by Katherine Arens | Jun 18, 2014 | Articles & Commentary, Innovation Policy
President Obama proclaimed June 18, 2014 a National Day of Making: Innovators and Advanced Manufacturing Celebrated The United States must increasingly rely on innovation for economic development, growth, and job creation. Every level of government— along with the...
by Joshua Walton | May 20, 2014 | Federal Funding, Innovation Policy, TechVision News & Events
We have outlined the growth and decline of technology policies, programs and priorities throughout the Federal budget – from advanced manufacturing – to wind, solar and more. Are you in a sector poised for growth? To find out read or download your free...
by Katherine Arens | Feb 25, 2014 | Federal Funding, Innovation Policy
by: Anita Balachandra Four weeks after delivering the State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama will announce that public-private partnerships will lead the Digital Manufacturing and Design Institute (DMDI) in Chicago and the Lightweight and...
by Katherine Arens | Dec 4, 2013 | Articles & Commentary, Innovation Policy, Workforce Development/STEM
“Our nation’s competitiveness continues to be compromised by significant and arbitrary cuts across our discretionary budget and by year-to-year, sometimes month-to-month uncertainty in the budget. Now is not the time...
by Katherine Arens | Oct 25, 2013 | Articles & Commentary, Federal Funding, Innovation Policy, Workforce Development/STEM
Bill Clinton observed in 1992 that the government is “spending more on the present and the past, and building less for the future.” Unfortunately, over the past two decades the problem has only become worse. Recently political dysfunction in has...
by Katherine Arens | Oct 17, 2013 | Articles & Commentary, Innovation Policy, Workforce Development/STEM
Now that the government shutdown has ended it is time for reconciliation on Capitol Hill. Discovering common ground and making a serious attempt at bipartisanship would go far in healing the self-inflicted wounds of the past two weeks. Reauthorization of the America...
