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NEWS MEDIA CONTACT:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Steven Fried, 202/586-5806
September 18, 1992
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LABS SURPASS 1992 GOAL OF
DOUBLING COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AGREEMENTS
The Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories already have surpassed the 1992
goal set by Secretary James D. Watkins of doubling cooperative research and
development agreements (CRADAs) expected to lead to commercial uses of new
technology.
Admiral Watkins set the goal six months ago, soon after President Bush
launched the National Technology Initiative (NTI) to increase business
participation in federal technology development programs. At that time, CRADAs
between DOE labs and research partners, principally private businesses, numbered
98. Today, the count is 216 approved CRADAs with four more in final stages of
negotiation.
"This was a challenging goal when we set it," Admiral Watkins said, "and
I salute the DOE lab directors and the technology commercialization managers in
both the laboratories and private companies who have put together this growing
list of ambitious cooperative research projects.
(MORE)
R-92-247
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of the Press Secretary
Washington, DC 20585
(2)
"When President Bush launched the National Technology Initiative last Feb.
12, he said that moving the fruits of taxpayer sponsored research out of our
federal laboratories into commercial use was a key to improving U.S. business
competitiveness and economic growth. Since then, the ten federal agencies and
700 government laboratories committed to this effort have achieved an
unprecedented level of cooperative research with private industry. I am
confident that this commitment of resources to technology commercialization will
pay dividends to generations of Americans in the decades ahead."
CRADAs are one form of cooperative research arrangements between federal
and non-government partners. Other forms range from simple consultation to large
research consortia, such as the $260 million U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium
(U.S. ABC). The U.S. ABC, announced by President Bush last year, has as its goal
the development of batteries that will enable widespread use of electric cars by
the year, 2000.
CRADAs provide for contributions of money, equipment and researchers to
cooperative projects by both government and non-government partners.
Funding data on the newest DOE CRADAs is still being compiled, but it is
estimated that about 85 percent of the agreements represent a total research and
development investment of more than $320 million. A little more than 60 percent
of this amount is being invested by non-government partners.
Non-government partners in cooperative research with DOE labs include many
of the Nation's largest manufacturing and high technology companies, but about
25 percent of the research ventures involve small businesses.
To raise business awareness of cooperative research opportunities, the
administration's NTI has held 10 regional conferences attended by more than 3,500
R&D leaders this year. A fall series of five conferences will begin with a Sept.
25 meeting at the University of Chicago.
-DOE-
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Science and Technology
1992 Presidential Campaign
As part of his economic Plan for America's Future, Clinton says he would make
permanent the research and development tax credit, saying this would encourage firms
to invest in their own long-term prosperity. By expanding the "civilian R&D budget" a
dollar for each dollar the defense R&D budget is reduced, and creating "a new federal
agency to support and coordinate research in developing new, critical, civilian
technologies and moving these ideas to the marketplace," Clinton says he can turn the
"defense-technology economy" into a "civilian-technology economy" and preserve the
high-wage, high-value skills of thousands of our best scientists, engineers, and
workers. A model for what he has in mind can be found in the Arkansas Science and
Technology Authority, a state agency that oversees the funding of various high-tech
and R&D ventures, public and private, in Arkansas.
In a major economic policy speech at the Wharton School in April 1992,
Clinton furthered his call for a MITI-like government funded, public-private agency
that would "support research in the few dozen strategic technologies that scientists have
already identified as the basis for launching growth industries over the coming
decades...." In a self-contradictory explanation, he said, "We can easily do this
without inhibiting the competition that drives innovation. We can promote more
collaboration not only between government and business but among firms, just as we
have done in defense" (emphasis added). Further, he advocates establishing a fund
administered by the National Science Foundation to help scientists and engineers and
technicians on defense master critical civilian technologies, such as bio-technology,
synthetic materials, renewable energy resources" and "environmental technologies."
To help them make the transition, Clinton would set up a program of "small conversion
loans" and a service modeled on the agricultural extension service to assist them.
Some troubling problems with this idea merit mention. Clinton ignores the fact
that defense industries were not competing in the marketplace (but only for government
contracts). He also ignores the simple, but anti-free-market problem of having
scientists determine which technologies deserve investing. Apparently, in a
Clintonesque economy, private and corporate investors would no longer decide how to
meet market demands or on what to risk their future economic prosperity; rather
government subsidized scientists would decide which technologies deserved
government-coordinated funding.
Clinton has said he supports such "Big Science" projects as the superconducting
super collider and the space station, as well as individually researched "small science."
"I am a strong supporter of increasing federal funding for research and development. I
have pledged that for every dollar we reduce the defense budget on research and
development, we will increase the civilian R&D budget by the same amount, making
available vast new resources for scientific research. I do believe that the Supercollider
[sio] deserves continued federal financing and that we need a continued commitment to
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a strong civilian space program. But a Clinton administration will also fund smaller
research projects that offer potential commercial and scientific benefits," Clinton says.
He also says he supports efforts to colonize the moon and send a manned mission to
Mars.1
Science and Technology in Arkansas
The Arkansas Science and Technology Authority (ASTA) was created by Act
859 of the 1983 General Assembly "to provide leadership, direction, incentives and
technical assistance to enable this state and its people to gain the advantages and
benefits of advanced science and technology." ASTA spent its first year planning and
taking a statewide inventory of technological and scientific resources in Arkansas.
Since then, ASTA has funded many basic and applied research and development
projects at several of the state universities and at some high-tech companies. It has also
established a small business incubator program designed to provide seed capital and
technical assistance to promising commercial high-tech proposals. The record of this
program, as of early 1992, is mixed. By September 1991, having spent almost $3
million, the program had assisted 488 business and created "hundreds of jobs."2
(ASTA's own -1988 annual report could only claim 81 jobs created by its programs.)
However, chronic state budget shortfalls in the late 1980s made appropriations for the
incubator program uncertain. On more than one occasion, the originally appropriated
funds were cut. (In August 1986, Clinton reduced outlays to ASTA.3)
Clinton himself said in July 1991, that among the successes of ASTA efforts to
attract high-tech industries to Arkansas, particularly biotech firms, there had been
"some false starts and some things that didn't work out."⁴ In 1988, ASTA began a
small business innovation research assistance program to help Arkansas researchers
gain federal grants. The same year, ASTA undertook a new technology transfer
program designed to link researchers and businesses in commercial partnerships in
order to develop promising technology. In 1991, ASTA undertook a new project:
industrial networking, which appears to be a euphemism for consortium. With other
public and private funding, ASTA developed a model for groups of small to medium
sized companies so they could assist one another with marketing and with sharing
technical ideas.⁵
ASTA is advised by the Science and Technology Commission, which is
appointed by the governor. Clinton proposed that ASTA receive initial funding of
$250,000 and, in his 1983 economic development package, proposed a doubling of
appropriations over the next budget biennium. In his 1985 major economic
development legislative package, Clinton asked for $1.9 million in appropriations for
ASTA's business incubator program. ASTA also helped develop the R&D Tax Credit
(33 percent of contributions up to 50 percent of net tax liability) in 1985 "to stimulate
technology transfer through university/industry cooperation on applied research
projects." The credits also leverage private contributions to university research
projects. In 1986, severe budget revenue shortfalls led to over $3 million being cut
from ASTA's budget. Nevertheless, ASTA funded eighteen basic research programs
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and two business incubators, the first of which was located at the University of
Arkansas at Fayetteville.
After Clinton became chairman of the National Governor's Association in the
summer of 1986, Arkansas was chosen as a participant in a joint NGA-National
Science Foundation study on improving American competitiveness. ASTA also
approved its first seed capital loan of $150,000 to ARTECH, a firm that designs and
produces automated manufacturing equipment. In recognition of these efforts, the
Small Business High Technology Institute named Arkansas the outstanding western
state for financial programs assisting technology-based small business firms. In the
1987 legislative session, one state representative threatened that the incubator program
might be eliminated "if you don't do better in the next two years."6 ASTA broke
ground on its second incubator program, this one at Arkansas State University in
Jonesboro. The facility opened in March 1988. Another incubator was created with a
$138,000 grant to the rural town of Salem.⁷ In 1988, yet another business incubator
was funded, this one at the University of Arkansas at Monticello; the grant was
$250,000. In 1989, ASTA received authority to undertake a new project which was
recommended by the Clinton-appointed Commission on Arkansas' Future. ASTA
pledged to match National Science Foundation funding up to $600,000 to establish
"Centers for Applied Technology," which are aimed at providing "a collaborative
environment for scientists to work on research areas of economic significance to the
state." A second new program allowed ASTA to grant scientists up to $50,000 for
work on developing products evolving from basic research for further industrial
application. In return for its investment, ASTA receives a royalty on net sales revenues
for 10 years. By fall 1991, funding for the incubators was in jeopardy due to overall
state revenue shortfalls.
According to a November 7, 1985 Arkansas Gazette report, the law firm of
Wright, Lindsey and Jennings represents ASTA. This is the firm where Clinton was
"employed" while out of office in 1981-82 and the "Lindsey" in the firms name refers
to Bruce Lindsey, a top presidential campaign adviser and close personal friend.
An abandoned barite mine shaft near Hot Springs was selected in 1988 as the
site for the gamma ray and neutrino detector project, a joint federal-state-private project
to study the effects of subatomic particles which are emitted from stars and constantly
bombard the earth. And Clinton has supported the federal-state venture to build a
superconducting super collider in Texas. Initially, ASTA and Clinton supported
Mississippi's bid to secure the project. Once Texas was chosen, ASTA immediately
moved to take advantage and seek quick funding of the project as a way to exploit the
construction employment bonanza that would follow: "If it was a long, drawn-out
construction project, then it would less likely require resources from outside the Dallas-
Fort Worth area," said ASTA Director John Aheln. Arkansas also benefited in 1989
from the federal Food and Drug Administration's National Biotechnology Cooperative,
which used the National Center for Toxicological Research near Little Rock. The
NCTR was previously a primary laboratory for developing biological warfare weapons.
More recently, the FDA has used it to test drugs. The genesis of the cooperative was
the 1986 federal Technology Transfer Act which opened federal labs to such public-
private joint ventures. The first major company to participate in the Biotech Corridor,
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as it has come to be known, was Transgenic Sciences, Inc., a Massachusetts firm trying
to develop the first "transgenic animal." In 1990, TSI moved to another nearby lab as
NCTR came under fire for financial mismanagement.
The chart below shows funding levels for the Arkansas Science and Technology
Commission since 1983. Further research is continuing on Arkansas science and
technology issues.
