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Technology Policy and Industrial Innovation: The Federal Government's Role
Technology Policy and Industrial Innovation: The Federal Government's Role
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III TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION The Federal Government's Role NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
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Clearly, one element of this initiative must be increased efforts to promote the development of new, commercializable technologies and the basic research that makes such breakthroughs possible. In the attached white paper, which was prepared for the Presidential transition on the basis of the recent report of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine entitled: The Government Role in Civilian Technology: Building a New Alliance, it is pointed out that the government does have a legitimate role in promoting industrial innovation.
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current industrial extension services provided by the Commerce Department should be expanded to speed technology adoption in industry. The paper suggests several organizational options for consideration by the Administration as it seeks to advance the technological capabilities of the nation, including the possibility of establishing a Civilian Technology Corporation, which was the option that the committee favored in the Academies' recent report.
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The most important reason for a new technology policy, one that builds on our comparative strength in research and innovation, centers on productivity. The United States needs to improve its performance in all areas that promote productivity and long1 The National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine recently issued a report on technology policy, Me Government Role in Civilian Technology: Building a New Alliance.
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. the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's role in dual-use technology development -- especially in the area of information technology -- should be reaffirmed; only a small number of the 700 federal laboratories, those which are most appropriately qualified, should be selected to work with private firms in an effort to enhance technology transfer; the scope of selected mission agency R&D programs should be enlarged to include precommercial projects; funding for the Small Business Innovation Research program should be increased; · the Department of Commerce's Advanced Technology Program has had a promising start.
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Direct, 100 percent government subsidies to private firms for R&D projects run the risk of redirecting scarce resources, both financial and human, into unproductive channels. To ensure the commercial relevance of R&D funded by the government through cooperative ventures, private sector firms or institutions should cover at least 50 percent of total project costs.
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Public policies that seek to close domestic markets to foreign goods and services, limit technology flows, or restrict foreign participation in government technology programs, therefore, damage U.S. economic interests.
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Moreover, a government technology agency would be subject to federal procurement guidelines, and civil service hiring rules, both of which would severely limit its effectiveness. The most serious disadvantage of a civilian agency is its placement in the executive branch.
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