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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
February 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR HENSON MOORE
FROM:
D. ALLAN BROMLEY /s/
SUBJECT:
A POSSIBLE EXPANDED NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
INITIATIVE
We have discussed the possibility of expanding upon the already successful National
Technology initiative that was kicked off recently at MIT and which focuses primarily on
the question of technology transfer from the national laboratories to the private sector.
You have requested that I provide you with additional detail on one of the suggested
elements in this expansion and I am attempting to do so in this memorandum. Before
turning to that, however, let me simply reemphasize a few of the reasons why I believe
that the expansion is desirable and timely.
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There is a growing perception, both within the business community and
among the voting public, that the Bush Administration has no adequate,
coherent policy for insuring our increased economic competitiveness in the
world market place.
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Democratic members of the Congress have made it clear that they intend
to make technology and its utilization toward economic competitiveness
a major issue in the current election campaign. It also bears noting that
they have initiated a number of pieces of technology legislation intended to
establish Democratic leadership in this area.
0
In contrast to the situation in our major foreign competitor nations,
where the industrial sector looks on the government as a definite ally in
addressing the world market, in the United States, at best, government is
looked on as neutral and, in many cases, as antagonistic.
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Polls have shown that at least until very recently more than 50% of the
American public was not really convinced that we had a competitiveness
problem or, indeed, that technology was in any obvious way an answer to
competitiveness problems.
2
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The Bush Administration and the President have a record of which we can
be proud -- but we have been less successful than we should have been in
letting the public know about our accomplishments.
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There are a substantial number of changes that could be made through
administrative channels -- without requiring legislative action -- that
could have a significant impact on our industrial sector and, of course,
many others that would require legislative action that could have major
impact.
It seems to me that a key element in any proposed expanded National Technology
Initiative is the personal participation of the President. We have the rather dramatic
example of the President's activities in the education field where, through the Education
Summit which he hosted in 1989, he changed the entire public perception of education
as well as the environment within which educational change not only became possible
but increasingly is being pushed by an aroused public.
I believe that the President can have a similar impact on technology and its potential
contributions both to the competitiveness of American industry and to improvement of
the quality of life of all our citizens.
I have provided you with a skeletal proposal for implementation of an expanded
National Technology Initiative building upon the existing tech transfer activities
spearheaded by the Departments of Commerce and of Energy. My earlier memorandum
lists a number of component elements of the expanded program but it is clear that other
individuals and agencies will have additional ideas and it is essential that any such
activity be a broadly cooperative one that draws on the best insight that we can gain
from the entire Administration and, indeed, from industry. Among the elements that I
have suggested to you are the following:
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Strengthening the current National Technology Initiative regional meetings
focussing on technology transfer and the roles of the more than 700
national laboratories and their personnel in such transfer.
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Pulling together a coherent package of tax and regulatory changes that
will improve the financial and regulatory climate in which the private
sector operates.
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Building on the interagency (FCCSET) technology initiatives in the
President's 1993 budget with specific attention to the involvement of the
private sector.
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Increasing the focus on partnership activities involving the private
sector, Federal Government, and where appropriate, universities. We have
now something like 700 Cooperative Research and Development
Agreements (CRADAs) as well as some very successful consortia including
Semitech in the semiconductor sector, and the Battery Consortium and the
Advanced Composite Consortium in the automotive sector.
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Developing a package specifically designed to minimize or remove
impediments to the growth of small (less than 500 employees) businesses
(both low and high technology) with their characteristically high job
creation and innovation rates.
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Developing a series of technology-centered events for the President,
Vice President, and Cabinet members throughout the Nation. OSTP will
be happy to work other agencies in the identification and development of
such events and I shall be sending you separate memoranda on this topic.
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Holding a very high visibility Presidential event here in Washington to
highlight the Bush Administration's interest in, programs for, and intent
to working with the private sector to utilize technology for a more
productive America.
Let me then focus on this latter event which you asked me to expand for further
discussion. I would suggest strongly that if we decide to move forward with this event,
then the President should announce it as soon as possible and hold it perhaps in July to
give us time to make the necessary arrangements and yet have it sufficiently far in
advance of the election so that it is not politicized more than will inevitably be the case.
TENTATIVE PROPOSAL
TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT
Technology for a Productive America
Time:
July 1992
Duration: Start with a Presidential reception on say a Monday evening, followed by
sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, finishing at about 3:00 pm
on Wednesday to allow attendees to catch convenient flights out of
Washington.
Attendees: CEOs, presidents, chief financial officers, chief R&D officers, and selected
labor leaders from a representative cross-section of US industry ranging
all the way from low technology, large smokestack industries, to the
highest possible technology, small entrepreneurial companies.
