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NCSC Offers TBED Resources

Friday, August 2, 2002

The National Center for Small Communities (NCSC) has two new free or low-cost resources for small town leaders and rural development practitioners. Based in Washington, D.C., NCSC conducts research, training and technical assistance to benefit the leaders of U.S. small communities.

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TBED RoundUp

Friday, August 2, 2002

Columbus Tech Councils Merge

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Recent GAO reports on TBED Issues

Friday, August 2, 2002

Several recent reports and testimonies by the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) address issues of importance to many state and local technology-based economic development initiatives. Highlights of six are provided below. The full reports and testimonies can be found at http://www.gao.gov/.

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Final Chance for Warm Fuzzy

Friday, August 2, 2002

You know that feeling you get when you've done something nice for no apparent reason? Or at least the grounds for being good are hidden so deeply within you that you aren't aware of the potential payoff?

Well, the annual readers' survey for the SSTI Weekly Digest presents another one of those opportunities to ignite or rekindle that warm inner glow that made the Grinch's heart grow three sizes that day.

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Premier Conference on Building Tech-Based Economies Opens Registration

Friday, August 2, 2002

With more than 30 sessions and keynote addresses by Michigan Governor John Engler and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development David Sampson, SSTI's Sixth Annual Conference promises to be the year's best and most comprehensive conference on tech-based economic development. Building Tech-Based Economies: From Policy to Practice will be held October 2-3, 2002 in Dearborn, Michigan, with pre-conference activities on October 1.

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NY Offers Grants To Recruit Retain Biotech Faculty

Friday, August 2, 2002

Earlier this week, New York Governor George E. Pataki and NY Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno unveiled a new funding program designed to recognize and support outstanding scientists and engineers who, early in their careers, show potential for leadership and scientific discovery in the field of biotechnology.

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Northwest Research Institute for Bioproducts, Bioenergy Formed

Friday, August 2, 2002

Two Department of Energy national laboratories and two land-grant universities announced on July 17 that they will work together to form a new research institute for the production of energy and industrial products from biomass resources. The new Northwest Bioproducts Research Institute will combine the talents of DOE's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, DOE's Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Washington State University, and the University of Idaho.

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MBDA Launches Minority Entrepreneurship VC Initiative

Friday, August 2, 2002

On July 2, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and the Emerging Venture Network (EVN) launched the MBDA Equity Capital Access (MECA) Program to increase minority entrepreneurs access to capital.

MBDA hopes the initiative will help address the fact that minority firms receive only two percent of all private equity.

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Competition Best For Broadband?

Friday, August 2, 2002

“Failure to improve broadband performance could reduce U.S. productivity by 1 percent per year or more,” concludes Charles H. Ferguson in a recent Brookings Institution policy brief. The July brief addresses the pace of broadband deployment and development in the U.S. and makes several recommendations to further progress.

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Montana Legislature Passes $60 Million VC Act

Monday, April 18, 2005

Venture capital investments in Montana may have become a little more attractive last Friday as the Montana House of Representatives passed the Montana Equity Capital Investment Act, moving the legislation to Gov. Brian Schweitzer for his consideration and expected signature.

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New Mexico Adds Tax Credit, Loan Program to TBED Portfolio

Monday, April 18, 2005

Tech firms in New Mexico received happy tax news on April 4 as Gov. BIll Richardson signed several bills to encourage economic growth across New Mexico.

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New York Budget Calls for New Oversight of Empire Zones

Monday, April 18, 2005

New York's Empire Zones Program dodged a veto from Gov. George Pataki as an agreement was met with the legislature to restructure the program. The state budget, signed into law last week, extends the program and allows for an additional 12 zones to be created throughout the state.

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Federal R&D Tax Credit to Become Permanent?

Monday, April 18, 2005

Legislation that would extend and expand the federal research tax credit was introduced in the U.S. Senate last month. Senate Bill 627 seeks to make permanent the research credit that was first enacted in 1981 and is set to expire Dec. 31, 2005. The bill, sponsored by Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), also would provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses and increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit.

