USA Today has a been great article up today analyzing the cost per job created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA); aka the Stimulus. Check it out: ...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life....
Yesterday, President Obama gave a speech to the Business Roundtable. He spoke of common concerns and challanged the group to work with him to overcome their differences. He also spoke about the need for innovation and education--below is a section of the speech that deals with competitiveness issues.
A good chunk of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), aka "the Stimulus bill" has gone toward the research and development of renewable energy. With that in mind, the ...
Arden Bement, the Director of the National Science Foundation since 2004, will be leaving at the end of his term in June to pursue a new opportunity: He has been named to lead...
President Obama releases his budget today. We are looking at the R&D and STEM Education portions of the budget now. In the meantime the Washington Post...