Arkansas Science & Tech Commission Funding
$4.50
$4.02 $4.04
$4.00
$3.50
$3.00
$Millions Appropriated
$2.50
$2.00
$1.50
$1.00
$0.83
$0.86
$0.79
$0.90
$1.04 $1.04
$0.50
$0.25 $0.25
$0.00
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
1990-91
1991-92.
1992-93*
Fiscal Year
* Mandatory overall budget reductions may necessitate cuts in this fiscal year.
The 1992 Corporation for Enterprise Development's Report Card ranks
Arkansas among the very bottom among states in technology-related factors. In the
category of "Technology Resources," Arkansas was given an "F" (Arkansas also
received an "F" in 1990). In the specific areas within this category Arkansas received
the following ranks (earlier Report Card ranks are in parentheses):
PhD Scientists/Engineers in Workforce 50th ('91-39, '90-39, '89-39, '88-39, '87-50)
Science/Engineering Graduate Students 49th ('91-50, '90-50, '89-50, '88-49, '87-46)
Patents Issued
47th ('91-48, '90-48, '89-46, '88-49, '87-48)
University R&D
48th ('91-48, '90-48, '89-48, '88-49, '87-49)
Federal R&D
48th ('91-27, '90-48, '89-48, '88-49, '87-50)
In the 1990 and 1991 Report Cards, Arkansas got "As" in the "State
Technology and Innovation Policies" category, ranking 7th (13th in 1989; 7th in '88).
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That reflects new policy and legislation passed by the 1989 legislature (see below)
which, given the above rankings, apparently have not had much impact on the state's
overall science/technology environment.
A January 1989 report by the Commission on Arkansas' Future recommended
that the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority funding for basic and applied
research be expanded. Recommending what is in essence a state-level "industrial
policy," the report also urged that ASTA be given funding to expand this mission and
include "assisting private businesses in new product design and development when it
can be shown that those products have the potential of creating jobs here in the state."
The 1991 legislature, upon recommendation of the Clinton administration, nearly
quadrupled appropriations for the state science and technology commission, which
funds ASTA.
Prior to this recent invigoration, Clinton's technology program was approved in
full by the 1989 legislative session. It included expanded funding for the small
business innovation research assistance program, basic and applied research and
technology development program grants to colleges and universities, research centers
for technological excellence (three were proposed), and business incubators, designed
to stimulate the development of technology-based businesses in the state.
The business incubator program has met with limited results. Six months into
FY91, after the ASTA incubator program had been appropriated and grant proposals
submitted, the agency had not determined who would receive funds, mainly because
funds had not been released to the agency. Budget reductions eliminated the
appropriated funds and the governor was to be asked directly for a restoration of the
money. It was expected that $600,000 would be asked for, already a 40 percent
reduction from the original $1 million appropriation.⁸ With Clinton's out-of-state
campaigning, no decision has yet been made and the issue did not come up during the
February 1992 special legislative session. So, unless Clinton can reprogram funds
from other projects, the ASTA incubator program will go unfunded until the 1993
legislature can consider it.
A final note on a tangential issue: In February 1983, Clinton filed comments
with federal Judge Harold Greene, who was presiding over the AT&T divestiture,
calling the break-up of the monopoly phone company "one of the worst ideas ever to be
approved our federal government."9
June 1992
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Endnotes
1 AP, 2/26/92.
2 ASTA annual reports
3 Arkansas Gazette, 8/30/86.
4 Arkansas Gazette. 7/2/91.
$ Arkansas Gazette, 3/13/91.
6 Arkansas Gazette, 2/10/87
7 Arkansas Gazette, 3/7/87.
8 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, "Business incubators waiting; state money remains unhatched," November
2. 1991.
9 Arkansas Gazette, 2/14/83.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES of AMERICAN
Date: 19 September 1992
To:
Dennis Ross
Robert Zoellick
Charles Kolb
From: Curtis Chin est
Special Assistant
to the Secretary of Commerce
Subject:
Wendell Willkie II, general counsel and
acting deputy secretary, asked taht the
enclosed copy of a memo from Secretary
Franklin to White House Chief of Staff
Baker be delivered to you.
tel: 377-2355
9/21
Copy H Bob FYI brady Princy
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(Pleveture acopy)
THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230
September 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR JAMES A. BAKER III
SUBJECT:
TECHNOLOGY
I strongly urge that the President make a major speech on
technology in which he lays out his vision for ensuring that
America remains the world's high technology leader and clearly
defines his differences with his opponent.
This Administration has much of which to be proud in our
record for promoting high technology and devising innovative
approaches for transfer of technology developed in federal
laboratories. The Bush Administration record is so good that the
President's opponent adopted many of the programs and policies
already in place at the Department of Commerce when he announced
his technology program. I have enclosed several things to
illustrate this point.
I understand the President is planning to speak at the
September 25 National Technology Initiative (NTI) conference in
Chicago. This is an excellent forum in which he can deliver such
a speech. We at Commerce are ready to help in any way we can.
Preston Moore is my designated "point person."
BarbanH. Thankly
Barbara Hackman Franklin
Enclosures: Technology Accomplishments Memo
Manufacturing Technology Centers Fact Sheet
DoC Programs Fact Sheet
Cooperative R&D Agreement Memo & Chart
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Washington, D.C. 20230
Sept. 14, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR KATHY SHANAHAN
FROM:
OFFICE OF CABINET of AFFAIRS
CAROLE TRIMBLE
COUNSELLOR TO THE SECRETARY AND
ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF
SUBJECT:
TECHNOLOGY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Declaring that "U.S. manufacturing strength has trickled
away, Governor Clinton on Sept. 8th in Connecticut announced a
plan to assist U.S. manufacturing. In doing so, Clinton tacitly
endorsed many of the programs already underway or in development
under the Bush Administration.
In particular, Clinton's call for 170 "manufacturing
extension centers" repackages, expands and appropriates concepts
now in place as part of the President's efforts -- including the
ongoing Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) initiative -- to
promote jobs and economic growth through technology.
At present, seven regional MTCs established by the
Department of Commerce (DoC) help small and medium-sized firms
implement advanced manufacturing technologies. Since 1989, the
MTCs have helped companies introduce new equipment and improve
business practices and manufacturing processes. To date, more
than 6,000 U.S. firms have participated in MTC activities focused
on reducing inventories, eliminating waste and developing and
marketing new products. Companies helped estimate the benefits
at nearly $200 million.
In focusing public attention on ongoing efforts to promote
jobs and economic growth by assisting U.S. manufacturers, the
President may wish to address this issue as part of a visit to a
Manufacturing Technology Center. MTCs are located in California,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio and South Carolina.
(Attached are a fact sheet on the MTCs as well as a fact sheet
describing DoC efforts to promote jobs and economic growth
through technology.)
A clear distinction, however, exists between the President's
and Clinton's philosophy and approach in funding such
manufacturing centers. The President has put in place a creative
partnership between business and government -- and it's working.
(The MTCs are developed and funded by both industry and
government, and must be self-sustaining within six years.)
- 2 -
DoC is already working to expand this "Manufacturing
Excellence Partnership" concept. Our FY 1994 budget calls for an
increase of $7.1 million to fund four additional MTCs and to
initiate a single-state pilot demonstration of a manufacturing
extension network.
In contrast, the Administration's critics envision a big
budget, government-run program with estimated annual costs
ranging from $135 million to $500 million. These funds would
come from "money saved from military cuts."
President Bush has been working aggressively through
programs such as the MTCs to ensure that U.S. manufacturers have
the resources to compete against the global competition. The
President's jobs training proposals and support for industry-led
advanced technology R&D programs are also designed to help U.S.
businesses. More so than any other U.S. leader, President Bush
has also fought to aid American manufacturers by opening markets
and promoting world-class U.S. exports.
Other longstanding policy proposals and actions of the
President which would help U.S. businesses, particularly high
tech firms, include the following:
-
easing antitrust laws and government regulations so
that companies can more easily form alliances for
research, development and production
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reforming our export control system
-
enforcing sanctions against foreigners that violate
trade agreements
-
enacting a new targeted investment tax credit
-
lowering the capital gains tax rate
-
making the tax credit for R&D expenditures permanent
Clearly, as we continue to move toward the 21st century,
government -- in partnership with business -- must ensure an
environment that promotes jobs and economic growth. We must
ensure that American workers remain No. 1 in productivity and
American companies continue as leaders in technology. In a
changed world, commerce is now America's front line. Government
can lend a helping hand to industry, but it must also know when
to get out of the way and let business do business.
United States Department of Commerce
Technology Administration-National Institute of Standards and Technology
MTCs: TECHNOLOGY ACCESS FOR GROWING BUSINESSES
WHAT ARE MTCs? MTCs-Manufacturing Technol-
HOW ARE MTCs CHOSEN? A National Research
ogy Centers-are joint NIST and locally funded
Council committee reviews proposals for technical
organizations serving as bridges between industry
content and management approach. NIST then
and sources of modern manufacturing technology
evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of each
(such as universities, federal government facilities,
proposal, including: (1) identification of target
vendors, and professional organizations). Congress
firms in the proposed region; (2) technology
established the MTC program to help the nation's
resources; (3) technology delivery mechanisms;
350,000 small and medium-sized manufacturers
and (4) management and financial plan. Final
improve their productivity and technological perfor-
selections are made by the NIST director.
mance. By law, NIST is responsible for the creation
and support of regional centers to transfer ad-
HOW ARE MTCs FUNDED? NIST provides finan-
vanced manufacturing technology to these firms.
cial support for MTCs for the first 6 years, after
Each center must be affiliated with a U.S.-based,
which the centers must be self-supporting. Typi-
non-profit institution or organization. The em-
cally, NIST will provide up to $1.5 million for the
phasis is on helping companies help themselves
start-up year and up to $3 million each for the
move up the technology ladder. Activities con-
second and third years of operation, and the spon-
ducted by MTCs include in-depth assessments of
sor contributes matching funds. NIST funding
manufacturing operations and technology needs,
gradually tapers off in years 4, 5, and 6, while the
specialized employee training, and direct help with
sponsor's contributions increase proportionately.
the introduction of modern manufacturing equip-
ment. The centers do not conduct research.
