, 2003

The challenges of creating a cluster of companies in related technologies, both the processes and factors for influencing cluster development, are different than the requirements for maintaining the cluster, concludes "Old Economy" Inputs for "New Economy" Outcomes: Cluster Formation in the New Silicon Valleys. The paper contests cluster development is a combination of elements of both new economic theory focusing on increasing returns and old economic theory, which concentrated

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New Govs Bring Key S&T Personnel Shifts

Friday, January 10, 2003

Several of the key economic development and science & technology positions have been filled by some of the nation's 24 new governors. Many of these individuals will be involved in setting the state's tech-based economic development agenda and determining budget cuts, reorganization plans or program eliminations to handle the money squeeze. In addition, a few other lead S&T agencies have announced top-level changes.

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North Carolina Creates SBIR/STTR Incentive, Matching Program

Monday, August 29, 2005

With the passage of the state's biennial budget, North Carolina's small businesses are now eligible for follow-on support from the state for research projects funded under the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

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Initiatives Aim to Close Digital Divide Among Low-Income Households

Monday, August 29, 2005

Two initiatives aimed at closing the digital divide, particularly among low-income Americans, were announced earlier this month.

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Southern Growth Offers Index Tool for Creating Stronger Communities

Monday, August 29, 2005

The bottom line for all regional economic development initiatives should be improving the quality of life for the area's residents. A new report from the Census Bureau — revealing the increased percentage of the U.S. population living in poverty and median household income remaining flat again, after two years of decline — provides a not-too-subtle reminder for the technology-based economic development (TBED) field.

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NIH Releases Final Ethics Rules

Monday, August 29, 2005

Ban on Outside Consulting with Industry Remains in Force

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The Scuttlebutt on SSTI's Annual Conferences

Monday, August 29, 2005

Many of the readers are new to the Digest since last year's conference, so we're getting questions about how SSTI's upcoming 9th annual conference, to be held in Atlanta on Oct. 19-21, differs from other events.

The easiest way to answer that is to let the conference speak for itself — through the comments we received from past participants:

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State Tobacco Settlement Funds & TBED: Where Are They Now?

Monday, August 29, 2005

Following the 1998 Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement, states across the country set out to dedicate significant amounts of funding from their share of the settlement to support research and other TBED programs.

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EDA Telecast to Discuss SACI Recommendations

Monday, August 29, 2005

On Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, the Economic Development Administration will host a one-hour telecast, to discuss the final report of the Strengthening America’s Communities Advisory Committee.

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Bioscience Initiative Pushes for Jobs in Baltimore

Friday, December 20, 2002

Placing a high priority on the biosciences as a measure for long-term economic development, the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) has released a strategic plan that aims to ensure growth, in part, by securing a highly motivated and well trained workforce for the city's bioscience sector.

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connectkentucky Plan Prepares State for Tech-driven Economy

Friday, December 20, 2002

Sixty-nine percent of Kentucky businesses use computer technology to handle some of their business functions, but only 36 percent use the Internet and little more than 20 percent have a website, according to a report released by Governor Paul Patton's Office for the New Economy. Kentucky Prepares for the Networked World, which details computer, Internet and website use among the state's businesses, shows more than 50 percent see "no need" to use the Internet.

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NSF Finds Top R&D-performing States Have Diverse R&D Patterns

Friday, December 20, 2002

The patterns of research and development (R&D) activities vary considerably among those states with the most R&D expenditures, the National Science Foundation's (NSF) latest InfoBrief reports. In 2000, 87 percent of the nation's total R&D investment of $265 billion occurred in 20 states. Only 4 percent of the U.S. R&D total was accounted for by the 20 lowest ranking states.

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Innovation Index Gives Ontario Edge as Innovation Leader in Canada

Friday, December 20, 2002

Ontario is performing from a base of strength in its transition to a knowledge-based economy, according to the Ontario Innovation Index recently released by the Ontario Science and Innovation Council (OSIC). Using 30 indicators, the report measures all aspects of the province's innovation system, from community awareness and support for science and technology (S&T) to levels of investment to support its infrastructure.

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New Markets Tax Credit Program Gets U.S. GAO Review

Friday, December 20, 2002

The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) has released a report describing its efforts to evaluate the New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Program created by Congress in 2000. The NMTC program, which has total equity of $15 billion, permits taxpayers to receive a credit against federal income taxes for making qualified equity investments in designated Community Development Entities (CDEs).

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Academic Freedom and Homeland Security

Friday, December 20, 2002

Security analysts and policy makers have been concerned with information published in the open scientific literature since WWII and the Cold War. Recently the focus has shifted towards information and research in the biosciences because of the dramatic advances and potential application of this information to bioterrorism.

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Does the “Cluster” Concept Address Equity?

Friday, December 20, 2002

A new report, Just Clusters: Economic Development Strategies that Reach More People and Places, from Regional Technology Strategies, Inc. (RTS) finds that while cluster-based economic development strategies have the potential to expand opportunities for disadvantaged populations and rural regions, most current cluster strategies do not pay attention to equity issues. The project was made possible through a grant from the Ford Foundation.

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Kentucky Aims to Achieve World-Class Status in Life Sciences

Monday, August 22, 2005

With the proper utilization of existing resources, the development of key new programs, strong leadership within state government and coordinated efforts among all programs and stakeholders, Kentucky has the opportunity to become a world leader in specific niches of the life sciences industry, says a report from the Governor's Life Sciences Consortium.

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