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Gov. Eliot Spitzer has named Avi Schick and David Emil, respectively, as chairman and president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation.
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Gov. Chet Culver has appointed Mike Tramontina as director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
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John Wasilisin was named deputy executive director of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation.
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Steve Zylstra stepped down as CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
NEW HAMPSHIRE MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP, STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAUNCH NEXT GENERATION MANUFACTURING STUDY
DATELINE: CONCORD, N.H.
The New Hampshire Business Resource Center issued the following news release:
107 NASULGC UNIVERSITIES COMMIT TO INCREASE POOL OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
DATELINE: Washington
The following information was released by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges:
The lack of highly qualified science and mathematics teachers in middle and high school classrooms across America is a crisis that is well-established. If the U.S. is to remain a leader in engineering, technology and innovation in the global market place, the state of science and mathematics education must be reversed.
UCF Seminole incubator graduates 1st firm
Spectrum Bridge Inc. has become the first graduate of the University of Central Florida's Incubation Program Seminole County/Winter Springs office.
According to a release, the Lake Mary-based Internet marketplace and mapping technologies company joined the program in February 2008.
The company has begun generating revenue and completed rounds in venture capital funding totaling $8.1 million, said Esther Vargas-Davis, site manager at the Seminole County incubator office, in a release.
Tax Incentives for CAPCOs, Angel Investment, Green Jobs Sought in Minnesota
As part of the 2010-11 biennial budget unveiled last week, Gov. Tim Pawlenty proposed a package of tax incentives directed toward small, emerging businesses and companies that create green jobs and services. The governor's proposed Minnesota Jobs Recovery Act calls for a sizable investment over the next biennium with even greater costs beginning in 2012.
Arizona Steps Away from Core of TBED Strategy
Facing a $1.6 billion budget deficit, Arizona legislators set their sights on the state's three-year old 21st Century Competitive Initiative Fund. A group of four Republican lawmakers led the effort to remove the program's $22.5 million from the 2009 state budget, which was signed by new Governor Jan Brewer last week. The fund was started under former Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano, who recently left office to join the Obama administration as secretary of Homeland Security.
Useful Stats: Department of Health and Human Services R&D Obligations per State 2001-2005
The technology agenda for President Obama includes both advancing biomedical research and improving the efficiency of medical treatment. Coupling this federal strategy with the initiatives of many states to stimulate health and biotechnology-related research may result in a boon of federal R&D spending from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) within the states.
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Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's secretary of Housing and Economic Development, Daniel O'Connell, resigned for personal reasons and was replaced by Greg Bialecki, an undersecretary who has been responsible for business development
GOVERNOR KAINE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENTS FEBRUARY 2 2009
DATELINE: RICHMOND, Va.
The following information was released by the office of the governor of Virginia:
Governor Timothy M. Kaine today announced appointments to the following boards and commissions:
* denotes reappointment
Medical Advisory Board for the Department of Motor Vehicles
Juan A. Astruc Jr., M.D.* of Glen Allen, partner at the Retina Institute of Virginia;
Sponsor: Bill will create jobs
Doug Johnson of UniverCity Connections believes a bill providing tax credits to angel investors putting their money into start-up companies will create hundreds of new jobs in Colorado and help stimulate the lagging state economy.
Superclusters push CSU inventions
Superclusters can be explosive.
Colorado State University this week announced that its researchers have more than doubled the number of inventions, a phenomenal effort in two years. University officials attribute the success to the supercluster concept, which unites researchers with those in the private sector who can take their ideas and run, such as business experts, patent attorneys, marketers, etc. While the superclusters don't create new research, they foster it by speeding the transfer of technology from research to implementation.
SBIR to Be Victim of Recovery Myopia?
SC Centers Program Sees Job Creation, Leverage in 5-Year Results
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Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
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Eric Cromwell announced he is resigning as director of technology development for the State of Tennessee.
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Frank Dinucci announced he will step down in April 2007 as president of Connecticut Innovations.
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C. Robert Eaton is resigning as president of MdBio, effective March 31, 2007, to pursue other opportunities in the private sector.
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Bill Goetz, chief of staff in the North Dakota Office of the Governor, has been selected to be chancellor of the North Dakota University System, beginning July 1, 2007.
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Oleg Kaganovich will resign as CEO of the Sacramento Area Regional Technology Alliance (SARTA) in June 2007, but remain a member of SARTA's board of directors.