Implementing America COMPETES Act

President George Bush has designated the Committee on Technology of the National Science and Technology Council to carry out the responsibilities assigned to the Council on Innovation and Competitiveness in section 1006 of the America COMPETES Act (Public Law 110-69). The law directs the President to convene a National Science and Technology Summit to examine the health and direction of the U.S. STEM enterprises; requires a National Academy of Sciences study on barriers to innovation; changes the National Technology Medal to the National Technology and Innovation Medal; establishes a President’s Council on Innovation and Competitiveness (akin to the President’s Council on Science and Technology); requires prioritization of planning for major research facilities and instrumentation nationwide through the National Science and Technology Council; and expresses a sense of Congress that each federal research agency should support and promote innovation through funding for high-risk, high-reward research.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/04/20080410-5.html

* Fact Sheet: America Competes Act of 2007
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/08/20070809-6.html

* The America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act
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