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Findings from the study indicate that the target industries that seem to be frontrunners at this point are value-added agriculture, biotechnology and electronics.

The strategy articulates the fundamental values and goals for the state to rally around to become economically competitive in the 21st Century. The research conducted over the course of the process for the report identified several challenges
facing West Virginia.

The West Virginia Council for Community and Economic Development plan outlines four issue areas, each with five corresponding goals. The proposed action steps are meant to equip the state with the necessary tools and resources for the changes that the transition to the 21st Century brings.

Charged with determining what Iowa ought to be like and look like in 2010 and what needs to do to get there, the Governors Strategic Planning Council developed a set of eight significant goals that they believe shape a vision for Iowa, accompanied by specific action steps that they feel are the most critical for achieving that vision.

Selective adoption of new technologies, the taking on of only those technologies for which the medical benefits exceed the costs to society of developing and using them, is a crucial element in the quest to control health care costs while preserving or enhancing the quality of care. The document summarizes a project examining adoption of innovative medical technologies by managed care organizations.

The report was developed to respond to state and local government policy makers need for information that identifies the critical elements commonly found in state and regional technology infrastructure, and information on the presence of these elements in each of the states.

The review of national plans, policies and investments in science and technology in 2000 reveals regions, countries and companies are busy reassessing and restructuring their S&T policies and institutions to prepare for the 21st century.

The article provides some background information about the garment and textile industry in Zimbabwe. It describes one pioneering attempt to develop and assess an enabling state assessment methodology in this context for possible use in the private sector more generally.

The report provides on how to ensure that Canadian government decisions are informed by sound science advice. The report also presents a set of six key science advice principles which can improve science-based decision making.

The report from the state’s Advisory Council on the Digital Economy is a comprehensive strategy designed to create a technically trained workforce for Texas. Among the panel’s recommendations are the creation of a new position of State Technology Commissioner and a State Technology Council to advise the governor and state leaders on technology strategies and opportunities concerning economic development and state services.