HAS THE PROGRAM BEEN SUCCESSFUL? Since
1989, more than 6,000 U.S. firms have participated
WHERE ARE THE MTCs? Seven centers have been
in MTC activities. Hundreds of small and medium-
established to date: the Great Lakes Manufacturing
sized companies have benefited from in-depth as-
Center in Cleveland, Ohio; the Northeast Manufac-
sessments of their business operations-from
turing Technology Center in Albany, N.Y.; the
factory-floor layout to invoice handling proce-
Southeast Manufacturing Technology Center in
dures-and thousands have participated in
Columbia, S.C.; the Midwest Manufacturing Tech-
workshops and seminars. Many collaborations
nology Center in Ann Arbor, Mich.; the Mid-
have resulted in the licensing of federal tech-
America Manufacturing Technology Center in
nologies, the designing of new processes, and the
Overland Park, Kan.; the California Manufacturing
introduction of new products into the market.
Technology Center in Torrance, Calif.; and the
Upper Midwest Manufacturing Technology Center
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Write or call the
in Minneapolis, Minn.
MTC Program Office, B212 Chemistry Bldg., NIST,
Gaithersburg, Md. 20899, 301/975-3414.
July 1992
United States Department of Commerce
Promoting Jobs and Economic Growth through Technology
Superior technology is essential to new American jobs and economic growth. Americans are only
5 percent of the world's people, yet SO productive that we make 25 percent of the world's goods and services.
By offering unparalleled services and creating the next generation of world-class products, a dynamic
America will lead the way into the 21st century. The U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC) works closely
with American business to enhance U.S. competitiveness. The results from this creative partnership with
business are significant:
BUILDING
STIMULATING R&D INVESTMENT
TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIPS
Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
Joint Research and Development
Begun in 1990, the ATP supports industry-
Through Cooperative Research and
led development of generic, pre-competitive
Development Agreements (CRADAs) between
technologies. Some 120 companies and
industry and government, DoC labs and facilities
institutions already participate in the program,
address key technical questions -- in areas
which has fostered more than $300 million in
ranging from precision machining of new
research that industry might be reluctant to
materials to personal communications systems.
undertake entirely on its own.
DoC labs have signed more than 240
ATP research is resulting in major industry
CRADAs in 90 different technology areas since
cost savings and in licensing and spin-off
1988; more than 40 percent of these have been
technologies in areas such as mass data storage
with small businesses.
systems and computer access technologies.
National Technology Initiative (NTI)
Intellectual Property Protection
In cooperation with several federal agencies
A strong patent and trademark system
and the business community, DoC recently
encourages innovation and fosters a strong
launched a series of technology conferences
technology base for the advancement of U.S.
throughout the country. These successful
industry and the American standard of living.
conferences inform businesses about the wealth
DoC has issued more than five million
of resources available in 700 federal laboratories
patents through the U.S. Patent and Trademark
-- on areas ranging from energy, environment
Office and has helped negotiate over a dozen
and aerospace to biology and defense. They also
international science and technology agreements
help companies learn about private sector
while vigorously protecting U.S. intellectual
partnering in technology ventures.
property rights.
More than 3,500 participants attended the
first 10 NTI meetings; four more are scheduled.
Science and Technology Information
In an increasingly competitive world, up-to-
date information on technology and investment
needs is essential to entrepreneurs and business
DRIVING MANUFACTURING
people.
EXCELLENCE
DoC brings together government and
business leaders through roundtables and other
forums to address such issues as access to credit
Manufacturing Technology Centers (MTCs)
for investment in new technologies. DoC also
Seven regional MTCs established by DoC
provides a focal point for distribution of federal
help small and medium-sized firms implement
research and development information.
advanced manufacturing technologies.
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Since 1989, the MTCs have helped 3,500 firms
Results from DoC labs have broad
reduce inventories, eliminate waste, and develop
applications, ranging from time, weight or length
and market new products. Companies helped
measurements to such specialized areas as
estimate the benefits at nearly $200 million.
electronics, robot control systems and advanced
materials.
Shared Flexible Computer Integrated
Manufacturing Centers and Teaching Factories
On-site training in "advanced manufacturing"
systems is currently provided at 15 centers
EXPANDING MARKET
established with DoC help. Access to and
OPPORTUNITIES
training in the use of such systems is crucial to
job creation and growth in this high-skill, high-
Free and Open Markets
wage sector.
America's world-class products and services
Fifteen more centers are planned.
can compete most effectively in a free and fair
trading system. DoC has actively supported
International Cooperation on Manufacturing
trade agreements to open markets for U.S. high
DoC is supporting negotiations to spur
technology products, including semiconductors,
world cooperation on R&D in technology and is
super computers and telecommunications
helping U.S. industry gain international
equipment. DoC also is promoting exports of
cooperation in development of intelligent
America's state-of-the-art environmental
manufacturing systems. DoC programs also
technologies.
provide opportunities for U.S. manufacturers to
Licensing requirements on technology
gain practical work experience in the production
exports have been eased, effectively deregulating
facilities of other countries.
$3 billion in annual U.S. exports in computers,
Such efforts promote the integration of
machine tools and telecommunications
world commerce and technology, and contribute
equipment.
to a more efficient and dynamic U.S. economy.
Telecommunications Policy Reform
Telecommunications are vital to the
Information Age. DoC programs provide the
INCREASING QUALITY
basis for government telecommunications policy,
& PRODUCTIVITY
including the reform of management of the radio
spectrum and development of advanced video
and television standards.
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
DoC also has promoted change in U.S.
The Baldrige Quality Award program has
policy to allow U.S. companies to provide
helped spur a Total Quality Management
international satellite telecommunications
revolution in American business - enhancing
services on a competitive basis. And DoC is
U.S. competitiveness in world-class goods and
working to spur business development of
services.
personal communications services and broadband
To date, more than 650,000 copies of the
digital networks.
award criteria have been distributed. These
principles are forming the basis for a new focus
Metric Conversion
on quality by American businesses, government
Converting to the metric measurement
agencies and not-for-profit organizations.
system will help make American business
consistent with its major trade competitors.
Laboratories and Laboratory-Based Services
DoC is the lead agency in promoting metric
DoC laboratories provide the technology
conversion -- both in the federal government and
building blocks needed by industry to bring
in the private sector. DoC has distributed 25,000
quality products to market quickly and at
metric information packets to the private sector.
minimum cost.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMER
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Office of the Secretary
UNITED STATES of AMERICA
Washington, D.C. 20230
Sept. 9, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR EDE HOLIDAY
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
AND SECRETARY OF THE CABINET
FROM
CAROLE TRIMBLE
COUNSELLOR TO THE SECRETARY
AND ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF
SUBJECT:
CHICAGO NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
Given the strong possibility that President Bush will be
attending the National Technology Initiative (NTI) conference in
Chicago on September 25, I thought you might be interested in the
most recent figures documenting the tremendous impact that the
NTI is having on spurring a creative partnership between
government and industry.
According to August 1992 figures, since President Bush
launched the NTI in January, the number of Cooperative Research
and Development Agreements, or "CRADAs," that federal agencies
have entered into with the private sector has jumped dramatically
to about 1400. This new information should be of note to media
who are interested in "hard figures" to substantiate the impact
of the President's "market pull" approach to technology.
As you know, the National Technology Initiative conference
should provide the President with a significant opportunity to
elaborate on how his policies and programs -- ranging from the
Advanced Technology Program to Manufacturing Technology Centers
-- promote jobs and economic growth. To date, more than 3,500
participants have attended the first 10 NTI conferences, which
focus on informing businesses about the wealth of resources
available in 700 federal laboratories on areas ranging from
energy, environment and aerospace to biology and defense.
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America's greatness is based upon many things, including the
spirit of the American people, the capacity to dream, the
courage to risk, the skill to achieve, and the determination
to excel.
It has been said that we should reinvent America as if this
were some startlingly new concept. Part of our nation's
formula for greatness is that we are constantly reinventing
our country. This has not been through a process of radical
change and social experimentation; it has been by enhancing
what we have achieved and extending the achievements to more
of our citizens and to the world.
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Today, more so than ever before, we have an unprecedented
opportunity to renew America and help reshape the future for
ourselves and for the rest of the world.
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We have won the cold war and can channel our energies
now toward perfecting as well as protecting the planet
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We remain a beacon for those who strive for freedom and
democracy
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We have a standard of living that others aspire to
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We are, and will remain, the world's primary source of
innovation, new technology, and inspiration
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Among the fortifying foundations of our society are:
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A significant public investment in basic and applied
research and development to meet national needs and to
strengthen our technological base and enhance the U. S.
economy;
An aggressive public investment in scientific and
engineering education at all levels so that not only
will we have a workforce trained for the high tech jobs
of tomorrow but we will have a society creating and
applying technology for a safer, cleaner, and more
productive and economically stable world in the twenty-
first century; and
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An effective process for partnership between industry,
the universities and the federal laboratories to enable
the transfer of promising technologies from the
scientist's bench to the merchant's shelves and the
joint development of new technologies meeting federal
and marketplace needs. This partnership process is
creating jobs here at home, increasing exports abroad,
and improving the quality of life worldwide.
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Today's National Technology Initiative meeting reflects the
success of this Administration, and that of the preceding
Administration, in tearing down the walls between the
federal laboratories and American entrepreneurs. Over the
last dozen years there have been a number of landmark
developments:
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In 1980 the basic legislation empowering federal
laboratory and private sector partnerships for
technology innovation came into law;
In 1980 and 1984 laws were passed past that enabled patent and
copyright protection to be afforded those who invested
their savings to make their dreams reality;
In 1986 the Federal Technology Transfer Act was passed
that not only permitted but encouraged, as a matter of
prudent public policy, cost shared cooperative research
between federal laboratories and private industry;
and I am extremely proud of the National
Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act of 1989 which
brought fully into the partnership process the
Department of Energy. The scientific and technological
capabilities that won the cold war, the crown jewels of
the Federal Laboratory system, were empowered to work
with industry by this Administration.
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Together we have made tremendous progress over the past
dozen years. There has been great change in both how the
Federal Government views business and how it works with
business.
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Unlike some others, this Administration does not view
business as an adversary but rather as a partner.
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Government does not create long term jobs,
business does;
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Government does not create wealth--it consumes it;
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A strong and vibrant economy brings everyone
together and everyone forward;
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Working cooperatively saves time, it saves money,
and--I firmly believe--it saves lives and it
protects, preserves and enhances the world's
environment.
Unlike some others who may jump up and down and say do
it immediately this way or that, we in this
Administration and the last have built today's open,
flexible, responsive and effective partnership approach
framework incrementally-demonstrating to ourselves,
the Congress and the American people that this public-
private partnership can be conducted fairly, cost-
effectively, and can produce benefits to federal
research programs, to our private partners, and to the
public at large.
