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07-08-09-DigitalJ-BushSignsAmericaCompetesActProviding30BForScienceAndTechnology.txt ==========> 01-05-00-ACMUbiquity-LowFacultySalariesAndShortageOfSecuritySpecialists.txt========== Time for industry to support academic INFOSEC M. E. Kabay May 2001 Ubiquity, Volume 2 Issue 15 Low faculty salaries contribute to the shortage of trained security specialists. In October 2000, Dr Eugene Spafford was given the NCSC (National Computer Security Center) Achievement Award for 2000 at the 23rd NISSC (National Information Systems Security Conference) in Baltimore. In his plenary address, ==========> 02-04-24-ChronHigherEd-DOD-ResearchControls.txt========== The Chronicle of Higher Education (http://chronicle.com) Wednesday, April 24, 2002 Pentagon Considers Tighter Controls on Academic Research By RON SOUTHWICK The Department of Defense is considering new restrictions on research sponsored by the military, including the possibility of imposing criminal sanctions against individuals who publish unclassified studies involving basic research. College lobbyists and even some officials within the Defense ==========> 02-05-09-BostonGlobe-PentagonDropsResearchControls.txt========== > Boston Globe > May 9, 2002 > Pg. 3 > Pentagon Drops Attempt To Keep Research Quiet > Security fears led to a plan that irked scientists > By Mary Leonard, Globe Staff > WASHINGTON - The Defense Department has withdrawn a draft proposal aimed at > restricting the uses and dissemination of unclassified research it funds, in > response to bitter opposition from universities that do basic science for the ==========> 02-07-08-GroveUSACM-DOD-RevisedResearchRestrictions.txt========== Subject: Fwd: Basic and applied research likely to be excluded from new DoD regs Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 13:58:09 -0400 From: Jeff Grove >>Forwarded from the AAU >> >>* Basic and applied research likely to be excluded from new DoD regs >> >>A group appointed by Dr. John Hopps, Deputy Director for Defense >>Research and Engineering, is preparing revisions to the memorandum ==========> 02-10-19-NYT-SecrecyPolicyWillHurtScience.txt========== Researchers Say Science Is Hurt by Secrecy Policy Set Up by the White House By WILLIAM J. BROAD NY Times Oct. 19, 2002 The presidents of the National Academies said yesterday that the Bush administration was going too far in limiting publication of some scientific research out of concern that it could aid terrorists. Specifically, they said, the administration's policy of restricting the ==========> 02-11-08-CNETNews-VoteNearOnCyberSecurityRandDAct.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1023-965164.html Cybersecurity bill nears House vote By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com November 8, 2002, 4:31 PM PT American universities may receive a nearly $1 billion windfall next week, when Congress is expected to approve a massive new spending program for computer security. ==========> 02-11-13-Wired-HousePassesCyberSecurityRandDAct.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56351,00.html House OKs Computer Security Bill By Michael 12:00 AM Nov. 13, 2002 PT WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved the $903 million Cyber Security Research and Development Act. Over the next five years, the act will fund new cybersecurity initiatives and train computer security experts in hopes of thwarting a future terrorist attack ==========> 02-11-15-Unknown-NSFDoublingBillHeadedToPres.txt========== NSF DOUBLING BILL HEADED TO PRESIDENT Legislation Also Includes Tech Talent, Math and Science Education Provisions WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House late last night gave its final approval to a Science Committee bill that would put the National Science Foundation (NSF) on a track to double its budget in five years. H.R. 4664, the "National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002," also includes major math and science education initiatives. The bill, which was approved earlier in the evening by the Senate, will now head to the President for his signature. ==========> 03-01-02-AOL-UnivResearchersTurnDownGrantsWithRestrictions.txt========== http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0100&id=030102170713579573 Researchers Worry About Terrorism Fear The Associated Press Jan 2 2003 5:07PM WASHINGTON (AP) - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology walked away from a $404,000 study because the government wanted to restrict participation by foreign students. Other universities are balking at demands that the government check research in the name of national security before scientists ==========> 03-02-05-ITManagement-NSFPanelRecommends1BAnnuallyForCyberInfrastructure.txt========== http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/20686.html Cascading Failures Could Crash the Global Internet By Mike Martin NewsFactor Sci::Tech, Part of the NewsFactor Network February 6, 2003 Eliminating central nodes -- for instance, backbone routers in the Internet -- "is likely to cause ==========> 03-03-27-USACM-OSTPLetter-RestrictionsOnResearchAndPublications.txt========== FYI: Earlier today, USACM sent the attached letter to White House OSTP Director Jack Marburger recommending a clear and concise policy framework for controlling access to research and information. Regards, Jeff Grove, ACM Policy Director March 27, 2003 ==========> 03-07-31-CNETNews-HomelandSecurity-HSARPA.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1020_3-5058618.html Homeland Security courts Silicon Valley By Alorie Gilbert Staff Writer, CNET News.com July 31, 2003, 5:11 PM PT MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--The government has about $1 billion to spend next year on the development of new homeland security technologies and is looking toward Silicon Valley for ideas on how to spend it. ==========> 03-08-15-PhysToday-BasicITResearch-Physics.txt========== http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-56/iss-7/p44.html Basic Research in the Information Technology Industry Why do information technology companies support exploratory research in physics and allied fields? The answer is simple--because of the need to bring new technology quickly to market. Ultimately, even long-term research is all about speed. Thomas N. Theis and Paul M. Horn ==========> 03-08-31-USACM-FundingForITAdvancesInCongress.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/update/update78.htm ACM WASHINGTON UPDATE =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ August 31, 2003 Vol. 7.8 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= USACM Prepares FY2003 Report of Activities and Achievements ==========> 03-09-19-SVBiz-UCalToCollaborateOnNewTechnology.txt========== http://www.svbizink.com/otherfeatures/spotlight.asp?iid=318&naviid= UC institute helping solve society's problems Published: Friday, September 19, 2003 Four University of California campuses collaborate on technologies to change lives In December 2000, Gov. Gray Davis announced the formation of several California Institutes for Science and Innovation. Original plans called for three institutes, with at least two University of California campuses participating ==========> 03-11-11-ZDNet-TechCompaniesInfluenceUniversityResearch.txt========== http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-5105655.html Tech peddles its influence on campus By John Borland CNET News.com November 11, 2003, 11:08 AM PT As a member of Microsoft's new "Academic Alliance," the University of Waterloo was in line for a $2.3 million donation to its computer science program--which in turn would help develop software that could become a component of the ==========> 03-11-16-CRA-GrandResearchChallengesConference.txt========== http://www.cra.org/Activities/grand.challenges/security/home.html CRA Conference on "Grand Research Challenges in Information Security & Assurance" Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia November 16-19, 2003 In 2002, CRA sponsored its first "Grand Research Challenges in Computer Science and Engineering." This was the first in a series of highly non-traditional conferences where the goal is to define important questions rather than expose ==========> 03-11-30-ACMWashUpdate-ACM-CongressApprovesFundingForComputerResearch.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 7.11 November 30, 2003 ACM and CRA Sponsor Cyber Security Policy Event Congress to Approve Funding for Computing Research and Education OMB Issues New Privacy Guidelines FBI Plans to Open Five New Computer Crime Labs NIST Seeks Comment on New Security Controls and Secure Hash Standard New Congressional Research Services Report on E-Voting Nanotechnology R&D Authorization Enacted into Law ******************************* ==========> 03-11-30-USACM-ACMWashingtonUpdate-7-11.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 7.11 November 30, 2003 ACM and CRA Sponsor Cyber Security Policy Event Congress to Approve Funding for Computing Research and Education OMB Issues New Privacy Guidelines FBI Plans to Open Five New Computer Crime Labs NIST Seeks Comment on New Security Controls and Secure Hash Standard New Congressional Research Services Report on E-Voting Nanotechnology R&D Authorization Enacted into Law ******************************* ==========> 03-12-11-NRC-CSTB-PlanningMeetingOnFundamentalResearchChallengesInComputerGraphics.txt========== http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cstb/project_graphics.html Planning Meeting on Fundamental Research Challenges in Computer Graphics IN PROGRESS Jump to: Scope | Staff | Prior Work | Sponsors The planning meeting will be held on December 11-12, 2003 at the Hotel Monaco in Salt Lake City, Utah. White Papers Received ==========> 04-01-08-WashPost-CSPPAsksFedsForMoreResearchMoney.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63380-2004Jan7.html U.S. Could Lose Technology Dominance, Executives Say Group Sees Need for New Government Incentives By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 8, 2004; Page E05 An organization of high-technology executives yesterday renewed industry calls for government spending and tax cuts to spur research, improved mathematics and ==========> 04-01-09-SJMerc-CSPPAsksFedsForMoreResearchMoney.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7669210.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 09, 2004 Tech titans tell government to keep hands off, but feel free to spend money By Mike Cassidy Mercury News This is rich. At the same time tech titans are madly moving jobs to low-wage countries, they ==========> 04-01-31-USACMWashUpdate-OECDRecommendsShiftInFocusOfGovernmentRandDEfforts.txt========== Subject: ACM Washington Update Vol. 8.1 January 31, 2004 From: Lillie Coney Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:06:59 -0500 To: WASHINGTON-UPDATE@ACM.ORG ACM Washington Update Vol. 8.1 January 31, 2004 ==========> 04-03-19-TriValHerald-ResearchersVieForDHSFunding.txt========== http://www.trivalleyherald.com/Stories/0,1413,86%257E10669%257E2027912,00.html Article Last Updated: Friday, March 19, 2004 - 7:13:19 AM PST Scientists vying for special funds Berkeley researchers By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER For his pitch at the fastest-growing research fund in the nation, David Culler upended a box of circuitry on his desk. ==========> 04-03-31-USACM-WashUpdate-USACM-CRAUrgeSupportForNISTLabs.