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SSTI Releases 2005 Conference Agenda, PDF Brochure

Monday, August 8, 2005

SSTI is pleased to give regular Digest readers the first peek at a PDF version of the brochure for SSTI's 9th annual conference, Investing in a Brighter Future: Building Tech-based Economies, to be held in Atlanta on October 19-21, 2005.

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Business Leaders Create Action Plan to Sustain U.S. Competitiveness

Monday, August 8, 2005

Expressing concern over the nation's ability to sustain its scientific and technological superiority throughout the 21st Century, 15 leading business organizations have released an action plan that aims to double the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics graduates by 2015.

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Final Component of Ohio's Third Frontier to Be Placed On Nov. Ballot

Monday, August 8, 2005

Following defeat at the polls two years ago, Ohio's state legislature has agreed nearly unanimously to again have voters decide on whether or not the state can issue bonds in support of the final component of Gov. Bob Taft's tech-based economic development strategy -- Ohio's Third Frontier Initiative.

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Lafayette Voters Approve $125M Broadband Project

Monday, August 8, 2005

The year-long battle between Lafayette Utilities System (LUS) and competitors BellSouth Louisiana and Cox Communications over the utility company's proposed Fiber for the Future project came to an end last month when voters approved the $125 million fiber optics plan by a vote of 62 percent to 38 percent.

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NSF Finds Substantial Increase in University Research Space

Monday, August 8, 2005

Increasing and modernizing university research capacity is a priority for many states. Contrary to programmatic or operational appropriations being required annually, funding for such construction projects can be phased over decades as part of a state's larger capital budget/bond programs. Recent research from the National Science Foundation (NSF) documents the results of the increased importance placed in university research building programs.

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Reliable Measurements Needed to Assess Workforce Investment Act, GAO Says

Monday, August 8, 2005

While local workforce boards are using substantial funds for worker training under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), little is known on a national level about the outcomes of those trained, says a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

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U.S. Universities Partner with India for Satellite Engineering Education Program

Monday, August 8, 2005

A partnership between U.S. universities, research centers, private sector corporations, and Indian institutions recently was formed to improve engineering education in India and offer U.S. faculty the opportunity to collaborate with Indian researchers.

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Appalachia Rife with Tech Clusters But Exploiting Them Presents Challenges

Friday, November 22, 2002

More than 100 technology clusters may exist in the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) area, but challenges to exploit and nurture the clusters still exist. A new report analyzes the ARC region's concentration of technology resources at a sub-regional level and uncovers localized technology strengths that might be promoted through concentrated economic development policy.

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R&D Intensity and Regional Growth: Does a Link Really Exist?

Friday, November 22, 2002

Economic growth in a regional economy can be positively linked to an increase in intensity of industry R&D, according to recent research by Marios Zachariadis of Louisiana State University. R&D, Innovation, and Technological Progress: A Test of the Schumpeterian Framework without Scale Effects, released in September 2002, establishes a connection among R&D intensity, patenting, technological change and economic growth.

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Telecommunications Needs of Greater Minnesota Companies Examined

Friday, November 22, 2002

Manufacturing jobs in rural Minnesota numbered almost 120,000 in 2000, a 25 percent increase since 1990, according to a recent study by the Center for Rural Policy and Development and Minnesota Technology Inc., two agencies dedicated to helping industry in Greater Minnesota.

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National Academies Report Offers Ways to Improve Undergraduate Education

Friday, November 22, 2002

Universities should revamp how they evaluate S&T teaching, report says

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Useful Stats: 3rd Quarter VC Data by State

Friday, November 22, 2002

Two independent surveys of venture capital investments made during the third quarter of FY 2002 suggest the downward trends in the flow of money and number of VC placements will continue.

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Tech-based ED RoundUp: Casualties of the Economy

Friday, November 22, 2002

Competition Canceled in Florida

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Friday, November 15, 2002

Fritz Bittenbender will become president of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Association in December.

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Friday, November 15, 2002

The New Hampshire High Technology Council has announced Paul Houle is the new president and chief executive officer and Mary Collins will serve as executive vice president and chief operating officer.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Gary Mahn, director of the Idaho Department of Commerce, has announced he will resign from the position at the end of the year.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Pam McDonough, director of the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs for the past four years, has been appointed to the Illinois Labor Relations Board by outgoing Governor George Ryan. Joseph Hannon will serve as the department's director for the remainder of Ryan's term, which ends in January.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Carla Patterson is the new director of the Nebraska Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Cian Robinson, executive director of Infotech Niagara, has left the position to consult privately.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Carolyn Stark is the new director of the Austin Technology Council, filling the position vacated by Paul Toprac.

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People

Friday, November 15, 2002

Lara L. Vande Walle is the new president of the Washington DC Technology Council (DC Tech).

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Aerospace, Aviation Industry Important at All Levels, Study Shows

Friday, November 15, 2002

Employing more than two million workers in 2001 with an annual average wage of $47,700, the U.S. civil and commercial aerospace and aviation industry has a major economic and employment impact at the national, state and local levels in all 50 states, according to a report by the Commission on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry. The industry also is a substantial force in civil, military, and space manufacturing and operations in nearly half of the nation's states, the report stated.

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Programs with Results: California's Matching Grants Yielding Big Results

Friday, November 15, 2002

Note: With this issue, the SSTI Weekly Digest is launching a new occasional "Programs with Results" series — articles profiling a variety of technology-based economic development programs that have been around many years and are yielding positive results. Our goal is to help answer the question "What Appears to Work?" with models that potentially could be duplicated in other states, regions or communities.

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Measuring Up 2002 Grades States on Higher Education Performance

Friday, November 15, 2002

Many states have made substantial strides in preparing students for college-level education, but widespread gains in the proportion of Americans going to college have not been made, according to Measuring Up 2002, a report released by the independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. The report finds that overall college opportunity in America also is at a standstill, remaining unevenly and unfairly distributed.

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2001 Tech Transfer Activities of Federal Agencies Examined

Friday, November 15, 2002

The federal laboratories and research facilities associated with nine federal agencies can serve as a treasure chest of technologies for commercialization, according to Intellectual Property: Federal Agency Efforts in Transferring and Reporting New Technology (GAO-03-47). The recent report by the General Accounting Office (GAO) discloses that in fiscal year 2001, nine federal agencies created 3,676 new inventions, issued 1,585 patents and received $74.5 million in licensing revenues.

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