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Today's National Technology Initiative meeting, like
the ten that have gone before and those which will come
after is intended to achieve at least three things:
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To get the word out that things- have changed about
working with the government; business can get
things done by working with our labs;
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To bring together prospective partners in
industry, the universities and the federal
laboratories to share interests, experiences and
create partnership dialogue. The workshops and
the technology fair provide exciting insights into
today's opportunities and tomorrow's successes;
and
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To learn where we can further make progress in
improving and further accelerating process,
reducing barriers, and removing regulatory
impediments.
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I can tell you right now that the solutions to
some of what we have heard in the first 10 NTI
meetings in terms of barriers and impediments we
had already identified. We have tried to make the
necessary changes. Relief for the public through
the removal of these obstacles has been bottled up
in Congressional gridlock for a over a year. We
know what needs to be fixed--you know what needs
to be fixed--and if we can't get this Congress to
act lets make sure that the next one does.
Another problem we have with the Congress is their
outmoded view of the world. There is more pull
from industry for promising technology that some
of our research programs can fund. We have asked
for some funds to spin-off some technologies, in
the public interest, when we have no need for
further development of a government need. Given
the changes in the world and the reduced nuclear
threat, I requested that the Congress permit the
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Department of Energy to shift $50 million each in
this year and next from weapons research to
catching up with some of the other agencies in
transferring technology of interest to the private
sector. Well they took the $50 million away for
each year but they spent in on pork--not on
progress and economic development. We spend
public funds for technology transfer we are not
giving it to industry. We are spending it in the
labs, gaining direct benefit to our own programs.
In the case of the Department of Energy, the
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taxpayers are getting the benefits of about $1.50
of outside funds for every tax dollar spent on
Cooperative Research and Development Agreements
(CRADAs). The taxpayers will have a share in
future patent royalties and license fees from the
sales of products and services developed through
these partnerships. Business sees the value of
partnerships. This Administration is proving the
value of these partnerships. Sadly, the
gridlocked Congress and others may talk well about
it but their actions are hurting the economic
recovery and the American people.
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I am also dismayed by the fuzzy thinking on the
part of some in congress and some others. There
have been suggestions that there ought to be an
excessive number of "technology transfer" centers
created throughout the country. We need to
accelerate the process of partnering now. It
would take several years and a ton of money to set.
up these centers, and to do what? Do these
centers have technology? How could they, they
don't even exist. Where would they get this
technology? From the people you in industry are
already talking with from the federal
laboratories. Do you need the government to spend
another $2 billion so that you can travel to more
places and meet more people who will only send you
back to the folks you are meeting here? Do we
need to recreate mock up factories and partial
laboratories at these hollow shells when we have
already opened our world class laboratories up to
unprecedented industry access? I find it
incredible that the same people who control the
gridlocked Congress and prevented us from further
of
accelerating the current effective technology
transfer process now want to spend twenty times as
much money for something that is not needed and
would not effectively contribute to the partnering
process. They want to turn the technology
transfer opportunities into near term pork
projects and not build for future economic
strength. I hope you find it incredible and will
tell them so in every way possible.
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Let me share with you some of the accomplishments that we
have made working together, despite the resource limitations
and roadblocks that have been put in our way.
Last night, industry honored the 100 best ideas and
technology produced in the last year. As an
illustration that the partnership process is already
working there are 134 organizations represented in
these 100 award winning projects. Of these 44 are
federal laboratories and 90 are from industry. The
Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory
led both industry and the federal labs with 6 of the
100 awards. Among the other Department of Energy
laboratories that collectively earned 26% of the awards
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are:
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Argonne National Laboratory
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
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Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Pacific Northwest laboratory
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Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, and
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Sandia National Laboratories
These are among the DOE centers of excellence which
this Administration has empowered to work with industry
to enhance U. S. competitiveness, strengthen the
economy, and produce high value jobs throughout this
country.
And remember, the Department of Energy is only one of
the major federal research and development agencies.
This National Technology Initiative is jointly led by
the Department of Energy, the Department of Commerce,
the Department of Transportation, and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration. Many other
federal agencies are participating--not only research
and development organizations but also agencies like
the Small Business Administration that can provide
information on financing opportunities.
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Today's National Technology Initiative meeting provides a
forum to illustrate that real partnerships can and are being
formed every day.
A year ago, there were perhaps 1000 Cooperative
Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) between
all the federal laboratories and private sector
organizations. Today, it is estimated that the number
has more than doubled. In the case of the Department
of Energy, the most recently empowered agency, they
have more than doubled the number of CRADAs over the
last six months, and more than quadrupled the number
from a year ago.
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Industry is taking advantage of federal patents through
licenses because of the improvements we have made in
the protection of intellectual property and removal of
red tape from the process.
Industry has expanded access to unique facilities at
the laboratory through "user" agreements or industry
funded projects. Last April, one of the Department of
Energy's weapon production facilities held a ceremony
where they removed their security fence from about 20
percent of there area--opening up unique manufacturing
capability to industry, the universities, and regional
economic development activity.
Industry is taking advantage of the potential for
synergy between industry and laboratory researchers.
In April Secretary Watkins and I visited Tennessee
where I witnessed a CRADA being signed by Coors Ceramic
Corporation and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
this was not the start of a relationship but rather one
of the significant mileposts along the way. Coors
Ceramics had located a plant in Tennessee to be near
the laboratory and its advanced materials work.
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Your attendance at this NTI meeting is evidence that you
believe that the partnership process is working and are
interested in seeing if it can work for your needs.
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In a few minutes, we will have an opportunity to
witness a further extension of the partnership process,
not just an agreement between a single laboratory and a
single partner but an agreement involving two federal
laboratories and three industry partners. This groups
brings together all the pieces needed to take a
technology developed at the laboratories and bring it
to the marketplace so that it can benefit every
American community.
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This CRADA involves the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory and the Argonne National Laboratory in
partnership with the Reuter company of Minnesota, the
XL Disposal Corporation of Illinois, and Otter Tail
Power Company of Minnesota.
-- Essentially what this project does is determine
the right mix economically for burning pelletized
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trash along with coal to generate electricity.
-- The benefits include:
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reduced sulfur dioxide emissions-cleaner air
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reduced trash overflowing land fills--less
tax burden on communities
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less coal used in energy production--
preserving a vital natural resource
-- job creation for the production of refuse-
derived fuel pellets.
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In closing, let me leave you with a thank you and a
challenge.
I thank you for being part of the important national
initiative to reexamine for yourselves the
opportunities partnering with the federal laboratories
present to you.
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The challenge is one that we all, each and every
American, faces together
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continuing the process of renewal
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converting dreams into reality
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achieving greatness in a way that benefits others
as well as ourselves.
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The end of the cold war shows that it does not have to
be "us or them". The renewal of America that I see is
one where together we all win. What "we" win is a
better domestic and world economy, better jobs, better
health, better tools to accomplish our work, a better
environment in which to enjoy our free time and a
safer, healthier, freer, and sounder world for our
children and the future yet to come. Working together
we can do it. Thank you.
[ Assume a break for applause and Secretary Watkins thanks the
President and oversees the CRADA signing after which the
Presidential party exits]
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PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS:
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
Thank you, Governor Edgar, for that introduction. At a
certain convention I attended last month in Houston, an 82-year
old American named Ronald Reagan said something very revealing
about our country. "Like most Americans," he said, "I live for the
future."
It is that spirit which defines America, and it is that spirit
which brings us together today.
A few weeks ago in Detroit, I presented my ideas for an Agenda
for American Renewal. That Agenda is guided by my fundamental
belief that the most important challenge we face as Americans --
the defining challenge of the 90s -- is to win the economic
competition.
That's what our future plans must be all about. Getting ready
to compete in an increasingly interdependent world. Our world is
tied together as never before by new technology and new information
systems. It is linked in seamless competition by the free flow of
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capital across borders. And, most importantly, it filled with new
promise and new opportunity because of the explosion of new
freedoms and new markets in places where the light of liberty had
never before dared to shine.
Some will tell you that America is in trouble in this new
world of opportunity. But I have a simple vision -- and that is to
compete, not retreat.
In order to win that economic competition -- in order to win
the peace -- we must prepare to compete. We need an integrated
different aspects of the same 2 thing
strategy -- not one that places economic policy and foreign policy
and domestic policy in three different boxes --because, in fact,
they are related. My agenda ties them together, because that's
what's required to make America safe and strong.
My strategy is based on opening markets, on preparing our
workforce, on sharpening our competitive edge by investing in the
future, on creating opportunity by training our workers and fixing
our health care system, and on rightsizing government -- by cutting
spending and holding the line against taxes.
That strategy is not without controversy. Some want to close
access to our markets, and risk future growth in exports. Some in
the Congress are today sacrificing our investments in the future to
the irresistible appeal of spending on current consumption. Some
believe that higher taxes will give us the money to have the
government take over America's investment strategy. I want to talk
to you today about which strategy will work for America.
Let's be clear about one thing: despite what the pessimists
real terms
say, we have begun to succeed already in opening markets and 52.3% nominal
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But in order to do so, we must sharpen the competitive edge of
American business by investing in knowledge, in new ideas, and in
the technologies we will need to compete. That is a key part of my
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agenda. This should be no surprise, because knowledge is an
historic American strength, and we must build on our strengths.
New knowledge and new technology will give us the chance to
increase productivity -- to help the economy grow -- to create
jobs. For proof of the relationship between technological success
and job creation, we need look no further than here in Illinois.
588,000 jobs in this state are tied to high technology -- that's
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over 11 percent of Illinois' work force. Illinois is America's
number one manufacturer of telecommunications equipment. So
winning the race for new ideas, winning the technology race, means
jobs for Illinois, and jobs for America.
By every measure, the United States leads the world in the
generation of new knowledge. We have produced the most scientific
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literature, the most new patents, the most Nobel prizes. We cannot
keep that lead without investing in new knowledge -- so my budget
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But basic research is only half the story. For America to
lead, we need to take our ideas from the laboratory to the
marketplace -- and do it more quickly. And that is where this
Administration is making new strides.
Two years ago, we pulled every Federal agency together to
launch a new program to develop the supercomputers of tomorrow --
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computers 1000 times more powerful than today's -- within four
years. Our vision is a Cray the size of a McIntosh -- a
supercomputer you can put on your desktop.