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 8.3, March 31, 2004 ******************************* [1] USACM and CRA Urge Congress to Support NIST Labs [2] European Union Enacts New Copyright Enforcement Directive [3] Lawsuits Over Ballot Printers Advance [4] Two More States Opt-out of MATRIX Project [5] White House Defends Science Policy [6] Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference to be held April 20 to 23 ==========> 04-04-30-USACM-SupportForNISTAndHighPerformaceComputingResearch.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 8.4, April 30, 2004 ******************************* [1] USACM Offers to Assist Federal Commission in Assessing Evoting Systems [2] USACM and CRA Urge Congressional Support for IT Research at NIST [3] USACM Joins Diverse Coalition in Seeking Changes to the DMCA [4] Legislation Introduced to Reauthorize the High Performance Computing Act [5] EPIC to Host IT Policy Conference in Washington ******************************* ==========> 04-06-28-InfoWeek-KerryPledges30BForTechRandDandBroadband.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=22102231 Kerry Pledges $30B For Tech R&D, Broadband Sales of unused TV transmission spectrum would fund the program. By Aaron Ricadela, InformationWeek June 28, 2004 In a visit to Silicon Valley last week, Sen. John Kerry said he would spend $30 billion to pump up U.S. research and development of science and technology, including tax incentives to make broadband Internet access available across the ==========> 04-07-07-IEEESpecrum-ScienceGroupsConcernedAboutUSBudgetAusterity.txt========== http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/may04/0504rnd.html Delvers into U.S. R&D Budget Numbers Are Disappointed By Willie D. Jones Science groups say U.S. budget ³austerity² will mean penny-pinching for researchers 7 May 2004—Science and technology analysts are examining the U.S. federal budget. It must be spring. Each year at this time, after the White House ==========> 04-07-07-NationalJ-PanelistsPushFedsForBoostInComputingResearchFunding.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0704/070704td2.htm July 7, 2004 Panelists push agencies to boost funding for IT research By Greta Wodele, National Journal's Technology Daily Policy experts and government officials on Wednesday briefed lawmakers about the federal government's funding investments in researching and developing information technology innovations. ==========> 04-07-08-GovtCompNews-MoreFundingNeededForCybersecurityResearch.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/26526-1.html Cybsecurity research underfunded, executives say 07/08/04 By Joab Jackson, GCN Staff The National Science Foundation can only fund a subset of the research proposals it receives on ways to better IT system security, an NSF official said at a House technology subcommittee hearing. ==========> 04-07-30-USACM-USACMEndorsesCongressionalTestimonyOnITRandD.txt========== ================================================ ACM Washington Update Vol. 8.7 (July 30, 2004) ================================================ USACM ENDORSES CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON IT R&D USACM, along with the Computing Research Association (CRA), endorsed the testimony of ACM Fellow Edward Lazowska before the House Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations, and the Census. The subcommittee held a ==========> 04-10-31-USACM-USACMAndCRAUrgeCongressToSupportNISTFunding.txt========== =================================================== ACM Washington Update Vol. 8.9 (October 31, 2004) =================================================== [1] USACM AND CRA URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT NIST FUNDING The Computing Research Association (CRA) and USACM recently sent a joint letter to Congressional appropriators in support of funding for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) laboratories. In the letter, USACM and CRA describe the crucial and broadly beneficial ==========> 04-11-19-GovtCompNews-CommitteeSaysMoreFundingNeededForCybersecurityRandD.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/27979-1.html 11/19/04 More funding needed for security R&D, IT committee says By William Jackson Government Computer News Staff The government has shortchanged basic research into cybersecurity and should at least quadruple the money available for civilian research, the President’s IT Advisory Committee says. ==========> 04-11-30-USACM-CongressIncreasesNISTLabsFundingForFY2005.txt========== =================================================== ACM Washington Update Vol. 8.11 (November 30, 2004) =================================================== [2] CONGRESS INCREASES NIST LABS FUNDING FOR FY 2005 The FY 2005 omnibus spending bill approved by Congress in late November's lame-duck session included $379 million for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Laboratories, amounting to an increase of over $47 million from 2004 (a year which saw a ==========> 04-12-16-SJMerc-TechPanelRecommendsStepsToFosterUSInnovation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10431846.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 16, 2004 Keeping the tech edge PANEL LISTS STEPS TO FOSTER U.S. INNOVATION By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - A high-powered panel of business, academic and government leaders Wednesday warned that without a major commitment to technological innovation, ==========> 05-01-00-PhysToday-ModestIncreaseInCivilianRandDBudgets.txt========== # "R&D Budget Brings Modest Increases to Most Civilian R&D" Physics Today (01/05) Vol. 58, No. 1, P. 24; Dawson, Jim Military and homeland security R&D received the largest boosts in funding in the recent congressional budget, continuing their three-year-long spree. The National Science Foundation (NSF) was shunned after what Office of Science Director Raymond Orbach called a six-year "golden era" for the foundation. The NSF cuts came in spite of President Bush's authorization to double the NSF budget over five years just 19 months earlier. Rep. Vern Ehlers (R-Mich.), a physicist, decried the congressional paring of the NSF budget, pointing out ==========> 05-01-04-InfoWeek-RandDFundingAndITPolicyImportantInBushSecondTerm.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=56900534 R&D Funding And IT Policy To Play Major Role In Bush's Second Term Broadband and wireless communications, cybersecurity, and E-government systems are among the technologies targeted for development. By Larry Greenemeier, InformationWeek Jan. 4, 2005 The Bush administration during its second term will look to counter challenges to the United States' technological leadership by funding research and ==========> 05-01-04-USCongress-HPCRevitalizationAct.txt========== 109TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 28 To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 4, 2005 Mrs. BIGGERT (for herself, Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee, and Mr. BOEHLERT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science A BILL To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. Be it enacted by the Senate and House 1 of Representa2 ==========> 05-01-12-NatJTechDaily-NSFGets3PercentBudgetCut.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0105/011205tdpm1.htm BRIEFING January 12, 2005 Director of science agency foresees more budget cuts By William New, National Journal's Technology Daily The National Science Foundation (NSF) got slapped with a 3 percent budget cut in fiscal 2005 and is expected to face tight times again in the president's fiscal 2006 budget request due out next month, leaving new foundation director Arden Bement searching for ways to make the most of his lot. ==========> 05-02-07-CRA-USFY2006NSFBudgetIncrease.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/index.php February 07, 2005 President's Budget: National Science Foundation Computing Research Assoc The N.Y. Times was right...for FY 2006, the National Science Foundation is requesting a budget of $5.6 billion, an increase of 2.4 percent or $132 million over FY 2005. While an improvement over the 2 percent cut imposed in FY 05 by congressional appropriators, and certainly better than the rumored 5 percent ==========> 05-02-08-CompWorld-USFY2006BudgetImplicationsForITRandD.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/managementtopics/management/itspending/story/0,1080 1,99618,00.html White House 2006 budget proposal would boost IT spending It also seeks a permanent R&D tax credit News Story by Grant Gross ComputerWorld FEBRUARY 08, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - President Bush's budget for the government's 2006 fiscal year includes an increase in IT spending, despite cuts ==========> 05-02-08-USACM-USFY2006BudgetImplicationsForITRandD.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=194 FY2006 budget implications for IT R&D February 8, 2005 Cameron Wilson Director of Policy, ACM The President’s budget hit the Hill yesterday with the predictable media attention. With the focus on deficits and Social Security, some of the subtler details have gone overlooked. Particularly those related to funding for IT ==========> 05-02-09-CRA-USFY2006BudgetImplicationsForITRandD.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/index.php February 09, 2005 President's Budget: NIST Computing Research Assoc Cameron Wilson, USACM's new Director of Public Policy puts his experience as a former Hill staffer to good use in analyzing how the National Institute of Standards and Technology fares in the President's FY 2006 Budget Request. Read his excellent post on USACM's Technology Policy Weblog. ==========> 05-02-11-USACM-LetterToCongBoehlertSupportsHPCRevitalizationAct.txt========== USACM U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM February 11, 2005 The Honorable Sherwood Boehlert Chairman House Science Committee 2320 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Boehlert: ==========> 05-02-28-USACM-USACMProvidesSupportForHighPerformanceComputingLegislation.txt========== =================================================== ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.2 (February 28, 2005) =================================================== [3] USACM WEIGHS IN ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING LEGISLATION Noting ACM's reputation and expertise in the computing world, Representative Sherwood Boehlert, Chairman of the House Science Committee, asked USACM for comments on the High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2005 (H.R. 28). Among other things, the bill requires the director of the Office of ==========> 05-03-00-TechRev-ExpertsConcernedAboutLowRandDFunding.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/03/issue/feature_tf_1.asp Follow the Money The Editors March 2005 Technology Review The appetite of venture capitalists for investing in new technologies is rebounding: in 2004, venture capital financing in the United States was up 8 percent from the year before, following three years of decline. With the success of Googles initial public offering (IPO) in August 2004, technology ==========> 05-03-08-SJMerc-TechLeadersWarnUSLoosingCompetitiveness.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11082133.