The President, the Vice President, Cabinet members, heads of the
independent agencies, and Senior Executive Office of the President
members.
{Query: I would propose that we try to keep this entire event non-partisan
and Presidential in scope and have thus not included any representation
from the Congress. You have a much better sense of whether this is on the
right track or not.}
Program: Monday evening: White House reception for all participants hosted by the
President.
Tuesday morning: A plenary session
a)
A Presidential address setting forth a sense of the National
challenge and some of the goals for the Summit.
b)
An address by the Secretary of Commerce.
c)
An address by the Secretary of Labor.
d)
An address by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Luncheon: An address by Greenspan of the Federal Reserve??
2
Tuesday
afternoon:
I would suggest here breakout sessions with rapporteur and
co-chairmen. One drawn from industry and one from
government -- who will be collectively responsible for
condensing the discussions so that their epitome can be
be merged into the President's closing remarks as well
as provide input for closing remarks by the industrial
co-chairmen on Wednesday afternoon.
Breakout A:
The President and selected Cabinet members meet with
CEOs and senior labor leaders.
Breakout B:
The Vice President and selected Cabinet members meet
with presidents and COOs.
Breakout C:
The Secretary of the Treasury, the Chairman of the CEA,
the Chairman of the SEC and the Chairman of the SBA
meet with chief financial officers.
Breakout D:
The Directors of NSF, NIH, and OSTP and the senior R&D
representatives from DOE, DOC, DOD, NASA, etc., meet
with the chief technology officers from the private sector.
Tuesday
evening:
Summit banquet. I would suggest George Fisher as CEO of
Motorola and Chairman of the Private Sector
Competitiveness Council as the after dinner speaker.
Overnight the rapporteur and the breakout co-chairmen would be expected to prepare
draft reports based on their afternoon sessions. These draft reports would then serve as
the basis for further discussion and fine-tuning in the Wednesday morning continuation
of these breakout sessions.
Wednesday:
Continue breakout sessions but here I would suggest that
rather than remaining with Breakout A, the President should
rotate and spend some time with each of the Breakout
groups just to get a sense of the discussion and to give them
the additional Presidential contact.
Luncheon:
An address by the Vice President as Chairman of the
President's Competitive Council??
Wednesday
afternoon:
Concluding session
(a) reports by the industrial co-
chairmen of each of the four Breakout sessions,
(b) 15 to 20 minute coffee break,
(c) concluding summary synthesis and call to arms by the
President. This will raw on the material from the
Breakouts and will highlight whatever appears
appropriate.
Obviously this represents only a personal first-off-the-top-of-the-head outline of what
such an event might comprise. It will be essential to get the input of many other people
and I shall be more than happy to work with all of them so that we can come up with
something that will be truly Presidential in scope as well as something that can have a
major catalytic impact on our utilization of our technology to create a truly more
productive America.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
January 8, 1992
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MEMORANDUM FOR EDE HOLIDAY
D. ALLAN BROMLEY
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DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
FOR APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULING
SUBJECT
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
I would appreciate your evaluation and comments on the attached
for the President's participation. Is this a worthwhile event
that would merit the President attending?
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
SUBJECT: Kick-off of National Technology Initiative in Cambridge, MA on
January 30
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As you may know, Secretary Mosbacher and Secretary Watkins have been
developing plans for a National Technology Initiative (NTI) to help American
businesses compete more effectively around the world and to create good jobs here
at home. Admiral Truly of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) has agreed to participate. We also hope to get the Department of Defense
involved. The NTI will consist of a series of 10 "town meeting" seminars, held
across the country, to open up a dialogue between business, university, and
government leaders on how we can work together better to advance U.S. economic
interests. A focus of these seminars will be how U.S. industry can benefit from
taxpayer investments in R&D at our national labs and universities. This series
will parallel the very successful National Export Initiative led by the Department
of Commerce last year, and will involve several Federal agencies.
The first meeting is tentatively scheduled for January 29-30, 1992, at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT
has offered its facilities and its people to help coordinate this event. More
importantly, MIT will also use its contacts with regional, high technology
businesses and the Harvard Graduate School of Business to pull together a group
of approximately 250 senior executives from business in the northeast region. We
are also getting a great deal of support from several industry associations to help
us make this first seminar a huge success. We are very excited about the seminar
series, and we would like to make the first seminar the model for the ones that
follow. Secretary Watkins, Acting Secretary Schnabel and Administrator Truly
have committed to attend.
We believe this seminar presents a great opportunity for the President or the Vice
President to highlight this Administration's program to create jobs and economic
growth. Options for participation range from keynote speaker at the luncheon on
January 30, 1992, to a speech at any time during the day.