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We also proposed a nationwide network -- an information
backbone that will transmit 1000 times more information than we can
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today in one second. This year, we've proposed over $800 million,
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a 23% increase, for this High Performance Computing and
Communications initiative.
Last year, we launched another crosscutting technology plan --
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These new kinds of materials will help us make products that are
stronger, lighter, and faster -- everything from cars to airplanes
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to military equipment. You've heard of
"planes, trains, and automobiles" -- we'll be more competitive in
all three with the investments we are making today in the
development of advanced materials.
And that's not all. We've launched a $4 billion program in
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biotechnology -- and proposed to knock down the regulatory barriers
that might prevent technologies in this area from helping us to
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cure disease, improve agricultural performance, and clean up the
environment.
We've turned some of the expertise at the Federal labs toward
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the task of cleaning up the legacy of the Cold War -- forty years
worth of accumulated environmental problems left from making the
weapons that defended freedom around the globe. Winning the peace
means protecting the public from these hazards, and managing
dangerous materials in the Federal government's possession more
responsibly in the future.
The key to all of these initiatives is partnership. We cannot
move ideas and technologies from the laboratory bench to the
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commercial marketplace without bringing people together -- business
and government, universities and the Federal labs.
That's what this National Technology Initiative, or NTI, is
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all about. This is the eleventh NTI meeting we've had -- each in a
different part of the country; each designed to get the word out
that we've going to make it easier to deal with the Federal
government as a partner. If you attend the workshops and visit the
technology fairs, we hope you'll get a window on today's
opportunities, and an early start on tomorrow's successes.
We've brought this cooperation to new heights. A year ago, I
directed the Secretaries of Commerce and Energy to increase the
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number of cooperative research and development agreements signed
between our Federal facilities and private partners. These CRADAs
((CRAY-DAHS)), as they are called, help speed the transfer of the
most promising technologies to the private sector -- so they can be
developed into commercial products and services.
And in the one year since that directive was issued -- we've
doubled the number of these agreements. There are now more than
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1,400 operating and in place. Computers. Ceramics. Environmental
cleanup. We are achieving an unprecedented level of success in
taking the best ideas from our labs and turning them into American
products and American jobs.
In just a few minutes, we will sign several new breakthrough
agreements. The first one involves two Federal labs and three
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industry partners -- working together to solve several problems at
once. The agreement will determine the right mix for burning
pelletized trash along with coal to generate electricity. The
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results will be less sulfur dioxide emissions into the air, less
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trash overflowing in our landfills, and more jobs created in here
in Illinois producing this new fuel.
A second one -- between Argonne Lab and Motorola -- will help
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improve circuitry for communications and electronics. A third will
bring the Oak Ridge National Lab together with IBM to extend
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America's leadership in High Performance Computing. The fourth
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involves a partnership between General Motors and the National
Insistute of Standards and Technology to develop new software to
solve problems in automated manufacturing equipment.
These agreements bring the concept of partnership to life --
providing rules of the road, protection of patents and intellectual
property, and other understandings -- so that technology transfer
is not a concept but a job-producing reality.
This partnership will also take form in our Manufacturing
Technology Centers. This Administration has established seven such
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centers around the country -- in order to help introduce new
equipment and improve manufacturing processes for small and medium-
sized firms. Just since 1989, more than 6,000 companies have used
the services provided by these centers -- and we plan to start up
four more next year.
In next year's budget, we will launch a new cross-cutting
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to advance the manufacturing process.
Today's factories face a
different set of challenges from those a generation ago. In the
face of fast changing requirements, more flexibility is needed.
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We want to advance the development of systems and software, of
robotics and artificial intelligence, to make this flexibility
possible for all kinds of companies. And the key is this: we will
pursue with the private sector.
I have used the word partnership advisedly today, because it
reflects a fundamental belief about the path to successful
technology development. Our efforts to transfer technology from
the labs, to invest in the most promising technologies of tomorrow,
have recognized the fact that the private sector must
commercialize
these technologies.
bring these tech. to market
We are providing the tools for the private sector to do the
job.
No investment that is not guided by this technology pull from
the market is ultimately going to be successful.
And on this point, there is a real difference. The other side
believes that government experts can pick the best technologies and
push them out the door. My opponent's proposal is to create
hundreds of centers, with money he will not have unless he raises
your taxes. It is a prescription to "hurry up and wait." Rather
than waiting to build more government buildings, I believe we
should work to develop the technology we have right now. Rather
than waiting for the bureaucrats and planners decide what's best, I
believe we should build the kind of partnerships that allow the
private sector to help identify and commercialize promising
technologies in which we are pursuing leadership today.
Now, it's a political year, and my opponent has made a
specialty out of saying things that sound good, but that aren't
backed up by his record or his philosophy. And on the subject of
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R&D, as on so many other subjects, Governor Clinton has truly
earned his reputation as Governor Doublespeak.
Bill Clinton has told America that he would invest in civilian
R&D -- and he has said flat out, with a straight face, that we have
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cut this investment. He must have been smoking something again on
that one.
civilize basic 37% applied 41% total44%
The fact is that this Administration has increased the Federal
investment in civilian R&D by 28% just since 1989. We have
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increased basic research. We have increased applied R&D. We have
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invested in energy R&D and environmental R&D. Aeronautics and
28.3 192
magnetically levitated high speed rail. Computing and
34%
communications. Protecting the public health and exploring the
frontiers of space.
Now here's the best part. In each and every year that we have
sent our budget to the pork-happy partisans on Capitol Hill, they
on
have cut our R&D budget. They have spent it on water projects.
They have spent it on providing subsidies to, get this, vacant
public housing units. They have funded every pet project from mink
research to subsidies for rich rural telephone cooperatives who
just happen to give big contributions to Congressmen.
This year, we proposed an increase for the National Science
Foundation to advance our plans in both basic and applied research.
And even as Governor Clinton called for more investment, and even BA
as his team consults with the Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill
every day, that increase was wiped out.
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So when Governor Doublespeak looks you in the eye and says he
wants to invest in civilian R&D, I say -- we're already doing it.
And your allies in Congress are not helping.
Governor Clinton says he wants to take every dollar we save in David Tell
defense R&D and spend it on civilian R&D In this year's budget, I
applied 6% basic Holied 7.4%
BA
increased civilian R&D by 8%, and defense R&D by only one percent.
5
Every cent from defense went to civilian.
But get this, when we sent the Congress a proposal to transfer
$50 million from weapons research to promote the kind of technology
partnerships we're talking about today, they denied the transfer.
And last week, when we proposed to transfer another $186 million
from unneeded nuclear weapons materials production to new
technologies which will help stop the spread of weapons around the
world and help clean up our weapons facilities, Congress denied
most of that transfer, too. They wanted to spend the money on pork
instead.
So when Governor Doublespeak looks you in the eye and says
he's for shifting R&D funds from defense to civilian, you tell him
we're already doing it. But you might ask him to speak to his
partners in pork on Capitol Hill.
And here's the best one of all. Bill Clinton says that he's
for our proposal to make the R&D tax credit permanent, and for a
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modified reduction in capital gains taxes. At the exact moment he
is looking the American people in the eye and telling them these
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things, his allies on Capitol Hill are blocking their enactment.
So when Governor Doublespeak looks you in the eye and says he's for
10
investment incentives, tell him we've already proposed and financed
them, but let's cut the partisan games and pass the bills.
I'm afraid that Bill Clinton on the subject of technology is
like Bill Clinton on any subject -- promise them anything, but keep
two fingers crossed behind your back.
Behind my opponent's charges lies the worst kind of cynicism -
- saying things he knows to be not true with the straight face of
the professional prevaricator.
For the real story on Bill Clinton and technology, let's look
at the record.
The most recent report card on technology indicators,
published by the Corporation for Enterprise Development, rated
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Arkansas near the very bottom among states in virtually every
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technology-related factor. For "technology resources", Arkansas
received an "F". And Bill Clinton has allowed Arkansas' incubator
program to die on the vine for lack of state funds.
Compare that to Illinois under Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar.
Right here at the University of Chicago, they've helped to launch
exactly the kind of partnership I'm talking about. The ARCH
Development Corporation, a partnership between state and university
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and private sector, helps to identify and develop the most
promising new technologies coming out of this great University and
out of our Argonne National Lab. This cooperative venture has
helped to launch new companies that are doing everything from
improving the use of superconducting liquids to improving the
lighting of computer screens.
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Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar have started, in partnership with
the Federal government and the private sector, five technology
centers -- working on everything from advanced cement based
ap
materials to magnetic resonance.
When the chips were down in Arkansas, Bill Clinton did not
deliver on technology. And when "Promise them Anything" Clinton
teams up with "Spend it on Anything" Congress, Lord knows what they
will deliver.
The fact is that Bill Clinton talks about the future, but his
ideas and his support come from the patrons of the past. For these
and so many other reasons, it is clear that Bill Clinton is the
wrong man for America.
One of the most quintessentially American figures of our time,
John Wayne, once said that: "Tomorrow is the most important thing
3
in life. "
When the shouting is finished, when the campaign winds down to
its end, it will come down to a very personal and serious decision
for every American. What kind of tomorrow do you want?
Do you want a tomorrow in which we look forward and take on
the competition, or one in which we turn inward in retreat?
Do you want a tomorrow in which we invest in the technologies
that can make us more competitive, or in which we allow the patrons
of the past to spend our future away?
Do you want a tomorrow in which work and innovation are
rewarded, or in which we turn back down the path of higher taxes
and more regulation?
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Winston Churchill once said about elections: "What it all
comes down to is a little man, in a little booth, marking a little
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"x" on a little piece of paper."
When Americans step into that booth this year, they will face
a fundamental choice about the kind of future they want. I have
come to Chicago today, to this city that works, to offer my ideas
for a future full of promise. A future in which America works,
America competes, and America wins.
I ask you to join me in this future. America today faces
opportunities that previous generations only dreamed about. Let us
seize them.
Thank you, God bless you, and God bless the United States of
America.
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MEMO
8
Rusty Brashear
To:
Gary Mary Foster Lou Lackey mel
George Fisher
Bob Galvin
From:
Roni Haggart
Subject:
Talking Points for President Bush's September 25 Visit to Motorola
Attached are suggested topics for inclusion Into the President's address at Motorola on
for our outline, then have supplemented it with references to how those programs have
Friday. We have used the excellent Agenda for American Renewal as the basis
and/or will Impact Motorola and other U.S. companies. The specific quotes or direct
references from the Agenda are in bold and italicized so that the flow can be readily
seen.