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 08, 2005 Tech leaders warn that U.S. risks losing competitive edge Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Leaders of high-tech companies said Tuesday the United States risks losing its competitive edge without significant new investments in education, research and development and the spread of broadband technology. ==========> 05-03-09-AP-HighTechLeadersSayMoreRandDAndBroadbandNeededInUS.txt========== http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/business/11089369.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 09, 2005 U.S. losing tech lead, lobby warns More broadband, research investment needed By ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON - Leaders of high-tech companies warned Tuesday the country risks losing its competitive edge without significant new investments in education, ==========> 05-03-09-Forbes-USDropsToFifthInITEconomy.txt========== http://www.forbes.com/home/technology/2005/03/09/cx_0309wef.html IT Competitiveness Singapore Surpasses U.S. As Top Tech Nation Forbes.com staff, 03.09.05, 9:45 AM ET Singapore has displaced the United States as the top economy in information technology competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum's latest annual Global Information Technology Report released today. ==========> 05-03-09-WEForum-USDropsToFifthInITEconomy.txt========== http://www.weforum.org/site/homepublic.nsf/Content/Global+Competitiveness+Progra mme%5CGlobal+Information+Technology+Report Global Information Technology Report Global Information Technology Report 2004-2005Since it was first launched in 2001, the Global Information Technology Report has become a valuable and unique benchmarking tool to determine national ICT strengths and weaknesses, and to evaluate progress. World Economic Forum ==========> 05-03-10-ITWorld-SenateRepublicansSetTechPoicyGoals.txt========== http://www.itworld.com/Man/2681/050310techpolicy/ Senate Republicans set high-tech policy goals IDG News Service 3/10/05 IT World Grant Gross, IDG News Service, Washington Bureau U.S. Senate Republicans want to pass patent reform, a permanent Internet tax moratorium and a permanent research and development tax credit in the next two years, members of the Senate Republican High Tech Task Force (HTTF) said ==========> 05-03-15-GovExec-CivilianResearchLoosingToDefenseAndSecurityNeeds.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/features/0305-15/0305-15s4.htm FROM THE MAGAZINE March 15, 2005 The Science Deficit Government Exec By Beth Dickey bdickey@govexec.com Civilian research is taking a back seat to defense and security needs. ==========> 05-04-00-CACM-StateOfFundingForNewIniativesInComputerScienceAndEngineering.txt========== President's letter: The state of funding for new initiatives in computer science and engineering David A. Patterson April 2005 Communications of the ACM, Volume 48 Issue 4 The intellectual opportunities are huge, the social benefits transforming, yet redesigning a workable funding model for CS&E research will require our collective imagination and collaboration between many IT sectors. ==========> 05-04-02-NYT-DARPARedirectsResearchSupportAwayFromBasicResearch.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/technology/02darpa.html?hp&ex=1112504400&en=82 32d070f1a41760&ei=5094 April 2, 2005 Pentagon Redirects Its Research Dollars By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times SAN FRANCISCO, April 1 - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency at the Pentagon - which has long underwritten open-ended "blue sky" research by the ==========> 05-04-14-CSMonitor-USGovernmentDecreasingSupportForBasicResearch.txt========== http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0414/p14s01-stss.html from the April 14, 2005 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0414/p14s01-stss.html Pulling the plug on science? From Voyager spacecraft to atom smashers, America's long-term research faces an era of budget cuts. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor For decades, American scientists have unlocked nature's secrets, generated an ==========> 05-04-15-ChromHigherEd-PITACRecommendsStrengtheningComputationalScience.txt========== # "Presidential Panel Recommends Steps to Promote Computational Science" Chronicle of Higher Education (04/15/05); Kiernan, Vincent The President's Information Technology Advisory Panel on April 14 unanimously championed the draft version of a report recommending the restructuring of universities and federal agencies to promote multidisciplinary research using computers to stimulate the growth of computational science. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vice chancellor for information technology Daniel Reed, who chairs the subcommittee of the panel that authored the draft, told the panel that computational science frequently requires cross-discipline teamwork, ==========> 05-04-20-VoiceOfAmerica-AAASStudyConcernedAboutDecreasingResearchSupport.txt========== http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-04-20-voa70.cfm Scientists Concerned About Slowdown in US Government Research Spending By David McAlary Washington 20 April 2005 Voice of America News One of the leading scientific organizations in the United States is expressing concern about a slowdown in planned spending on research by the U.S. ==========> 05-04-27-FedCompWeek-HousePassesHighPerformanceComputingBill.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/article88707-04-27-05-Web House signs off on supercomputing "NASA shrinks Ames Research Center" [Federal Computer Week, Mar. 28, 2005] "Eagle has landed at Wright-Patterson" [FCW.com, April 25, 2005] BY Aliya Sternstein Published on Apr. 27, 2005 The House wants to re-energize federal work in supercomputing, but lawmakers want it to happen without additional money. ==========> 05-04-29-USACM-HighPerformaceComputingLegislationPassesUSHouse.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.4 29 April 2005 ============================================================= [4] HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING LEGISLATION PASSES HOUSE Last week the House of Representatives passed the High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act (H.R. 28). USACM and the Computing Research Association ==========> 05-05-00-ChiefExec-UniversityBasicResearchWithering.txt========== http://www.chiefexecutive.net/depts/thoughtleader/208a.htm Getting R&D Back on Track BASIC RESEARCH, NOW AT RISK, NEEDS MAJOR ATTENTION. BY WILLIAM R. BRODY Chief Executive May 2005 Increasingly, U.S. researchers in industry, academia and government are playing it safe. The kind of freewheeling basic research that spawned new industries—from genetic engineering and the integrated circuit to wireless ==========> 05-05-11-CNETNews-HouseScienceCommToHoldingHearingOnITResearchSupport.txt========== http://news.com.com/Surrendering+U.S.+leadership+in+IT/2010-7337_3-5701653.html? tag=nefd.ac Surrendering U.S. leadership in IT By David Patterson CNET News Story last modified Wed May 11 04:00:00 PDT 2005 A hearing this week in Washington will determine whether the United States will lead critical IT innovation in the 21st century. ==========> 05-05-12-InfoWorld-TechLeadersCallForMoreGovtITResearch.txt========== http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/12/HNtechleaders_1.html Tech leaders call for more government IT research Critics say Bush administration has put a low priority on computer and cybersecurity R&D By Grant Gross, IDG News Service May 12, 2005 Info World WASHINGTON - Officials from U.S. President George Bush's administration on ==========> 05-05-12-USACM-HouseScienceCommitteeExpressesConcernOverITResearchFunding.txt========== > The Association for Computing Machinery > > NEWS RELEASE > > Contact: Virginia Gold Cameron Wilson > > ACM Public Policy Office > (212) 626-0505 (202) 659-9711 > > vgold@acm.org cameron.wilson@acm.org ==========> 05-05-15-StPaulPioneerPress-TechFirmsFundUniversityResearch.txt========== "Tech Firms Reach Out for Research" Pioneer Press (05/15/05); Suzukamo, Leslie Brooks Universities are taking on the role of research and development centers for U.S. technology companies that must increasingly face the realities of budget cuts and consolidation. Next-generation technologies are under development at facilities such as the University of Minnesota's Digital Technology Center (DTC), which director Andrew Odlyzko says was established to take the reins from industrial R&D labs being discarded in the name of efficiency. The DTC receives about $350,000 in funding a year from private industry, compared to ==========> 05-05-20-ChronHigherEd-NSFWithdrawsFundingForSupercomputerCenters.txt========== # "Budget Cuts at NSF May Signal a Crisis in Computing" Chronicle of Higher Education (05/20/05) Vol. 51, No. 37, P. A1; Kiernan, Vincent The National Science Foundation's decision to withdraw funding for its three supercomputer centers is breeding uncertainty about the future of academic supercomputing in the United States. NSF supercomputers are critical to academic efforts because other federal supercomputing resources--though more powerful than NSF and university machines--are generally inaccessible to academics. The National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research ==========> 05-05-24-USACM-CongressExpressesConcernOnUSComputerResearchFunding.txt========== http://campus.acm.org/public/membernet/storypage_2.cfm?ci=May_2005&story=2&CFID= 46171680&CFTOKEN=22220320 Congress Expresses Concern on Computing Research Funding in US "The nation cannot afford to squander its technological edge in a field that will only grow in importance." -- Lincoln Davis, ranking member, US House of Representatives Science Committee By Cameron Wilson, Director, ACM Public Policy Office May 24, 205 ==========> 05-05-31-USACM-CongressBeginsWorkToFundResearchAgencies.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.5 31 May 2005 ============================================================= [5] CONGRESS BEGINS WORK TO FUND RESEARCH AGENCIES The Appropriations Committee for the House of Representatives has begun its work on next fiscal year's spending measures. The committee provided slight ==========> 05-05-31-USACM-NationalAttentionFocussedOnRandDFunding.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.5 31 May 2005 ============================================================= [2] CONGRESS, MEDIA, AND RESEARCH SOCIETIES BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO IT R&D FUNDING, USACM WEIGHS IN A confluence of events brought an amazing amount of national attention to the ==========> 05-05-31-USACM-USACMTestimonyToHouseScienceCommittee.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.5 31 May 2005 ============================================================= [4] USACM PROVIDES TESTIMONY TO HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE HEARING The House Science Committee held a hearing recently on federal funding for computer science research. USACM and CRA, along with a number of other ==========> 05-05-31-USACM-WhiteHouseAnnouncesLeadershipChangesInRandDAgencies.