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Recent Research: Tax Credits Are Good for Companies, But Do They Make Good Policy?

Monday, April 18, 2005

Do tax credits pave the way for more investment in R&D and equity investments in new enterprises? Or, do they reward companies and venture capitalists for investments they would have made anyway?

Discussions on these questions can become quite heated and fueled by data supportive of both sides, as two new academic analyses demonstrate.

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Useful Stats: State Rankings of GSP Per Capita: 1999-2003

Monday, April 18, 2005

Gross State Product (GSP) is considered, at least in theory, to be an effective measure of the "value added" by a state's economy. That is, the figure represents the sum of all net industrial activity within the state, where net activity is defined as total outputs (sales or receipts and other operating income, commodity taxes, and inventory change) minus total inputs (consumption of goods and services purchased from other industries or imported).

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States' Combined FY 2003 Budget Shortfall Forecast: $58 Billion

Friday, July 26, 2002

State fiscal conditions continue to deteriorate dramatically, according to a report released Wednesday at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).

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Vermont Passes Tax Credits, Examines High Tech Impact

Friday, July 26, 2002

Vermont’s high-tech businesses now can take advantage of new tax credits with Governor Howard Dean, M.D.’s signature on H. 239. The bill creates a set of five incentives for high-tech businesses in industries including computer hardware or software, information and communications, microelectronics, semiconductors, digital communications, medical devices, energy technologies and electric vehicles.

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NSF Finds R&D Concentration Continues in Top States

Friday, July 26, 2002

The 20 states with the least total R&D expenditures increased their share of the total pot in 1999 to 5 percent, according to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) latest InfoBrief. In 1998, NSF found the lowest 20 states captured only 4 percent of the nation's R&D investment.

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A 30-year Look At Support for Academic R&D

Friday, July 26, 2002

The importance of strong academic R&D capabilities in building state and regional tech-based economies cannot be overstated. Subsequently most states, either independently or in partnership with federal EPSCoR programs, are making investments toward strengthening their academic research enterprises. Some also have invested in programs to attract, leverage or match federal R&D investments.

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Upstate NY Coalition Promotes TBED

Friday, July 26, 2002

While Albany securing Sematech North has captured national attention in the TBED community for the past week, area leaders have been working for more than a year to forge a partnership toward regional technology-based economic development. That effort came to fruition in June when leaders of the Albany-Colonie Regional, Rensselaer County Regional and Schenectady County Chambers of Commerce announced the formation of the Tech Valley Chamber Coalition.

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Useful Stats: USDA and DOD 02.1 SBIR Phase I Awards/Proposals

Friday, July 26, 2002

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Defense (DOD) recently posted the abstracts for award selections from the FY 2002 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I solicitations. For DOD, abstracts are for 02.1, the first solicitation of the fiscal year.

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CATI Groundbreaking Held in Racine, WI

Friday, July 26, 2002

The Center for Advanced Technology and Innovation (CATI) Partnership Board and the Gateway Technical College Board of Directors recently held a groundbreaking to begin construction of the new 40,000-square-foot facility located in Sturtevant’s Renaissance Park.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Distributes $80M for Bio Ed

Friday, July 26, 2002

Forty-four research universities in 28 states and the District of Columbia will receive $80 million from Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to help address the challenges of the rapidly changing and increasingly interdisciplinary nature of undergraduate biology education. The grants will support programs that encourage graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to hone their teaching skills in undergraduate courses.

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TBED People

Friday, July 26, 2002

Anne Armstrong, president of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology since 1999, has resigned from the position effective the end of this month. Virginia Secretary of Technology George C. Newstrom will serve as Interim President during a search for a new president.

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TBED People

Friday, July 26, 2002

Anne Armstrong, president of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology since 1999, has resigned from the position effective the end of this month. Virginia Secretary of Technology George C. Newstrom will serve as Interim President during a search for a new president.

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