As you can see, virtually all of the President's Agenda has direct relevance for the
Motorola visit. However, 1 would point out three areas where the correlation may be
particularly valuable:
1. Market Access: Motorola is well known for Its record of working cooperatively
with the Administration to address barriers to sale of its products In foreign markets --
the President will be visiting just before his address is where we build a certain type of
especially Japan. We are particularly pleased that the area of our operations which
equipment which we are now able to export to Japan as a result of a 1989 bilateral
agreement which the Administration negotiated with Japan. This agreement, which
opened the previously closed Japanese market for trunked radio systems, Is one of the
best success stories of how the Administration has opened markets for competitive
U.S. products. We have Incorporated references to this in our suggested talking
points, but you may also want to get Information from David Long, the
Telecommunications Director at USTR, on their perspectives on this agreement.
II. Technology Leadership: Motorola is an acknowledged leader, and the
President's Agenda closely tracks the recommendations of the private sector Council
on Competitiveness, which George Fisher chairs. Our Iridium program, which has
generated a tremendous amount of excitement, provides an excellent example of how
the technology/competitivenes planks of the President's programs will facilitate and
enable U.S. private sector leadership in future technologies, as well as create jobs
and stimulate economic development.
Government Relations 1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 371-8900
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III. People/Family Values/Education: Motorola's Premier Employer Council as a
tie-in to the people/family values/education elements of the President's platform
enable a discussion of the Importance of these Issues to the future of our country, and
also provide an excellent opportunity for us to bring Veronica (Roni) Haggart,
Corporate Vice President and Director of Motorola's Government Relations office --
and Co-Chairman of our Premier Employer Task Force - Into a visible role in the
Friday visit, demonstrating support for the Bush agenda among female voters. Roni
was appointed by President Reagan as a Commissioner of the International Trade
Commission prior to joining Motorola. She took the oath of office In 1982 in then Vice
President Bush's office with him present. She worked for Clayton Yeutter at the
Department of Agriculture during the Nixon/Ford administration.
As I Indicated when we spoke last evening, there may be other very significant areas
where we could provide Motorola linkages with the technology speech which the
President is giving earlier in the day. We would appreciate seeing It as soon as you
can make It available.
Please let me know if you or the speech writers have any questions or need
clarification on the attached talking points, or If there are other ways that I can be of
assistance to you in coordinating this event.
Attachment
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TALKING POINTS FOR
PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO MOTOROLA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
It has been a wonderful opportunity to be here today at Motorola - one of the shining
stars of U.S. industry.
Motorola is a technology leader -- and it is using that leading edge technology to
create jobs here in Illinois - Motorola now employs over 15,000 people here In this
state.
Creating well paying U.S. jobs is exactly the goal of my economic agenda. For
America to be safe and strong we must meet the defining challenge
of the 90's: to win the economic competition - to win the peace.
The United States must be @ military superpower. an export
superpower and an economic superpower.
I see strong similarities between Motorola's activities and my economic program:
--
There Is much that U.S. industry can do for itself -- Motorola's status as the first
winner of Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, an award initiated under the
Republican Administration while I was Vice President, is evidence of how much
this company has and is doing to establish its competitiveness.
But there Is still much that the President and Congress must do to facilitate and
enable global competitiveness.
:
My programs will help companies of all sizes and in all Industries reach their
potential and keep America on the forefront of economic leadership.
As 1 visited Motorola today, I was fascinated by the highly automated factory where
sophisticated trunked radio products are built for both for the domestic market and for
export to competitive markets around the world. It is products and technologies such
as these which have enabled Motorola to be our country's 14th largest exporter.
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But in order to remain competitive, Motorola must be able to have the same free
and open access to sell these state-of-the-art products in markets around the
world as its competitors have to our open market. Motorola has consistently
proven that, given a level playing field, its products can compete in markets
around the world. However, Motorola and others in U.S. high technology
industries often find that their ability to sell in other markets is restrained.
If America Is going to be an export and economic superpower. the
U.S. President must take R strong stand on the negotiation of trade
and economic agreements.
:
That is why my Administration has been so aggressive In negotiating
agreements and undertaking other actions to open markets for foreign products.
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Multilaterally:
The recently concluded NAFTA provides Important market opening
opportunities for U.S. Industry throughout North America.
We will continue to push for successful conclusion of the GATT Uruguay
Round.
But my Administration has also recognized the need to address sector specific
problems with particular countries and my Intent is to USA our attractive
domestic market as the basis of a muscular tree trade polley that will
strengthen America's global economic reach. And we have gone to bat for the
very products which Motorola builds here In Illinois:
:
Motorola Is now able to export the trunked radio equipment, which I just saw
being built across the street, into Japan as a result of a bilateral agreement
which we negotiated in 1989 to open what was a virtually closed Japanese
market for this equipment.
--
Prior to the negotiation of this agreement in mid-1989, Motorola had only
been able to get licenses for nine of these "third party radio" systems.
However, since the Implementation of the market-opening agreement,
Motorola has added over 100 systems. Motorola's systems now have
over 100,000 users and cover 85 Japanese citles -- a coverage
comparable to that of its Japanese competitor.
At the same time, we negotiated an agreement with Japan to open its market for
cellular equipment -- where Motorola's products are the world leaders, and
which had previously been closed to U.S. technology. Over 7000 Motorola
employees are now employed in its cellular design and manufacturing
operations -- including 1500 at Its new plant just north of here in Libertyville.
Many of those jobs are directly attributable to the market opening activities of my
Administration.
My Administration (and that of my predecessor) has also recognized the need to
ensure that the U.S. semiconductor Industry has open access for its products. The
semiconductor industry plays a key role as the technology driver for the entire U.S.
electronics and high technology industries, just as Motorola's leading-edge
semiconductor operations, which employ nearly 20,000 people in Arizona and Texas,
provide critical elements in the communications products bullt here in Illinois.
"
This is why we have twice negotiated agreements with Japan to provide access
for U.S. semiconductor products.
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This Administration is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that the
terms of this agreement are met in full as it nears its expiration this fall.
I have relied heavily upon the advice of key Industry leaders In developing our trade
policies and priorities. I greatly appreciate the meaningful contributions which Bob
Galvin, George Fisher and other senior Motorola managers have provided through
their leadership of important advisory committees such as the National Advisory
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Committee on Semiconductors, the Industry Policy Advisory Committee and the
Advisory Committee on Trade and Policy Negotiations.
--
We have listened to their advice and that of other Industry leaders on the critical
Importance of maintaining the effectiveness of U.S. trade laws as a necessary
complement to the market opening activities which I talked about earller and It
has greatly Influenced our trade policies.
Moving to the Important subject of technology, to be the world's economic leader
tomorrow. we clearly have to Invest In R&D and new technologies today,
--
Motorola has clearly recognized this -- not only through its own programs to
develop leading edge technology but also through the leadership which
George Fisher has provided as chairman of the private sector Council on
Competitiveness. The Council's excellent research and analysis has been
Instrumental in defining my technology and competitiveness agenda.
:
Just as the private sector Council on Competitiveness has emphasized the
need to Invest in the critical technologies which drive America's economic
future, my Administration has launched 8 series of programs In High
Performance Computing. Blotechnology. Materials, and Advanced
Menufacturing that are designed to make federal R & D oriorities
responsive to private sector needs.
Over the last four years. we have taken several other steps toward
the technology future:
We have established seven regional manufacturing sectors to
get our best Ideas Into the hands of small and medium size
businesses.
We have pooled the strengths of the private and public
sectors to form and support consortie such as Sematech, chaired
by Bob Galvin, which serves as a model for Industry/government
cooperation on the development of critical technology required for both
defense and commercial applications.
--
My Administration remains committed to continued funding for Sematech
to ensure that its important programs continue.
Over the next four years, I plan to build on each of these initiatives.
--
With the Cold War over, we no longer need to spend 60% of the federal R & D
budget on defense. With economic competitiveness as the new challenge, my
Administration will push to reverse this trend and Increase the percentage of the
federal budget that goes to basic research and to critical technologies that drive
industrial Innovation.
:
Since future military strength relies more and more on leading edge
technologies developed in commercial markets, and less on technology
developed within the defense arena, I will direct the Department of Defense to
pay particular attention to dual use technologies that support military strength
and build long term prosperity.
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in my second term, I intend to build on our existing programs to put In place a long
term strategy for the development of world leading systems for transportation and
communications so that the 21 st century will be the next American century.
:
We have already taken the first steps to develop the Infrastructure which is
critical to our future with our High Speed Computing Program and with the
research funds allocated for Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems or IVHS.
:
I know that Motorola -- again right here In Illinois -- is the leading Independent
automotive electronics company In America In the area of IVHS. Using funds
made possible by last year's Highway Bill, which we enthusiastically supported,
Motorola is now a partner in the largest field operational test of IVHS
technologies in the world.
I am enthusiastic about the potential benefits of this project -- reduced traffic
congestion, shorter travel times, less energy consumption, a cleaner
environment and Improved safety -- not to mention the new jobs which it will
enable Motorola and others to create for Americans.
I also realize that given the pace of change. we have to come UP with new
Inventions and organize ourselves to deploy new technology without
delay.
--
Motorola is doing this with its Iridium project -- an exciting new communications
system which will combine its state-of-the-art satellite and communications
technologies to enable anyone, anywhere, anytime to use a pocket wireless
telephone to call or be called by any other telephone anywhere in the world.
--
This Iridium project exemplifies the new trends of the commercialism of
space and of defense conversion which are so Important In our future,
and will create over 40,000 new person years of jobs in just five years of
operation -- both here in Illinois and elsewhere within the U.S. In fact,
the portable telephones for the Iridium system are being developed right
here on this campus. I am pleased that Motorola is teaming with other
major U.S. companies such as G.E., Raytheon and McDonnell Douglas - lockleed
to construct, design, and launch the system.
However, in order for the private sector to make Iridium and other exciting new
concepts come to reality, we need regulatory policies which speed and facilitate their
deployment to market. Mv programs to eliminate unnecessary federal
regulation and to "rightsize" the Federal Government are essential for the
successful launching of these new programs. Innovative companies like
Motorola should be encouraged by the US Government to develop exciting leading
edge technologies such as Iridium through private financing and offer them to
consumers In a competitive market place. The success of the cellular telephone
industry, where Motorola was again an industry pioneer, and which today is growing at
an astounding rate of 40% per year, demonstrates the merits of encouraging
competition among multiple privately financed systems.