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.5 31 May 2005 ============================================================= [10] ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN IT R&D AGENCIES The White House announced its intent to nominate William Alan Jeffrey to be the new Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). ==========> 05-06-00-TodaysEngr-DARPAAssailedForCuttingBasicResearchSupport.txt========== http://www.todaysengineer.org/2005/Jun/computing.asp DARPA Assailed for Cutting Back Support of Basic Computing Research at U.S. Universities by Barton Reppert Today's Engineer June 2005 IEEE-USA and other major professional technical organizations, together with key members of Congress and prominent computer scientists and engineers, have ==========> 05-06-09-FinTimes-AsianCountriesSupportingRandD.txt========== # "Innovative Asia: How Spending on Research and Development Is Opening the Way to a New Sphere of Influence" Financial Times (06/09/05) P. 11; Cookson, Clive Asian research and development is rapidly maturing, but it is still far from the level of developed Western countries, according to top experts. There is concrete evidence of a research boom in countries such as China and India, where governments are implementing plans to quickly increase their level of science and technology investment, and where a vast pool of science and engineering talent compares favorably against Europe and the United States, ==========> 05-06-10-ChronHigherEd-EducationGroupsUrgeUSGovtBroadbandInternet.txt========== "Education Groups Urge Federal Government to Promote High-Speed Internet Access" Chronicle of Higher Education (06/10/05) Vol. 51, No. 40, P. A27; Kiernan, Vincent A higher-education coalition whose members include Educause and the Internet2 high-speed-network consortium issued a statement last week in which they argued for amendments to federal telecommunications law to expand the scope and accessibility of high-capacity broadband Internet connections throughout the country. What is needed, the group said, is a national initiative to make the Internet capable of handling billions of bits of data each second, and ensure ==========> 05-06-17-HPCWire-PITACSaysComputationalScienceIsCritical.txt========== http://news.taborcommunications.com/msgget.jsp?mid=402408&xsl=story.xsl The global publication of record for High Performance Computing / June 17, 2005 HPC Wire Dear Mr. President: Computational Science 'Critical' The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) released a new report Computational Science: Ensuring America's Competitiveness that finds that computational science is one of the most important technological fields of ==========> 05-06-27-FedCompWeek-NSFSeeksInternetResearchAgenda.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/article89386-06-27-05-Print NSF seeks broad Internet research agenda Some science officials say it's time to rethink the Internet's architecture NSF backs next-gen Internet plans [FCW.com, June 17, 2005] NSF to fund digital government [FCW.com, May 2, 2005] BY Aliya Sternstein Published on Jun. 27, 2005 Federal Computer Week ==========> 05-06-28-USACM-CommentsFiledOnRevisedDOCRulesForForeignNationals.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=291 June 28, 2005 USACM Proposed Export Rules Could Stifle Innovation Update: Many organizations filed comments with BIS (the rumor has it around 200). The only one that we have seen so far (besides the CRA link at the bottom) is by the Association of American Universities. Apparently many business groups filed as well, including several IT and trade associations. ==========> 05-07-15-ACM-ACMsKlaweAndBillGatesAddressImportanceOfAcadedmiaIndustryCollaboration.txt========== http://www.acm.org/technews/articles/2005-7/0715f.html "ACM Past President Maria Klawe and Bill Gates to Address Importance of Academia/Industry Collaboration" ACM (7/15/05); Gold, Virginia ACM Past President Maria Klawe, Dean of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University, will join Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect, to discuss opportunities and challenges facing academic researchers and the technology industry on a live webcast at the sixth annual ==========> 05-07-21-INetNews-SenatorsPromiseBillToImproveUSScienceAndEngineeringEducation.txt========== # "Senators Promise 'Brain Drain' Bill" InternetNews.com (07/21/05); Mark, Roy U.S. Senators plan to present legislation to replenish the ranks of America's science and engineering graduates, which many agree are essential to maintaining the country's leadership in global innovation. "New ideas, the development of new technologies and innovation will lead to a better educated workforce, a higher standard of living in the United States, and a strengthened American economy," declared Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.). Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) said the number of jobs requiring technical training is growing at a ==========> 05-07-25-RedHerring-ITFirmsSeeLackOfLeadershipInCyberSecurityResearch.txt========== http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=12901&hed=Companies+See+'Crisis'+in+R%2 6amp%3bD Companies See 'Crisis' in R&D IT firms sees a lack of leadership in cyber-security research. July 25, 2005 Technology Daily Information technology companies on Monday called on the U.S. government to boost funding and resources for cyber-security research and development. ==========> 05-07-27-CompResAssoc-VintCerfBlastCurrentStateOfUSRandDSupport.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000385.html July 27, 2005 Cerf in WSJ: America Gasps for Breath in the R&D Marathon CRA Turing Award winner Vint Cerf and ITAA head Harris Miller have a fantastic op-ed in today's Wall Street Journal raising concerns about US competitiveness in light of a declining federal R&D budget. The article is behind the WSJ pay wall, but can be viewed online for the next seven days here. Some snippets: ==========> 05-07-27-USACM-VintCerfBlastCurrentStateOfUSRandDSupport.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=302 July 27, 2005 USACM Turing Award Winner Blasts Current State of Federal R&D Funding Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf (who, along with Robert Kahn, won ACM’s 2004 Turing Award) and Information Technology Association of America President Harris Miller join the chorus of leaders expressing concern about the federal R&D enterprise in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required). They ==========> 05-07-31-USACM-DODProposesNewRestrictionsOnResearch.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.7 31 July 2005 ============================================================= [5] PENTAGON PROPOSES NEW RESTRICTIONS ON RESEARCH The U.S. Department of Defense recently proposed new restrictions on foreign researchers' access to sensitive technology and related information. Readers ==========> 05-07-31-USACM-TuringAwardWinnerCerfBlastsStateOfFederalRandDFunding.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.7 31 July 2005 ============================================================= [4] TURING AWARD WINNER BLASTS CURRENT STATE OF FEDERAL R&D FUNDING Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf (who, along with Robert Kahn, won ACM's 2004 Turing Award) and Information Technology Association of America President ==========> 05-08-01-FedCompWeek-DemocratsAgendaIncludesRandDFundingAndBroadbandInternet.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/article91500-11-21-05-Print House Democrats stake out high-tech ground Introduced as the Innovation Agenda, plan seeks to double NSF's budget Facing an innovation deficit Federal Computer Week, Aug. 1, 2005] Regaining the high-tech edge As other countries break the United States' stranglehold on cyberspace and the global economy, House Democrats have unveiled a slate of technological stimuli. ==========> 05-08-23-USACM-ReponsesToDOCNoticeOfProposedRuleMarkingOnExportRegulations.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=312 August 23, 2005 Department of Commerce gets an earful on proposed export rule changes USACM At around 84 megabytes, the PDF file containing the largely negative response to the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS’s) recent advanced notice of proposed rulemaking regarding proposed changes to U.S. deemed export regulations is one hefty document. It contains the comments of ==========> 05-08-31-USACM-IsUSReserachEnvironmentHostileToForeigners.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.8 31 August 2005 ============================================================= [3] IS THE U.S. RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT HOSTILE TO FOREIGNERS? A Chinese cryptographer was recently unable to present an important paper detailing her research on SHA-1 at the Crypto 2005 conference, which took place ==========> 05-08-31-USACM-NegativeReportsOnProposedExportRuleChanges.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.8 31 August 2005 ============================================================= [2] COMMERCE DEPT. GETS AN EARFUL ON PROPOSED EXPORT RULE CHANGES At around 84 megabytes, the PDF file containing the largely negative response to the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS’s) recent ==========> 05-09-07-HiPerCom-MoreRandDFundsComingForHighPerformanceComputing.txt========== http://news.taborcommunications.com/msgget.jsp?mid=464623&xsl=story.xsl Sending out an SOS: HPCC Rescue Coming By Christopher Lazou HiPerCom Consultants Ltd. [Accessed Sept. 7, 2005] "I don't know where we are going, but we'll get there quicker if we get started." -- David Bernholdt-ORNL (SOS9, March 2005). ==========> 05-10-00-NatlAcadSci-InfomationTechnologyAndTheResearchUniversity.txt========== http://www.issues.org/22.1/ellisman.html Information Technology and the Research University MARK H. ELLISMAN Cyberinfrastructure and the Future of Collaborative Work Issues - National Academies of Science Fall 2005 Online sharing of data, computing power, and expensive equipment is transforming research and blazing the trail for widespread advances in ==========> 05-10-23-NatlAcadPress-RoleOfScienceAndTechnologyInUSEconomicFuture.txt========== http://www.nap.edu/books/0309100399/html Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (2005) Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy (COSEPUP) [Accessed Oct. 23, 2005] Table of Contents Cover Image ==========> 05-10-26-EETimes-BudgetForecastPredictsDecreasdRandDFundingByDOD.txt========== http://www.eet.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172900478 Budget forecast predicts more U.S. R&D cuts George Leopold EE Times (10/26/2005 11:29 AM EDT) FALLS CHURCH, Va. — At a time when the U.S. high-tech industry is lobbying for greater federal investment in research and development, a new budget forecast is predicting sharp cuts in military R&D spending by the end of the decade. ==========> 05-11-07-EETimes-AcademicsAndCEOsAgreeUSNotFundingBasicResearch.txt========== http://www.eetimes.com/issue/fp/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=S5X1KDEFJAIFSQSNDBC CKHSCJUMEKJVN?articleID=173403266&_requestid=239032&_requestid=362317&_requestid =287788 Research funding teeters Chappell Brown EE Times (11/07/2005 9:00 AM EST) Imagine life today if the integrated circuit had never been invented: no ==========> 05-11-08-CNETNews-ResearchMoneyCrunchInUS.txt========== http://news.com.com/Research+money+crunch+in+the+U.S./2100-1008_3-5938451.html?t ag=nefd.lede Research money crunch in the U.S. By Marguerite Reardon Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: November 8, 2005, 4:00 AM PST NEW YORK--An outspoken group of information and communications technology innovators is worried that the United States is falling behind the rest of the ==========> 05-11-16-SJMerc-DemocratsAgendaIncludesRandDFundingAndBroadbandInternet.