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InternetNews January 24, 2007 Roy Mark	State of The Union Speech Light on Tech President George Bush was far more circumspect about information technology in his Tuesday night State of the Union address than he was during his 2006 speech in which he gave a major plug for technology and competitiveness.
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InternetNews November 14, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Education, Competitive Edge Not Adding Up Declining U.S. science, math and engineering grad rates slowing America's global economic pace, new report says.
InternetNews April 26, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress Gets Competitive With Bills Senate, House approve legislation aimed at improving America's global competitiveness.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Roy Mark	A Bipartisan Push For More Tech Money New legislation calls for doubling funding for National Science Foundation, graduate fellowships and advanced training.
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush May Pump Tech in State of the Union Address President Bush is expected to call for America to regain its flagging global leadership in IT.
InternetNews April 11, 2007 Roy Mark	Bills Would Expand H1-B Visa Quotas Lawmakers seek to expand the number of foreign U.S. graduates for technology work pool.
InternetNews November 29, 2004 Roy Mark	H-1B Visa Expansion Draws Praise High tech interests scored a late victory in Congress when the lame duck legislature increased the 2005 H-1B visa ceiling by 20,000 foreign workers. The visas are limited to workers with graduate degrees from U.S. universities.
InternetNews July 21, 2005 Roy Mark	Senators Promise 'Brain Drain' Bill Lawmakers drafting bill designed to refill America's academic pipeline with science and engineering graduates.
InternetNews December 11, 2006 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Extend R&D Tax Credit The U.S. Congress renewed the R&D tax credit as part of its last-minute tax package of legislation before officially adjourning on Saturday.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Stephen Barlas	Crazy About Competitiveness The U.S. Congress and the White House look to boost science and technology education in the 2007 federal budget.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Obama Unveils R&D, Mobile Broadband Agenda In his State of the Union address, president touts goals to bring high-speed wireless broadband to 98 percent of Americans and drive innovation to bolster U.S. competitiveness.
Geotimes March 2006 Linda Rowan	Fueling America's Innovation Now Meeting America's energy needs represents a major component of the creeping crisis of a shrinking skilled workforce and dampened technological advances in the US and may be the Sputnik moment we need to gain necessary advancements in research and math and science education.
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Game Over: Next Year's H1-B Visas Already Gone Early run on visa pool prompts tech calls for increased allocations.
InternetNews March 7, 2007 Roy Mark	Gates: Swing Open The Talent Door Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told a Senate panel today U.S. immigration policies are slamming the door in the faces of the best and brightest talent at a time when America needs them the most.
IndustryWeek September 1, 2006	The Workforce: Bill McDermott If future employees are math - or science - deprived, our high-tech competitiveness as a nation will continue to be eroded.
Entrepreneur November 2005 Chris Penttila	The Heat Is On How long can the U.S. maintain its innovative edge?
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InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visa Reform Gains More Support The legislative agenda for H1-B visa reform in Congress grew more crowded today with another proposal to increase the number of skilled foreign workers available to the U.S. workforce.
IndustryWeek September 14, 2011	Wanted: Talent-Driven Innovation Can the United States meet the challenge of creating the skilled workforce needed for manufacturing leadership?
InternetNews June 28, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visa Increase Nixed With Immigration Bill Unable to muster 60 votes to cut off debate, Senate Democrats today tabled their efforts to enact a comprehensive immigration reform bill.
Job Journal October 29, 2006 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Few Happy with High-Tech Visas US companies complain of long delays to import needed skills.
InternetNews April 4, 2007 Roy Mark	H1-B Visas: One And Done One day after the opening of the H1-B visa program process, the 2008 allotment of 85,000 H1-B visas is already gone.
Entrepreneur February 2008	Weakest Link? In the race for global competitiveness, is the U.S. falling behind?
InternetNews November 5, 2008	Tech's Eyes Turn Now to Obama, Dems The new administration promises change, but how will that play with the IT and Internet industry's agenda?
BusinessWeek November 6, 2006 Nichola Saminather	Biotech's Beef There is a disconnect between what universities are teaching and what biotech wants.
Inc. October 2005 Shramm & Litan	Op-ed: Foreign Students Who Study Engineering Deserve Citizenship It's time that we stop envying China, and start making the U.S. a friendlier place for engineers.
Chemistry World May 25, 2011 Sarah Houlton	Cost-cutting will stifle UK innovation The UK government's cost-cutting policies are in danger of stifling innovation, according to a report from The Work Foundation.