Our flexibility in pulling the seminar forward in time is limited at this point,
although we may be able to move it to January 28-29. We can, of course, move
the seminar later in time, should you desire. The next event is tentatively
scheduled for the week of February 17, 1992, in Austin, Texas.
We have attached a copy of the draft agenda for your information. We are in the
process of filling out the slate of panel members to lead the discussions with the
participants. In order to be sure that the seminar is a success, we need to finalize
the dates very soon. Please let me know as soon as possible if this event would be
of interest to the President or Vice President and how we should proceed with
scheduling.
With kindest personal regards, we remain
Sincerely yours
Husn
Roch Rockwell A. Schnabel
W. Henson Moore
DRAFT: January 2, 1992
Partners in Progress: A Dialogue
Opportunities for Commercialization of Technologies
in the Boston Region
Agency
Participants: DOC, DOE, NASA, DOD (tentative)
Site:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Participants: Senior Government Officials, CEOs, Corporate
Officers, Corporate Strategic Planners
Objective:
To provide information, tools, and contact points
to industry in support of effective leveraging of
federal research and development for enhancing
U. S. competitiveness
Format:
In the plenary session approximately half the time
will be devoted to providing information to the
participants and the remaining time will be spent
in a dialogue. Participants are requested to
submit specific items for consideration on the
attached index cards. Index cards will also be
available during the conference as a means to
entering items into the discussions.
Wednesday, January 29, 1992
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Laboratory "Technology Fair" (Tentative)
6:30 - 7:30 pm
Industry Reception
-
Sponsored by local industry association.
Thursday, January 30, 1992
7:00 - 8:00 am
Continental Breakfast & Registration
8:00 - - 8:45 am
Welcome and Introduction of Cabinet Members
by Governor Weld
Overview: Cabinet Members (e.g., DOC, DOE,
NASA, DOD (tentative))
DRAFT: January 2, 1992
-2-
8:45 - 10:15 am
Partnerships for Cooperative R&D
Overview of mechanisms for strategic
partnering, such as: consortia, CRADAs,
patent licensing, etc.
Proposed panel consisting of a local
Federal laboratory director (s), CEO of
high-tech firm, and head of industry
consortium
10:15 - 10:30 am Break for Coffee
10:30 - 12:00 pm
Partnerships for Long-term Investment and
Financing
Overview of public, private and
institutional sources of investment
capital and corporate finance.
Proposed panel consisting of a senior
federal official from the region, a
successfully financed local
entrepreneur, a large local company CEO,
and several financial managers (e.g.,
banker, broker, and pension fund
manager)
12:00 - 1:30 pm
Luncheon
Speaker to be determined
1:30 - 2:45 pm
Partnerships for Manufacturing Excellence
Examples of the successful management of
change, assimilation of advanced
manufacturing tools and techniques,
leveraging of federal capabilities by
non-federal organizations, and lessons
learned.
Proposed Panel consisting of
representatives of Federal laboratories,
successful manufacturing companies and
labor interests.
2:45 - 3:00 pm
Break for Coffee (and Networking)
DRAFT: January 2, 1992
-3-
3:00 - 5:00 pm
Concurrent Workshop Series
Conference attendees will be able to
pick two out of three.
To be chaired by appropriate government
and private sector leaders.
3:00-4:00 p.m.
WORKSHOP SERIES 1
Workshop la - Protecting Intellectual Property Rights
and Technical Data in Technology
Commercialization Partnerships
Practical examination of federal patent
policy, licensing procedures, copyright of
software and other works, maskworks,
proprietary data and trade secret protection,
CRADA generated information and other tools
for effective commercialization.
Workshop 1b - Partnerships for Biotechnology
Practical examination of commercially
attractive biotechnology research underway at
DOD, DOE and EPA laboratories and funded
universities.
Workshop 1c - Partnering for Manufacturing
Excellence
Practical examination on the issues related
to successfully managing change, modifying
culture, and measuring success against a
business strategy designed to leverage
federal research and development and increase
utilization of advanced manufacturing
capabilities.
4:00 - 5:00 pm
WORKSHOP SERIES 2
Workshop 2a - Environmental Technology Partnerships
Practical examination of commercially
attractive environmental research underway in
the DOE, DOD, DOT, EPA labs and funded
universities.
DRAFT: January 2, 1992
-4-
Workshop 2b - Financing of Partnerships for Technology
Commercialization
Practical examination of SBA support for
small businesses, State Economic Development
Programs, SBIR, venture capital, joint
ventures and cost-shared development for
commercialization of technology.
Workshop 2c - Partnering for Manufacturing Excellence
Practical examination on the issues related
to successfully managing change, modifying
culture, and measuring success against a
business strategy designed to leverage
federal research and development and increase
utilization of advanced manufacturing
capabilities.
5:00 pm
Conference Adjourns