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13179956.htm Posted on Wed, Nov. 16, 2005 Democrats release technology agenda By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Making a play for tech-industry support heading into the 2006 midterm elections, Democrats in the House of Representatives released an ``innovation agenda'' Tuesday to restore U.S. competitiveness through increased ==========> 05-11-24-FinTimes-USGovtToProposeRestrictionsOnForeignResearchers.txt========== http://news.ft.com/cms/s/3b2283de-5d34-11da-8cde-0000779e2340.html Fury over plan to curb ‘Chinese espionage’ By Edward Alden and Stephanie Kirchgaessner in Washington Published: November 24 2005 22:06 | Last updated: November 24 2005 22:06 Financial Times The US Commerce Department called for public comments last March on a proposal to expand restrictions on the sharing of advanced research and technology with foreign nationals. The result was an outpouring of opposition, particularly ==========> 05-11-26-NYT-UniversitiesOpposeDODRestrictionsOnForeignResearchers.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/26/education/26research.html November 26, 2005 Universities Say New Rules Could Hurt U.S. Research By SCOTT SHANE The New York Times WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 - American universities are warning that rules proposed by the Defense Department and expected soon from the Commerce Department could hurt research by limiting the ability of foreign-born students and technicians ==========> 05-11-28-EETimes-ComputerRandDGoesBeggingForFunds.txt========== # "Computer Science R&D Goes Begging for Funds" EE Times (11/28/05) No. 1399, P. 1; Merritt, Rick A report issued by the Defense Science Boards earlier this year describes computer science as having outgrown the Defense Department's capacity to support and fund the industry it largely created. In the absence of a transition strategy, the possibility of the United States losing its competitive edge in university research is now very real. Over the past four years, DARPA estimates that it has cut funding for university research for computer science by almost half. In congressional testimony, DARPA director ==========> 05-11-30-USACM-RandDProgramsWeatherToughBudgetClimate.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 9.11 30 November 2005 ============================================================= [5] R&D PROGRAMS WEATHER TOUGH BUDGET CLIMATE (SO FAR) In early November we warned that the funding outlook for science agencies this year looked to be worsening, but some new technology programs were in play; see ==========> 05-12-08-SJMerc-NobelWinnersConcernedAboutUSRandDSupport.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13361430.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 08, 2005 U.S. Nobel science winners worry about Bush policies toward research Mercury News STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Two American Nobel Prize winners said Thursday they are worried about President Bush's attitude toward science and accused his administration of ignoring important research findings. ==========> 05-12-15-InfoWeek-SunAndMSFundNewUCBLab.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=175003196 Google, Sun, Microsoft to Fund New Internet Lab The facility, housed at the University of California, Berkeley, will develop open source Web services. All three companies will contribute equal measures financially. Information Week By Michael Liedtke , The Associated Press Dec. 15, 2005 ==========> 05-12-15-NYT-SunGoogleAndMSFundNewUCBLab.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/15/technology/15research.html December 15, 2005 Three Technology Companies Join to Finance Research By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 12 - With federal funds for basic computer science research at universities in decline, three of the industry's leading companies are joining to help fill the void. ==========> 05-12-15-SJMerc-SunAndMSFundNewUCBLab.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13413816.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 15, 2005 Google, Microsoft, Sun to fund new research lab By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Three technology giants have banded together to provide researchers at the University of California-Berkeley with $7.5 million to help entrepreneurs make their innovations available to as wide an audience as possible. ==========> 05-12-16-SJMerc-SenateBillWOuldBoostUSCompetitivenes.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13422714.htm Posted on Fri, Dec. 16, 2005 Valley tech push reaps results in D.C. SENATE BILL AIMS TO BOOST U.S. INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - A year-long drumbeat from Silicon Valley executives, university presidents and scientists that the nation is in danger of losing its ==========> 05-12-20-GovExec-USFedResearchFundsGetSmallCut.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33055&dcn=todaysnews December 20, 2005 Research funds headed for small, but noticeable, cuts By Randy Barrett, National Journal's Technology Daily Federal research and development funding appears likely to survive relatively intact for fiscal 2006, following a bruising budget rescission process. Last weekend, Congress agreed to a 1 percent "haircut" across all government ==========> 05-12-20-TechDaily-USGovtResearchFundsGetSmallCuts.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33055&dcn=todaysnews Research funds headed for small, but noticeable, cuts Dec. 20, 2005 By Randy Barrett, National Journal's Technology Daily Federal research and development funding appears likely to survive relatively intact for fiscal 2006, following a bruising budget rescission process. Last weekend, Congress agreed to a 1 percent "haircut" across all government ==========> 06-01-00-IssuesInSciAndTech-ConcernOverReducedUSRandRFunding.txt========== # "Will Government Programs Spur the Next Breakthrough?" Issues in Science and Technology (01/06) Vol. 22, No. 2, P. 55; Ruttan, Vernon W. The U.S. economy's continued health may be in doubt as changes in government policy shrink federal research and technology budgets while private industry moves away from R&D projects with long-term goals, writes University of Minnesota professor Vernon W. Ruttan. Sizable public and private investments are critical to the creation of next-generation general-purpose technological breakthroughs, which have long maintained the rate of productivity growth ==========> 06-01-02-InsideBayArea-ScientistsWorryAboutRandDFundingDecrease.txt========== http://www.insidebayarea.com/search/ci_3364094 Article Last Updated: 01/02/2006 07:49:14 AM Inside Bay Area Scientists worry about decreases in R&D funding Most raises in federal budget proposal would be earmarked for defense, space By Andrew Bridges, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Defense and space projects account for most increases in the $135 billion federal research and development budget next year, worrying scientists ==========> 06-01-09-eWeek-CanChinaTopTheUSInRandD.txt========== http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1909208,00.asp Can China Top the U.S. in R&D? January 9, 2006 By Darryl K. Taft eWeek Technology vendors are not just selling products into the Chinese market these days. They are moving in. ==========> 06-01-10-CNETNews-USHomelandSecuritySupportsOpenSourceBugHunt.txt========== http://news.com.com/Homeland+Security+helps+secure+open-source+code/2100-1002_3- 6025579.html Homeland Security helps secure open-source code By Joris Evers CNET News Story last modified Tue Jan 10 17:05:00 PST 2006 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is extending the scope of its protection to open-source software. ==========> 06-01-17-ChronHigherEd-CommernceDeptWillDropSomeRestrictionsOnForeignResearchers.txt========== http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?%20id=Vy5f6Mpkwqd2rbdX8w88XrdSGkXczw8m Tuesday, January 17, 2006 Commerce Department Will Drop Some but Not All Restrictions on Foreign Researchers, Colleges Are Told By KELLY FIELD Chronicle of Higher Education Commerce Department will drop some but not all restrictions on foreign researchers, colleges are told ==========> 06-01-31-USACM-PresBushCallsForInvestmentInScienceAndTech.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.1 31 January 2006 ============================================================= [2] PRESIDENT CALLS FOR DOUBLING OF NSF AND NEW SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION PROGRAMS Anyone who has paid the slightest bit of attention to the swirling national ==========> 06-02-00-IEEESpectrum-USDefenseSupportForCSRandDPlunges.txt========== http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/feb06/2814 U.S. Defense Dollars For Computer Science Plunge By: Jean Kumagai Will industry make up the difference? IEEE Spectrum, Feb. 2006 David Patterson had a great idea. Two years ago, the eminent computer scientist, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, was looking at recent advances in statistical machine learning, an area within artificial ==========> 06-02-01-PRNews-ACMPres-IncreasedInvestmentInEducationAndRandDNeeded.txt========== http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-200 6/0004272141&EDATE= ACM President Says White House Commitment to Increased Education, R&D Investment Reflects Tech Community Priorities Patterson Cites Focus on Technology as Key to Nation's Continuing Innovation PRNewswire [Accessed Feb. 1, 2006] WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- David Patterson, president of ACM, the ==========> 06-02-02-NYT-RepublicanExecsMadeCaseForBushNewStressOnScience.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/02/business/02research.html?_r=1&oref=slogin February 2, 2006 Behind Bush's New Stress on Science, Lobbying by Republican Executives By JOHN MARKOFF The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 — President Bush's proposal to accelerate spending on basic scientific research came after technology industry executives made the case for such a move in a series of meetings with White House officials, ==========> 06-02-02-SJMerc-TechLeadersLaudBushCompetitionPlan.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13775205.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 02, 2006 Tech leaders laud Bush's competition plan PUSH FOR INNOVATION WOULD AID VALLEY FIRMS, SCHOOLS By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The White House offered additional details Wednesday about President Bush's $136 billion initiative to boost America's global ==========> 06-02-03-RFIDJ-ResearchersAndUsersSayMillionsNeededForRFIDResearch.txt========== http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/2118/1/1/ Millions Required for RFID Research End users and academics have identified research projects across several industries that will require tens of millions of dollars in investments over the next five years. By Mark Roberti RFID Journal Feb. 3, 2006—At last week's RFID Academic Convocation, leading end users and ==========> 06-02-06-CRA-NetworkingAndInfoTechRandDProgram.