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1 believe that In the 21st Century our greatest natural resource will be
our people. and since the workforce of the 21st Century will be
constantly chenging, we need to prepare the American people to adapt to
and direct the process of change.
:
Motorola already shares that conviction. I was pleased to learn of Motorola's
Premiere Employer Council which has developed recommendations to assure
that Motorola can continue to recruit, retain and promote the best and the
brightest workers -- with an Increased emphasis on women, minorities, and
immigrants -- as we go Into the 21st century. Motoroia recognizes, as 1 do, that
the winners In the highly competitive global market place of the 21st century will
be those companies that take advantage of the Increasingly rich diversity in our
population. Just last week Motorola's efforts in this regard were recognized by
Illinois's own Lynn Martin, my talented Secretary of Labor, when the company
was a recipient of the Department's Exemplary Voluntary Efforts (EVE) award
for its outstanding employee development programs and commitment to a
diversified work force.
Motorola believes that every employee from the most senior managers to the newest
hire need a minimum of five days per year of job-related education and training just to
stay current with the changes of technology, markets and the management of people.
--
Therefore, Motorola invests 3.2 percent of Its payroll -- over $100 Million per
year -- in the development of Its people and has taken the lead to expand this
development effort to include the employees of its suppliers and Its customers
(This is In addition to the $100 million which I already mentioned.)
But Industry cannot and should not be expected to do It all. We must ensure that our
students come to Industry prepared to be qualified employees and to adapt to the
changing workplace, and I will take aggressive steps to ensure that our educational
systems and programs are ready to meet the challenge:
Our educational esteblishment Is caught In a sort of time ward. e
system created for another age when the needs were not the same.
children grew up differently. and adults rerely changed lobs.
Money alone Is not the answer -- the U.S. spends more per pupil
than any other country but Switzerland. the answer is 8 redical
overhaul of our educational system. If we want to change our
country. we've got to change our schools.
But we will need the help of our business community -- since they will be relying
on the products of our school districts to be competitive on in order to find the
right solutions. In area of K-12 reform Motorola is once again setting the pace
with its work with local school districts. Leadership teams consisting of parents,
administrators, teachers, and Motoroia-developed champions for educational
change are being set up to determine what changes will best prepare the
districts to deal with the needs of the 21st Century.
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Page 6
We also must sharpen business' competitive edge by encouraging
entrepreneurial capitalism.
:
That is why I have continued to strongly support cutting the capital gains
tax and Indexing It to Inflation.
I also support making the R & D tax credit permanent
--
This is critical for a high tech company like Motorola which invests over
$1 Billion per year -- almost 10% of every sales dollar -- In research and
development.
:
Continued Investment in new technologies is essential for the
development of new generations of products -- like the exciting new
Iridium project mentioned earlier, as well as other new generations of
personal communications products which Motorola is now bringing to
market. Going beyond today's world of wired telephones and
cumbersome computer cables, Motorola's communications of tomorrow
will take place, not between phones and faxes, but directly between
people. Using a single phone number, It will be possible to reach any
person at any time, at any place he or she may be -- truly untethered
personal communications spanning the entire globe. AI Sikes, my FCC
Chairman, is currently pursuing initiatives that will bring emerging
telecommunications technologies, such as new personal communicators
being developed right here at Motorola, to the U.S. and world market
These place. new communications systems are exactly the type of Innovation which
we can bring about by stimulating capital Investment and R & D.
--
These and other elements of my program to encourage entrepreneurlal
capitalism are equally important for companies of all sizes and in all industries.
We can empower America to reach a grand goal: a $10 trillion economy
by the first years of the 21st Century,
--
My agenda and platform provide the elements which will enable us to reach this
exciting goal.
:
We will continue to foster a close and cooperative working relationship between
our public and private sectors to make this happen, and Motorola Is one of the
companies which will help lead the way in the exciting years shead.
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MOTOROLA
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George Fisher
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MOTOROLA INC.
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MEMO
To:
Gary Foster
ce:
Rusty Brashear
Mary Lou Lackey well
George Fisher
From:
Bob Galvin
Roni Haggart
Subject:
Talking Points for President Bush's September 25 Visit to Motorola
Attached are suggested topics for inclusion into the President's address at Motorola on
Friday. We have used the excellent Agenda for American Renewal as the basis
for our outline, then have supplemented It with references to how those programs have
and/or will Impact Motorola and other U.S. companies. The specific quotes or direct
references from the Agenda are In bold and italioized so that the flow can be readily
seen.
As you can see, virtually all of the President's Agenda has direct relevance for the
Motorola visit. However, I would point out three areas where the correlation may be
particularly valuable:
1. Market Access: Motorola is well known for its record of working cooperatively
with the Administration to address barriers to sale of its products in foreign markets so
especially Japan. We are particularly pleased that the area of our operations which
the President will be visiting just before his address is where We build and certain type of
equipment which we are now able to export to Japan as & result of & 1989 bilateral
agreement which the Administration negotiated with Japan. This agreement, which
opened the previously closed Japanese market for trunked radio systems, la one of the
best success stories of how the Administration has opened markets for competitive
U.S. products. We have Incorporated references to this in our suggested talking
points, but you may also want to get information from David Long. the
Telecommunications Director at USTR, on their perspectives on this agreement.
II. Technology Leadership: Motorola is an acknowledged leader, and the
President's Agenda closely tracks the recommendations of the private sector Council
on Competitiveness, which George Fisher chairs. Our Indium program, which has
generated a tremendous amount of excitement, provides an excellent example of how
the technology/competitivenes planks of the President's programs will facilitate and
enable U.S. private sector leadership in future technologies, as well as create jobs
and stimulate economic development.
Government Relations 1350 I Street, N.W., Suite 400, Washington, DO 20006 (202) 371-6900
III. People/Family Values/Education: Motorola's Premier Employer Council as a
tie-in to the people/family values/education elements of the President's platform
enable & discussion of the importance of these issues to the future of our country, and
also provide an excellent opportunity for us to bring Veronica (Roni) Haggart,
Corporate Vice President and Director of Motorola's Government Relations office -
and Co-Chairman of our Premier Employer Task Force - into a visible role in the
Friday visit, demonstrating support for the Bush agenda among female voters. Roni
was appointed by President Reagan as a Commissioner of the International Trade
Commission prior to joining Motorola. She took the oath of office In 1982 in then Vice
President Bush's office with him present. She worked for Clayton Yeutter at the
Department of Agriculture during the Nixon/Ford administration.
As I indicated when we spoke last evening, there may be other very significant areas
where we could provide Motorola linkages with the technology speech which the
President is giving earlier In the day. We would appreciate sseing It as soon as you
can make It available.
Please let me know If you or the speech writers have any questions or need
ciarification on the attached talking points, or If there are other ways that I can be of
assistance to you in coordinating this event.
Attachment
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TALKING POINTS FOR
PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO MOTOROLA
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
H has been a wonderful opportunity to be here today at Motorola - one of the shining
stars of U.S. Industry.
Motorola is a technology leader. and It la using that leading edge technology to
create jobs here in Illinois - Motorola now employs over 15,000 people here in this
state.
⑉
Creating well paying U.S. jobs is exactly the goal of my economic agenda. For
America to be safe and strong We must meet the defining challenge
of the 90's: to win the economic competition of to win the beaca,
The United States must be 1 military superpower. an export
superpower and an economic superpower,
I
see strong similarities between Motorola's activities and my economic program:
-
There is much that U.S. industry can do for Itself - Motorola's status as the first
winner of Maicolm Baldrige Quality Award, an award Initiated under the
Republican Administration while I was Vice President, is evidence of how much
this company has and is doing to establish its competitiveness.
..
But there le still much that the President and Congress must do to facilitate and
enable global competitiveness.
-
My programs will help companies of all sizes and In all Industries reach their
potential and keep America on the forefront of economic leadership.
As I visited Motorola today, I was fascinated by the highly automated factory where
sophisticated trunked radio products are bullt for both for the domestic market and for
export to competitive markets around the world. It is products and technologies such
as these which have enabled Motorola to be our country's 14th largest exporter.
:
But in order to remain competitive, Motorola must be able to have the same free
and open access to sell these state-of-the-art products In markets around the
world as its competitors have to our open market. Motorola has consistently
proven that, given a level playing field, Its products can compete in markets
around the world. However, Motorola and others in U.S. high technology
industries often find that their ability to sell in other markets is restrained.
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if America 18 coino to be an export and economic superpower. the
U.S. President must take 1 strong stand on the negotiation of trade
and economic agreements.
:
That Is why my Administration has been 60 aggressive in negotiating
agreements and undertaking other actions to open markets for foreign products.
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Multilaterally:
as
The recently concluded NAFTA provides important market opening
opportunities for U.S. industry throughout North America.
as
We will continue to push for successful conclusion of the GATT Uruguay
Round.
But my Administration has also recognized the need to address sector specific
problems with particular countries and my Intent 10 to use our attractive
domestic market " the basis of 1 muscular free trade policy that will
strengthen America's global economic reach. And we have gone to bat for the
very products which Motorola builds here in Illinois:
⑉
Motorola is now able to export the trunked radio equipment, which I just saw
being built aoross the street, into Japan as a reault of & bilateral agreement
which we negotiated in 1989 to open what was a virtually closed Japanese
market for this equipment.
-
Prior to the negotiation of this agreement In mid-1989, Motorola had only
been able to get licenses for nine of these "third party radio" systems.
However, since the implementation of the market-opening agreement,
Motorola has added over 100 systems. Motorole's systems now have
over 100,000 users and cover 85 Japanese cities - a coverage
comparable to that of Its Japanese competitor.
⑉
At the same time, we negotiated an agreement with Japan to open its market for
cellular equipment - where Motorola's products are the world leaders, and
which had previously been closed to U.S. technology. Over 7000 Motorola
employees are now employed in Its cellular design and manufacturing
operations - Including 1500 at Its new plant just north of here in Libertyville.
Many of those Jobs are directly attributable to the market opening activities of my
Administration.
My Administration (and that of my predecessor) has also recognized the need to
ensure that the U.S. semiconductor Industry has open access for its products. The
semioonductor Industry plays a key role as the technology driver for the entire U.S.
electronics and high technology Industries, just as Motorola's leading-edge
semiconductor operations, which employ nearly 20,000 people in Arizona and Texas,
provide oritical elements In the communications products bullt here In Illinois.
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This Is why we have twice negotiated agreements with Japan to provide access
for U.S. semiconductor products.
-
This Administration Is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that the
terms of this agreement are met in full as It nears its expiration this fall.