Popular Mechanics December 18, 2007	Science and Science Education Proposals From the Candidates: Geek the Vote '08 Compare candidate stances on scientific research and education.
CIO July 26, 2013	CIOs Must Help Plug the Talent Gap CIOs have trouble filling technical positions because of deficiencies in America's schools. It's time to get involved, says Gary J. Beach, author of a just-released book on this topic.
Insurance & Technology April 4, 2007 Katherine Burger	Battle for Brains Although information technology added $2 trillion to the economy, the U.S. lags Asia in math and science graduates; Tapping America's Potential, a consortium of 16 U.S. business and technology associations, aims to rouse Congress to action.
Chemistry World February 5, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Bush Budget Proposal Backs Physical Sciences US President George Bush wants to get the budget for physical sciences research back on track, but biomedical research could suffer in his budget proposals for 2009.
InternetNews April 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Renews Competitiveness Agenda President Bush renewed his call Tuesday for a competitiveness initiative in the United States. In particular, he urged lawmakers to pass a permanent extension of the R&D tax credit.
Chemistry World December 23, 2014 Matthew Gunther	Home secretary's student visa plan draws ire of science community The UK home secretary Theresa May plans to back a proposal that would force foreign graduates to leave the country as soon as they have finished studying.
InternetNews June 5, 2006 Roy Mark	Poof! H1-B Visas Gone Four months before the 2007 U.S. fiscal years even begins, visas for highly skilled tech workers are already consigned.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Editor's Page -- Profit Pursuits Are Choking Innovation A lot of people -- from business leaders, academics, think-tank researchers and government officials -- are worried about the U.S.' innovation infrastructure. Will a short-term focus set us up for a fall?
IndustryWeek July 22, 2009 Jonathan Katz	Educating Next-Generation Innovators 'Radical reform' needed in schools to keep the United States competitive in the product-development race.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Samuel J. Palmisano	How The U.S. Can Keep Its Innovation Edge Where, how, and why innovation happens is changing. If we're not careful, the U.S. will fall out of step with these new realities, and innovators and risk-takers will go elsewhere -- because they can.
IndustryWeek January 1, 2005 Patricia Panchak	Fund The Future To make U.S. companies and the workers they employ more competitive, policymakers have to think in terms of investing in the industries of the future, not those of the past.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education.
National Defense February 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	It's a Hobson's Choice: Dollars For Defense or for Education? In today's zero-sum budget world, every federal program is in a cutthroat fight for survival. Defense and education are no exception. As the largest slice of the government's discretionary spending pie, defense competes for dollars with everything else, including education.
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Rogers Weed	Invest in Biotech, or Watch the U.S. Health Innovation Edge Slip Away Medical innovation is an industry where our country should shine brightest -- if we invest in it, that is. Battelle found that life-sciences leaders around the country are concerned that the United States is losing its edge.
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2007 Katherine Burger	A Consortium of U.S. Technology and Academic Organizations Addresses the Decline in Math and Science Graduates. Although information technology added $2 trillion to the economy, the U.S. lags Asia in math and science graduates; the Tapping America's Potential technology consortium aims to rouse Congress to action.
InternetNews March 8, 2005 Roy Mark	U.S. Could Lose Tech Edge, TechNet Warns TechNet presented Capitol Hill with an innovation agenda to get back on the IT track it claims the U.S. is falling from.
National Defense March 2011 Cynthia D. Miller	National Science Foundation Supports STEM Education Of equal importance to the foundation is the support of science and engineering education, from pre-kindergarten through graduate school and beyond, with a variety of fellowships and programs specifically for teachers and students.
National Defense March 2012 Edward Swallow	Rep. Mike Honda Introduces Bill to Boost STEM Education The chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Workforce division spoke to Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif., regarding a bill he recently introduced, the STEM Education Innovation Act.
CIO April 1, 2004 Gary Beach	Time for a National Technology Policy The Web and globalization have leveled the playing field for countries to compete. Some people worry how the United States can maintain its technology leadership.
InternetNews November 4, 2005 Roy Mark	Tech Wins Big in Senate Budget Bill Differences still remain with the House of Representatives over DTV transition and H-1B visas.
National Defense June 2008 Alan L. Gropman	Waning Education Standards Threaten U.S. Competitiveness High-quality education is critical to national security, and the United States must address a number of challenges in its educational system if it wants to maintain a competitive edge in the global economy and in key technologies.
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