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/cat_fy06_appropriations.html Computing Research Policy Blog Advocacy and Policy Analysis for the Computing Research Community February 06, 2006 President's Budget: NITRD Numbers for FY07 The President's budget request for FY 2007 has just been released and we'll be dissecting it and providing our analysis as we get through it. But I wanted to post a quick snapshot of the Networking and Information Technology Research and ==========> 06-02-06-GovExec-BushAdministrationRequestsMoreRandDFunding.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33316&dcn=todaysnews February 6, 2006 More R&D spending proposed, earmarks criticized By Randy Barrett, National Journal's Technology Daily The Bush administration on Monday requested $137.2 billion for research and development in fiscal 2007 while decrying budget earmarks for specific projects in lawmakers' states. ==========> 06-02-08-USAToday-IsUSLoosingOurEdgeInScientificInnovation.txt========== http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-02-08-usa-science_x.htm?POE=TECISVA Posted 2/8/2006 11:18 PM Updated 2/8/2006 11:48 PM U.S. could fall behind in global 'brain race' By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY A chorus of scientists, politicians and business leaders has long sounded this lament: The USA is about to be deposed as the world's leader in science and technology. ==========> 06-02-09-SJMerc-LeadersUrgeUSToRemainTechLeader.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13830203.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 09, 2006 U.S. urged to remain tech leader By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - A group of 142 prominent business, academic and political leaders -- including Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the president of Stanford University, and the heads of Intel, Cisco and Google -- are urging the United States to ==========> 06-02-10-SJMerc-ActionUrgedToKeepUSTechnologyEdge.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13839873.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 10, 2006 Action urged to keep U.S. tech edge HOUSE PANEL HEARS REMARKS ON COMPETITIVENESS FROM AMD CHIEF, OTHERS By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - In the first of several anticipated congressional hearings on U.S. global competitiveness, lawmakers and witnesses -- including the head of ==========> 06-02-12-CompWorld-BushMayEndHighRiskTechFundingProgramATP.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,108634,00.htm l Bush may end federal tech funding program Program for high-risk IT projects is at high risk of elimination News Story by Patrick Thibodeau FEBRUARY 12, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A federal program that funds “high-risk” technologies is at high risk of going out of business if Congress approves President Bush’s proposed federal budget for next year. ==========> 06-02-12-FinTimes-ChallengesForEUPlanToCreateTechInstitute.txt========== http://news.ft.com/cms/s/8a2af5ac-9bef-11da-8baa-0000779e2340.html EU plans for technology institute put to the test By George Parker in Brussels and Jon Boone in London Published: February 12 2006 21:51 | Last updated: February 12 2006 21:51 Financial Times Plans to create a “flagship” European Institute of Technology, with a start-up budget of up to €2bn, will this week enter a critical phase, amid warnings from academics that the scheme will be a white elephant. ==========> 06-02-13-Time-IsUSLoosingOurEdgeInScientificInnovation.txt========== http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1156575,00.html Are We Losing Our Edge? Time (02/13/06) Vol. 167, No. 7, P. 22; Lemonick, Michael D.; Beech, Hannah; Bower, Amanda The United States is in danger of losing its crown for scientific innovation as its faces competition from overseas and reduced federal budgets for research and development. Cutbacks in private-sector R&D investment by corporations under the gun to generate fast profits, and drop-offs in technical graduates ==========> 06-02-21-CompResAssn-DetailsOfNSF-DARPA-DOEScienceFY07Requests.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000470.html February 21, 2006 ACI: Details of the NSF, DARPA and DOE Office of Science FY07 Requests Computing Research Assoc. As promised, we've got some further detail on the individual agency budget requests for FY 2007 and what those requests might mean for computing research. But before diving into that, I thought I'd point out that the FY 2007 NITRD ==========> 06-02-27-CRA-BushNamesCRAChairReedToPCAST.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000473.html February 27, 2006 CRA Chair Named to PCAST Today President Bush announced he is planning to appoint CRA Board Chair Dan Reed, to the newly-expanded membership of the President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology. Reed, who is Vice-Chancellor of IT and CIO for the University of North Carolina, and Director of the Renaissance Computing Institute, joins 13 other members named as the committee prepares to take on ==========> 06-03-09-SJMerc-AttractingForeignScientistsImportantToUS.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14057590.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 09, 2006 Overseas scientists important to U.S. spirit of innovation By Michael Levi and Adam Segal Mercury News In his State of the Union speech last month, President Bush laid out an ambitious and wide-ranging agenda for improving American competitiveness. His focus on science and technology, and on the people who drive those fields in ==========> 06-03-13-FedCompWeek-PCASTExpectedToBeEffectiveVoiceForITRResearch.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/article92560-03-13-06-Print PCAST panel ready to roll New members focus on IT research and development Federal Computer Week, March 13, 2006 Top technology executives say they are confident that the reconstituted President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will be an effective voice for IT research. ==========> 06-03-29-TechDaily-ScienceAgencyHeadsLaudBushBudgetRequest.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0306/032906tdpm1.htm March 29, 2006 Science agency chiefs laud Bush's budget request By Danielle Belopotosky, National Journal's Technology Daily The private sector alone cannot fully fund basic research, and the federal government should make funding it a national priority, a senator said Wednesday during a hearing on the importance of basic research to U.S. competitiveness. ==========> 06-04-01-ElecBus-TechLeadersOptimisticAboutUSCompetitivenessInitiative.txt========== http://www.reed-electronics.com/eb-mag/article/CA6319557?pubdate=4%2F1%2F2006 More cash for the labs? Tech leaders are optimistic about the American Competitiveness Initiative by Cameron Crotty -- , 4/1/2006 Electronics Business If the rest of the year plays out as well as it started, 2006 might become known as the year the electronics industry finally got traction in Washington, D.C. At his State of the Union address in January, President Bush announced his ==========> 06-04-03-EETimes-IndustryAndAcademiaNeedToCooperate.txt========== http://eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184401130 Industry, academia advance on common ground Richard Goering EE Times (04/03/2006 9:00 AM EDT) Universities played a key role in the development of such technologies as semiconductors, the Internet and distributed computing. Yet today, they find themselves unable to afford tools and equipment, while industries have to ==========> 06-04-03-InsdieBayArea-UCBGetsIndustryResearchSupport.txt========== http://www.insidebayarea.com/business/ci_3667431 Companies step up to fund basic research With government contributing less, corporate sponsors are collaborating with universities to further 'pure science' By Barbara Grady, BUSINESS WRITER Inside Bay Area, April 3, 2006 AROUND the periphery of the University of California, Berkeley campus, a new industry is emerging: Silicon Valley "lab-lets" for joint research between ==========> 06-04-04-USACM-SenateIncreasesFundingForBasicResearch.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.3 4 April 2006 ============================================================= [5] SENATE INCREASES FUNDING FOR BASIC RESEARCH, HOUSE LESS RECEPTIVE Congress began it budget work in earnest last month with the Senate passing its version of the overall budget and the House eyeing early April for ==========> 06-04-06-EETimes-CongBoehlertUrgesFullUSScienceFunding.txt========== http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=184429490 Rep. Boehlert urges full U.S. science funding Spencer Chin EE Times (04/06/2006 6:18 PM EDT) WASHINGTON — In testimony before the Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) called for the U.S. government to fully fund efforts to make ==========> 06-04-10-NYT-ImmagrationReformPackageWouldRestrictForeignStudents.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/10/opinion/10Clemons.html?_r=1&oref=slogin April 10, 2006 Op-Ed Contributors How to Lose the Brain Race By STEVEN CLEMONS and MICHAEL LIND The New York Times Washington IS the United States importing too many immigrant physicists and not enough ==========> 06-04-25-NatlJ-CouncilReleasesPlanForCybersecurityResearch.txt========== http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=33927&dcn=todaysnews April 25, 2006 Council releases blueprint for federal cybersecurity research National Journal By Daniel Pulliam dpulliam@govexec.com President Bush's science and technology council has released a blueprint for coordinating federal interagency cybersecurity research and development. ==========> 06-05-01-CRA-IndustrySupportForAcademicRandDDropsAgain.txt========== http://www.cra.org/wp/index.php?p=86 5/1/2006 Industry Support for Academic R&D in S&E Drops Again Jay Vegso @ 3:05 pm Computing Research Association Industrial funding for R&D in science and engineering (S&E) fields at universities and colleges dropped 2.6% in FY2004, to $2.1 billion. This was the third year in a row that industry funding declined, having dropped 1.1% in 2003 ==========> 06-05-01-FedCompWeek-LawmakersConsiderBoostToTechResearch.txt========== http://www.fcw.com/article94203-05-01-06-Print Lawmakers are considering packages that seek to boost science and technology research Federal ComputerWeek May 1, 2006 House Science Committee Democrats chart comparing innovation bills The National Science Foundation gives grants for basic research that has commercial potential. Here are several discoveries that NSF grants supported: ==========> 06-05-05-USACM-ComputingCommunityExpressesConcernOverUSFederalBudget.