June 2011 - GovAffairs

National Robotics Initiative Announced

Our colleague, Erwin Gianchandani, has written a great piece on the President’s announcement on robotics and advanced manufacturing over at the CCC blog. It’s worth noting that the CCC Robotics Roadmap is a core part of this new initiative and $70 million of the $500 million Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) will go toward advancing robotics.

American Innovation, a day in the House

June 16, 2011/In: Computing Education /by MelissaNorr

(Editor’s note: We’re pleased to have Max Cho, CRA’s Tisdale Fellow, working at CRA World HQ this summer. Max is a student at Yale with a keen interest in the intersection of technology and policy and will be posting frequently on the blog!) This morning I attended the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology […]

Save a buck now, lose two later? The Cost of Research Cuts

June 15, 2011/In: R&D in the Press /by MelissaNorr

David Leonhart for the New York Times reports yesterday that trimming research budgets might stunt future economic growth. Leonhart writes that long term economic solutions rely on government investment in innovation: Perhaps most important, Washington could make more high-return investments in science and education. Only the federal government can afford the large-scale basic science that […]

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