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In recent years, much has been said about the migration of corporate research from R&D centers in the U.S. to new sites in developing countries where many multinational companies have found large pools of skilled labor and access to the world’s fastest-growing markets. A report from Booz Allen Hamilton last year found that India and China were the fastest-growing sites for foreign-based research at U.S.

Every year, the U.S. Census Bureau releases its annual Geographic Area Statistics report, filled with detailed statistics collected from its Annual Survey of Manufacturers. The report provides data for the nation as a whole, every state, and the District of Columbia for numerous sectors within the manufacturing field. Included in the report are statistics for the number of employees, payroll, value added, value of shipments, capital expenditures, cost of materials, and cost of electric energy for heat and power.

Texas Voters Likely to Decide on Similar Level for Cancer Research

After years of legal challenges to the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, the path for funding the $3 billion initiative has been cleared by the California Supreme Court. Texas may soon join the race to fund medical research with its own $3 billion bond issue supporting cancer research.

 

Galynn Beer succeeds Johnny Roy as the new chairman of the board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.

Jeff Brancato has been named Associate Vice President for Economic Development of University of Massachusetts.

Galynn Beer succeeds Johnny Roy as the new chairman of the board of the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.

Jeff Brancato has been named Associate Vice President for Economic Development of University of Massachusetts.

Victor Budnick, executive director of Connecticut Innovations, has announced his retirement effective April 1.

Chris Capelli, currently director of the technology transfer office at University of Pittsburgh, is leaving to become vice president for technology transfer at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

The University of Cincinnati has appointed Anne Chasser to serve as associate vice president for technology transfer and commercialization in the school's Office of Research.

Ladd Christensen and Martin Frey are the new co-directors of the Utah Department of Community and Economic Development.

Oleg Kagonovich has been promoted to the position of CEO of the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance. He formerly served as Chief Operating Officer.

Mike Koop, deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Community & Economic Development, is resigning effective March 1 to return to the private sector.

Richard Lunak is the new CEO of Innovation Works and Ron Bianchini has been named chairman of the organization.

Envision Utah appointed Alan Matheson as executive director of the Coalition for Utah's Future, the sponsor of Envision Utah.

Johns Hopkins University has named Jill Tarzian Sorenson to serve as associate provost and director of the Office of Licensing and Technology Development.

West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin has appointed Nancy Sturm and Jay Cole to serve, respectively, as the state’s education technology coordinator and governor's liaison for education policy, both new policy positions.

Jason Williamson is leaving his position as vice president of community development for the South Carolina Technology Alliance to become a founding partner in a new start-up tech firm.

While legislators did not agree to all of Gov. Linda Lingle’s Innovation Initiative – including a $100 million innovation fund - some of the governor’s original concepts emerged from several other bills at the close of the 2007 legislative session last week.

 

In an era in which many companies maintain a web presence before their first technology hits the market, broadband access has become an essential ingredient for high-tech business and growth. In many states, however, the need for broadband access has widened the high-tech achievement gap between urban and rural areas.

Region Looks to Broadband Access and IT Usage

The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) lacks the access, awareness and affordability of broadband Internet service – a direct bearing on the region’s ability to participate successfully in the national and global economies, a new report from DRA and the Southern Growth Policies Board finds.