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.3 5 May 2006 ============================================================= [2] COMPUTING COMMUNITY EXPRESS CONCERN OVER BUDGET With the House of Representatives poised to pass its version of the budget for next fiscal year, USACM joined the computing research community and ==========> 06-05-15-AP-USToDelayChangingLimitsOnForeignResearchers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14584637.htm Posted on Mon, May. 15, 2006 U.S. to delay changing limits on foreign researchers WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration will delay for at least 12 months any changes to U.S. rules restricting foreign researchers who work with sensitive equipment, setting aside concerns that weapons technology might fall into the wrong hands. ==========> 06-05-16-Bloomberg-USDOCBacksOffOnNewRulesAgainstForeignNationals.txt========== U.S. Backs Off Plan to Tighten Rules Against Foreign Students May 16 (Bloomberg) -- The Bush administration, after two years of study, has backed away from a proposed plan to tighten restrictions against foreign students conducting high-technology research at U.S. universities. The Commerce Department plans to announce this week that it has agreed to refrain from any immediate policy changes, said David McCormick, U.S. undersecretary of Commerce for industry and security. The department will ==========> 06-05-17-ResearchResearch-AcademiaWelcomeNewThinkingOnForeignResearchers.txt========== http://www.researchresearch.com/news.cfm?pagename=newsStory&type=default&element ID=62231 17 May 062539 Academia welcomes new thinking on foreign researchers and national security ResearchResearch The academic research community has welcomed the news that the Commerce Department plans to delay proposed changes to so-called ‘deemed export’ regulations – rules which govern and restrict foreign researchers who work with ==========> 06-06-06-USACM-CommernceDeptShelvesDeemedExportProposal.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.5, June 2006 [2] Commerce Department Shelves "Deemed Export" Proposal Last year, the Department of Commerce proposed broad new restrictions on U.S.-based foreign researchers' access to potentially sensitive technology. USACM filed comments arguing that the new restrictions were overly burdensome, unclear and further exacerbated an already hostile atmosphere for foreign researchers working in the United States. In a win for openness, ==========> 06-06-14-USCongress-MakingAmericaMoreCompetitiveByInvestingInScience.txt========== http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&Pr FY07 SCIENCE, STATE, JUSTICE AND COMMERCE APPROPRIATIONS BILL June 14th, 2006 - - Discretionary Funding Levels: * FY07 Funding: $59.84 billion * FY07 President's Request: $59.70 billion * FY06 Funding: $57.21 billion ==========> 06-06-26-NetWorld-TheRandDFundingCrisis.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2006/062606johnson.html The R&D funding crisis Eye on the Carriers By Johna Till Johnson, Network World, 06/26/06 I recently caught the movie 8 Below, the story of a team of sled dogs that are abandoned and subsequently rescued by scientists in Antarctica. It's about as silly as it sounds - perfect summer fare, particularly for those younger than age 10. ==========> 06-07-06-USACM-ComputingLeadersPraiseUSHouseForIncreasingResearchFunding.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.6 July 6, 2006 ============================================================= Computing Community Leaders Praise House Appropriators for Increasing Research Funding to Aid Competitiveness USACM and the Computing Research Association released a joint statement ==========> 06-08-02-USACM-PiecesOfCompetitivenessInitaitiveSlowlyMoveForward.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.7 August 4, 2006 ============================================================= PIECES OF AMERICAN COMPETITIVENESS INITATIVE SLOWLY MOVE FORWARD The American Competitiveness Initiative, proposed by the President during his 2006 State of the Union Address, has been embraced by Congress on ==========> 06-09-00-NSF-IndustrialSupportOfAcademicRandDDeclining.txt========== Where has the Money Gone? Declining Industrial Support of Academic R&D NSF 06-328 | September 2006 A three-decades-long trend of increasingly strong ties between industry and universities may have ended. Between 1972 and 2001, industrial support to universities and colleges grew more rapidly than any other source of support for academic research and development (NSB 2006, vol. 2: appendix table 5-2). A 1996 National Academy of Sciences report stated that "The prevalence and vitality of research partnerships between industrial organizations and universities have increased dramatically over the last two decades" (NAS ==========> 06-09-03-NYT-StateOfResearchInUSNotAllThatGrand.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/03/business/yourmoney/03view.html?_r=1&ref=yourmo ney&oref=slogin The New York Times, September 3, 2006 The State of Research Isn’t All That Grand By ANNA BERNASEK WHEN analyzing a company’s performance, investors pay particular attention to what is spent on research and development. That’s because R.& D. represents investments that, over all, are likely to pay dividends in the future. It’s one ==========> 06-09-18-CRA-NSFSelectsCRAToCreateExpertConsortiumOnResearch.txt========== NSF TAPS CRA TO CREATE COMPUTING COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM WASHINGTON, DC, September 18, 2006 - The National Science Foundation today announced an agreement with the Computing Research Association (CRA) to establish a consortium of computing experts that will provide scientific leadership and vision on issues related to computing research and future large-scale computing research projects. Under the three-year, $6 million agreement, CRA will create the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) to identify major research ==========> 06-09-27-CompResAssoc-ALookAtInnovationAndCompetitvenessLegislation.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000531.html September 27, 2006 Innovation and Competitiveness: How'd we do? Computing Research Association With the members of the 109th Congress getting ready to leave town this week and not come back until mid-November (giving them plenty of time for last-minute campaigning in their home districts), it seems appropriate to take a look at what they've accomplished in addressing some of the innovation and ==========> 06-09-29-InvestBusDaily-AnalysisFindsValueOfRandDHigherThanThought.txt========== Analysis Finds Value of Research & Development Higher than Thought Investor's Business Daily (09/29/06) P. A4; Deagon, Brian Preliminary findings by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) indicate that R&D makes a greater contribution to U.S. economic productivity and growth than is currently estimated. The two agencies will be making a long-term effort to improve its understanding of and ability to calculate R&D's impact on the economy--something that "could be very valuable to the Federal Reserve Board and could persuade them to pursue different monetary policies," said Steve Landefeld, director of the BEA. ==========> 06-10-06-USACM-USCompetitivenessLegislationStallsInCongress.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.9, October 6, 2006 COMPETITIVENESS LEGISLATION STALLS BEFORE CONGRESS HEADS HOME In the ongoing saga of the American Competitiveness Initiative (a Presidential proposal to increase basic research funding, expand math and science education programs, reform high-skilled worker immigration, and extend R&D tax credits), Senate leadership recently introduced the National Competitiveness Investment Act (S3936) intended to bolster domestic competitiveness. This legislation breaks from the President's original ==========> 06-10-11-FinTimes-EUAndIndustryDecideNotToSupportEuropeanInstituteOfTechnology.txt========== EU and Industry Shun MIT-style Research Project Financial Times (10/11/06) P. 3; Bounds, Andrew Both national governments and industry have decided not to contribute any funds toward the project of creating a European Institute of Technology (EIT), intended to compete with MIT and the cutting-edge research it contributes to the U.S. Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, still supports the plan, which he sees as a way to join business and academic resources to benefit the EU economy, and will use existing funds, including regional research budgets, to meet the 2.4 billion euro budget scheduled ==========> 06-10-31-GovtCompNews-GAOSaysBetterCoordinationOfCybersecurityRandDNeeded.txt========== http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/42465-1.html 10/31/06 -- 04:56 PM GAO: Better coordination of cybersecurity R&D needed By Patience Wait, GCN Staff The federal government has to do a better job of coordinating research and development on cybersecurity issues and needs to improve its information sharing and collaboration efforts on the topic, according to a just-released report by the Government Accountability Office. ==========> 06-11-10-CompResAssn-WhatDoesTheElectionMeanForComputingResearch.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000539.html November 10, 2006 Post-Election: Where do we stand? Computing Research Association So, the bloodshed appears to have ended for the moment and the Dems are now in charge of both the House and the Senate. The obvious question is: "What's in it for us? (the computing research community)" The short answer at the moment is: I dunno. Lots of questions remain unanswered about how the remainder of the ==========> 06-11-16-InfoWeek-StudyIndicatesMoreRandDMoneyMightNotProduceMoreResults.txt========== http://www.informationweek.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=1T4HKMKCINNNCQSNDLOS KHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=194400603 Spend More, Get More In Tech R&D? Not Always, According To Innovation Study Booz Allen Hamilton examined research and development at 1,000 global companies for six months and found less than one-tenth were getting full value from money spent. By W. David Gardner, InformationWeek, Nov. 16, 2006 Why do some high-tech companies get great bang for their R&D dollars while ==========> 06-11-21-CRA-NSFAsksCRAToFormComputingCommunityConsortiumToProvideResearchAdvice.txt========== http://www.cra.org/ccc/ NSF Taps CRA to Form Computing Community Consortium [Accessed Nov. 21, 2006] Under an agreement with the National Science Foundation, CRA will establish a consortium of computing experts that will provide scientific leadership and vision on issues related to computing research and future large-scale computing research projects. ==========> 06-12-06-USACM-TechPolicy-110thCongress-RandDVitalToCompetitiveness.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.11 December 6, 2006 ============================================================= TECHNOLOGY POLICY IN THE 110TH CONGRESS - MEET THE NEW BOSS The 110th Congress will have a new Democratic majority in both Houses. Democrats have the opportunity to make a profound and lasting impact on ==========> 06-12-06-USACM-TechPolicy-innovationReportStressesImportanceOfRandD.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.11 December 6, 2006 ============================================================= INNOVATION BENCHMARKS REPORT RELEASED The Task Force on the Future of American Innovation released their 2006 report "Benchmarks of Our Innovation Future," with a press conference on ==========> 06-12-21-USACM-USDOCNamesInnovationMeasuringCommittee.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 10.12 December 21, 2006 ============================================================= COMMERCE DEPARTMENT NAMES MEASURING INNOVATION COMMITTEE On December 6th, the Secretary of Commerce named the 15 members of the Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee. A mix of business and academic leaders, the Committee will "study metrics on ==========> 06-12-28-MediaNews-CalifPlansCallForTechResearchSeedMoney.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16336551.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 28, 2006 Schwarzenegger seeks tech seed money BAY AREA COULD BE BIG WINNER UNDER $95 MILLION PROPOSAL By Steven Harmon, MediaNews Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - Fearful of losing California's edge in high-tech research to other states, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday a $95 million proposal for medical, environmental and technological research that would create, among ==========> 06-12-28-SacBee-CalifGovenorProposes95MForUniversityResearch.txt========== http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/99375.html UC tech funding proposed Governor would earmark $95 million for research, including work on the world's fastest computer. By Clea Benson - The Sacramento Bee Capitol Bureau, December 28, 2006 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will seek $95 million to boost technology research at California universities in the state budget he proposes in January, his administration announced Wednesday. ==========> 07-01-07-NYT-CongressFailureToPassNewBidgetsEndangersResearch.txt========== New York Times, January 7, 2007 Congressional Budget Delay Stymies Scientific Research By WILLIAM J. BROAD The failure of Congress to pass new budgets for the current fiscal year has produced a crisis in science financing that threatens to close major facilities, delay new projects and leave thousands of government scientists out of work, federal and private officials say. "The consequences for American science will be disastrous," said ==========> 07-01-17-WashTimes-ReserachSupportVitalToNationalDefense.txt========== Invest more now By Newt Gingrich and Bart Gordon Washington Tiimes, Published January 17, 2007 Throughout history, national security has been dependent on economic prosperity, and visa versa. An economically strong America is better able to defend itself. Likewise, the nation's ability to defend itself is a prerequisite to maintaining the infrastructure and other elements of a strong national economy. ==========> 07-01-18-BusWeek-LeadersCommentOnKeepingResearcgAndLeadershipInUS.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/jan2007/sb20070118_135378.htm Business Week, January 18, 2007 Keeping Research and Leadership at Home, by Vivek Wadhwa Nine leaders offer their opinions on what the U.S. should do to hold onto its braintrust and stay on the cutting edge of innovation Globalization is reality. U.S. businesses see tremendous opportunities abroad and will increasingly locate their operations closer to growth markets. They will also outsource engineering jobs to reduce costs and move their research ==========> 07-01-25-WSJ-USCompaniesAndGovernmentToIncreaseRandDSpending.txt========== U.S. Firms Poised to Ramp Up R&D Spending Wall Street Journal (01/25/07) P. A20; Naik, Gautum The U.S. will see increases in both private investment and government spending on R&D this year, maintaining the nation's international lead, although changes may be needed to preserve this lead into the future, concludes a new report from Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D Magazine. The report says that U.S. companies are expected to spend about $219 billion on R&D in 2007, a 3.4 percent increase from last year's $212 billion, and federal contribution to R&D is expected to be around $98.3 billion, a 1.8 percent increase from last year's ==========> 07-01-26-ScienceMag-NASSupportsNSFPlanToAwardPrizesForInnovativeResearch.txt========== http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/315/5811/446 Report Backs NSF Prize to Spur Innovation Science (01/26/07) Vol. 315, P. 446; Mervis, Jeffrey The plan to have the National Science Foundation award prizes to stimulate new research and development appears to be in limbo due to a budget freeze and changes on Capitol Hill. In a report last week, the National Academies expressed support for an NSF prize program, but said the agency should start with small awards of $200,000 to $2 million before supporting more costlier ==========> 07-02-07-USACM-CongressBoostsResearchFunding-ACMJoinsInUrgingAction.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.1 February 7, 2007 ============================================================= [2] 110TH CONGRESS: CONGRESS BOOSTS RESEARCH FUNDING; ACM JOINS COMPUTING COMMUNITY IN URGING ACTION ON FUNDING Last year, Congress left town without passing most of the annual appropriations bills required to fund most federal agencies. Instead it ==========> 07-02-27-ZDNet-BritishComputerSocSaysFundingCutsWillHarmComputingResearch.txt========== http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39286083,00.htm BCS: Funding cuts will harm computing research Slashing research council budgets could have a detrimental effect on the UK IT industry, warns the British Computing Society ZDNet UK, Feb. 27, 2007 The British Computing Society has warned that the UK's computing sector could be harmed by the government's decision to cut science and technology research budgets. ==========> 07-03-07-CompWorld-MSCEOTestifiesAboutDecliningScienceAndEngineeringAndResearchFunding.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI d=9012492&intsrc=hm_list Gates testifies about declining enrollments, research funding Computer science undergrads vanishing, while competition for dollars increases Patrick Thibodeau March 07, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates warned Congress today that the ability of the U.S. to "remain a technology powerhouse" is in jeopardy. His testimony drew focus to some trends in basic research and ==========> 07-04-06-USACM-CongressTakesUpCompetitivenessLegislation.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.3 April 6, 2007 NEW CONGRESS TAKES UP COMPETITIVENESS LEGISLATION If Congressional intentions materialize as Members hope, expect competitiveness legislation to come to the floor of both houses soon after the April Recess. ==========> 07-04-24-CompResAssoc-PCASTApprovesDraftITRandDRecommendations.txt========== http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/archives/000586.html Computing Research Association, April 24, 2007 PCAST Approves Draft IT R&D Recommendations The President's Council of Advisors for Science and Technology met today to approve a draft set of recommendations concerning the federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program. In reviewing the program and the overall IT "ecosystem" in the U.S. and abroad for the first time since the PITAC review in 1999, the committee came to the conclusion that ==========> 07-05-08-USACM-USACMJoinsCoalitionUrgingMoreBasicResearchFunding.txt========== ============================================================= ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.4 May 8, 2007 ============================================================= USACM JOINS BROAD COALTION IN URGING MORE BASIC RESEARCH FUNDING With bipartisan momentum building for the Administration's American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) -- which seeks to double funding for NSF, ==========> 07-07-10-NYT-WilliamWulfDeterminedToReinspireACultureOfInnovation.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/10/science/10prof.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The New York Times, July 10, 2007 Determined to Reinspire a Culture of Innovation, By CORNELIA DEAN WASHINGTON — Like everyone else, William A. Wulf understands the importance of innovation in the American economy, and how innovation depends on an educated workforce and abundant spending on research. But learning and investment are not enough, Dr. Wulf says. An innovation ==========> 07-07-13-ZDNetAus-ReportSaysAustralianRandDSupportShockinglyBad.txt========== http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Australian-R-D-investment-is-shockingl y-bad-/0,139023166,339279968,00.htm Australian R&D investment is 'shockingly bad' Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia, 13 July 2007 12:08 PM Australia is lacking investment in research and development (R&D), according to an IT competitiveness report published by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Australia ranked 12th in the world for investment in R&D and fifth for its ==========> 07-07-18-ChronHigherEd-ReportToUSPresidentSaysTechPolicyNeedsHighPriorityFixing.txt========== http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/2231/bush-advisers-try-to-fix-tech-poli cy The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 18, 2007 Bush Advisers Try to Fix Tech Policy We in the United States are in deep technological trouble. That's pretty much what a report to be delivered to President Bush in a few weeks is going to say about national technology policy. It's also going to suggest some high-priority fixes. ==========> 07-08-01-CompWorld-USCongressAgreesToSpendingIncreaseForResearch.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI d=9028683 Congress eyes R&D spending to counter offshoring of jobs House, Senate deal would also create a DARPA clone, increase federal venture funding Patrick Thibodeau August 01, 2007 (Computerworld) -- WASHINGTON -- The high-tech community owes much to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for some of its ==========> 07-08-02-CongGordon-USHousePassedBillToInvestInScience.txt========== For immediate release Contact: Alisha Prather 202-225-6375 August 2, 2007 alisha.prather@mail.house.gov Gordon: House Passes Landmark Bill Investing in America's Students, Teachers, Workers (Washington, DC) Members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed groundbreaking legislation today aimed at ensuring the United States' strong footing as a global economic leader and retaining our "brainpower advantage." "Now is the time for us to strengthen our support for the creativity, the innovation and the talented workforce that makes the U.S. unique and gives us our competitive edge," said Science & Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon ==========> 07-08-03-SJMerc-USHouseApprovesSignificantIncreaseForScienceResearch.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6533408?nclick_check=1 Science research gets boost in funding HOUSE OKS MEASURE, WHICH WOULD AID PROGRAMS IN STATE By Frank Davies, Mercury News Washington Bureau, 08/03/2007 01:29:05 AM PDT WASHINGTON - With a rare bipartisan agreement, Congress is adopting a significant, tech-friendly increase in basic science research and more training and support for math, science and foreign-language programs. ==========> 07-08-03-USACM-USCongressPassedLandmarkInnovationLegislation.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol. 11.7 August 3, 2007 ============================================================= HOUSE AND SENATE PASS LANDMARK INNOVATION LEGISLATION After two years of discussion, Congress has finally agreed to a comprehensive "competitiveness" legislative package intended to create, expand and bolster programs that foster innovation and domestic talent. The ==========> 07-08-09-DigitalJ-BushSignsAmericaCompetesActProviding30BForScienceAndTechnology.txt========== http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/215624/Bush_Signs_Law_Giving_More_Than_30_ Billion_to_Science_and_Tech_Fields Bush Signs Law Giving More Than $30 Billion to Science and Tech Fields Posted Aug 9, 2007 by [Digital Journal Staff] Christopher Hogg in Politics | 35 comments | 956 views Digital Journal — Signing off on the America Competes Act into law today, Bush authorized $33.6 billion to government-supported research, education and teacher-training programs in the field of science and technology.