! have relied heavily upon the advice of key Industry leaders in developing our trade
policies and priorities. I greatly appreciate the meaningful contributions which Bob
Galvin, George Fisher and other senior Motorola managers have provided through
their leadership of important advisory committees such as the National Advisory
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Committee on Semiconductors, the Industry Policy Advisory Committee and the
Advisory Committee on Trade and Policy Negotiations.
"
We have listened to their advice and that of other Industry leaders on the oritical
importance of maintaining the effectiveness of U.S. trade laws as & necessary
complement to the market opening activities which I talked about earlier and it
has greatly Influenced our trade policies.
Moving to the Important subject of technology, to be the world's economic leader
tomorrow. we clearly have to Invest In R&D and new technologies today,
⑉
Motorola has clearly recognized this - not only through its own programs to
develop leading edge technology but also through the leadership which
George Flaher has provided as chairman of the private sector Council on
Competitiveness. The Council's excellent research and analysis has been
Instrumental in defining my technology and competitiveness agenda.
"
Just as the private sector Council on Competitiveness has emphasized the
need to Invest in the critical technologies which drive America's economic
future, my Administration has launched 1 series of programs In High
Performance Computing. Biotechnology, Materials. and Advanced
Manufacturing that are designed to make federal R & D priorities
responsive to private sector needs,
"
Over the last four years. we have taken several other staps toward
the technology future:
"
We have established eaven regional manufacturing sectors to
get our best Ideas into the bands of small and medium size
businesses,
:
We have pooled the strengths of the private and public
sectors to form and support consortia such as Sematech, chaired
by Bob Galvin, which serves as & model for Industry/govemment
cooperation on the development of critical technology required for both
defense and commercial applications.
-
My Administration remains committed to continued funding for Sematech
to ensure that Its important programs continue.
Over the next four years, I plan to build on each of these initiatives.
"
With the Cold War over, we no longer need to spend 60% of the federal R & D
budget on defense. With economic competitiveness as the new challenge, my
Administration will push to reverse this trend and increase the percentage of the
federal budget that goes to basic research and to critical technologies that drive
Industrial Innovation.
:
Since future military strength relies more and more on leading edge
technologies developed in commercial markets, and less on technology
developed within the defense arena, I will direct the Department of Defense to
pay particular attention to dual use technologies that support military strength
and build long term prosperity.
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We also must sharpen business' competitive edge by encouraging
entrepreneurial capitalism.
:
That is why I have continued to strongly support outting the capital gains
tax and Indexing It to Inflation.
⑉
1 also subport making the R & D tax credit permanent
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This is critical for a high tech company like Motorola which Invests over
$1 Billion per year - almost 10% of every sales dollar - In research and
development. Continued investment in new technologies is essential for the
-
development of new generations of products - like the exciting new
Indium project mentioned earlier, as well as other new generations of
personal communications products which Motorola is now bringing to
market. Going beyond today's world of wired telephones and
cumbersome computer cables, Motorola's communications of tomorrow
will take place, not between phones and faxes, but directly between
people. Using a single phone number, It will be possible to reach any
person at any time, at any place he or she may be truly untethered
personal communications spanning the entire globe. AI Sikes, my FCC
Chairman, is currently pursuing initiatives that will bring emerging
telecommunications technologies, such as new personal communicators
being developed right here at Motorola. to the U.S. and world market
These place. new communications systems are exactly the type of Innovation which
⑉
we can bring about by stimulating capital investment and R & D.
:
These and other elements of my program to encourage entrepreneurial
capitalism are equally important for companies of all sizes and In all Industries.
We can empower America to reach a arand goal: a $10 trillion economy
by the first years of the 21st Century,
"
My agenda and platform provide the elements which will enable us to reach this
exciting goal.
"
We will continue to foster a close and cooperative working relationship between
our public and private sectors to make this happen, and Motorola is one of the
companies which will help lead the way in the exciting years ahead.
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Date: 9/23/92
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MOTOROLA INC.
September 24, 1992
MEMO
To:
From:
Ed Mary Walters Lou Lackey nell
CC:
Rusty Brashear
Roni Haggart
Janiece Webb
Subject:
Motorola/Argonne Lab CRADA
The joint Motorola/Argonne National Laboratory press release on the CRADA which is
to be signed at the University of Chicago Friday afternoon during the President's visit,
is still being finalized. I will get it over to you as soon as it is available.
As I told you, this particular CRADA will positively impact both the manufacturability
and performance of all types of radio products including the sophisticated trunking
equipment which the President will have seen being manufactured at Motorola earlier
in the day. We have been working with Argonne for approximately two years on this
development of this project and are tremendously excited about its potential.
Motorola currently has CRADA's In place with NIST (on ISDN-related technology), with
the Harry Diamond Army Lab (on the solderability of components) and with Sandia
National Lab (on a self-cleaning soldering process). We have other potential
CRADA's under discussion with Sandia, Los Alamos, Lawrence Berkeley and Rome
Air Force Labs.
Like most in the high technology field, Motorola is pleased with the Administration's
efforts to facilitate joint public/private cooperation on the research In the federal labs,
and believe that continued efforts in this direction are essential to the nation's
competitiveness. Attached are the recommendations which the private sector Council
on Competitiveness, which Is chaired by Motorola's Chairman of the Board George
Fisher, made on ways that the President can facilitate this sharing of information in Its
recent publication "Gaining New Ground: Technology Priorities for
America's Future"..
Thanks for your help on this! Let me know if i can be of further assistance. I am going
to Chicago this afternoon, but my administrative assistant Jill knows how to reach me if
you need additional Information.
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TENTATIVE
JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT ANNOUNCED BY MOTOROLA, ARGONNE LAB
ARGONNE, ILL - Improved circultry for communications and electronics
could result from a joint research project announced today by Motorola, Inc.,
Schaumburg, III., and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National
Laboratory near Chicago.
The one-year joint project will develop software for advanced computers to
model the behavior of quartz crystels.
"Quartz crystals have many applications," said Michael S. H. Tang, senior
staff engineer, Components Products Division, Motorola Paging and Wireless
Data Group. "They are used to filter electrical signale and to generate timing
sources of signals for all types of radio devices (pagers, cellular phones, two way
redies) and computers."
Quartz crystals are currently developed largely by using trial and error or
out-and-try approaches. This requires large amounts of time to be spent
fabricating devices - the behavior of which is unknown prior to completion of the
device.
Computer modelling of quartz cryatal devices, on the other hand, simplifies
the development effort and speede up the process. Such modelling has the
potential to Improve the performance of equipment that uses quartz devices while
reducing the cost of manufacturing and development of both the quartz devices
and products that use them.
Quartz orystel behavior in so complex that no computer program has ever
been written to describe It fully, said Rick Stevens (title) of Argonne. "Any
program that tried to describe their behavior would run for weeks or months on a
conventional computer."
To overcome this problem, the Argonne-Motorola project will create
acttware for a "massively parallel" computer.
Unlike conventional computers, which have one processor and acive
problems one step at a time. massively parallel computers have thousands of
processors and break problems into segments. These computere solve problems
faster because many processors work at the same time.
The joint research agreement in a Cooperative Research and
Development Agreement (ORADA), designed to foster cooperative research
between Industry and goverment labe. CRADAs offer private firms advantageous
rights to patents and other Intellectual property for up to five years.
Motorola will contribute $150,000 worth of services and personnel toward
the ORADA, and DOE's Office of Energy Research will contribute $100,000
toward the effort to Argonne.
Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of electronic equipment,
systems and composenets and services for worldwide markets. Motorola Was a
winner of the first Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in recognition of Its
superior company-wide management of quality processes.
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September 24, 1992
12:00
MOTOROLA
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: MOTOROLA PLANT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
XX:XX AM
SCHAUMBERG, ILLINOIS
(Acknowledgments)
I am delighted to be here with the men and women of
Motorola.
Your skills 11 your creativity // your hard work are writing
the future of America.
What you're doing here is the perfect put-down for the
professional pessimists -- the doomsayers who say America can't
compete in a changing world.
You've taken the challenges of this new world and done what
America has always done -- reinvented them as opportunities --
for yourselves, for your families, for every American.
A few weeks ago in Detroit, I presented my Agenda for
American Renewal -- an integrated strategy for keeping America
competitive in the new century.
2ft.Inill
This morning visited the University of Chicago to expand
on one part of my Agenda -- how to sharpen business's competitive
edge. You see, I believe that we will succeed in the new world
not by making government bigger, but by making private business
better.
The genius that will take our country forward isn't found in
the committee rooms and bureaucratic beehives of Washington, D.C.
It's found right here // in companies like Motorola.
2
Of course, government has a role -- but it's a role of
supporting the private sector, not leading it.
Now, the professional pessimists don't want you to hear it -
- but that's what we've been doing for four years -- laying a
groundwork to help American business compete in the global
economy.
That's why we've been opening markets for American goods --
making America the greatest export superpower the world has ever
seen.
My opponent isn't sure how he feels about open markets --
sometimes he's for them, sometimes -- especially when he's
talking to the special interests -- he hedges his bets.
But when American jobs are at stake, a President can't
waffle.
Look at the trunked radio equipment you're building right
David
here. Before 1989, American manufacturers of this equipment were Long
effectively cut out of the Japanese market.
We went to work -- got an agreement -- opened up that market
-- and now your systems cover 85 Japanese cities.
That's what open markets do -- find new customers for the
products you build. New markets abroad mean new jobs right here
in the USA.
Somebody ought to tell my opponent: Americans don't retreat,
we compete. Our products are the best in the world. Give them
the chance // and Americans can outwork, outhink, outcreate
anybody, anytime, anywhere.
3
We have to keep that edge -- especially in new technologies.
My opponent says he wants to do the same. But his answer is a
lot different from mine.
He and his advisers like to talk about "industrial policies"
-- approaches designed by government bureaucrats. They dictate
the terms, pick and choose their favorite technologies, and then
-- if you're lucky -- let the private sector have a piece of the
action.
Well, they're just flat-out wrong. We need to move power
away from the government bureaucrats and closer to the consumer
and the producer -- closer to the people who build the products
and the people who want to buy them.
That's why we've made it a top priority to move new ideas
out of the government research lab and into the marketplace. You
see it happening right here at Motorola.
[[Insert on Motorola-Argonne CRADA]
This is just one example of what we're doing all across the
4
country. We've got 1,400 similar agreements up and running. And
they're based on a simple philosophy -- when it comes to keeping
American business competitive, government can facilitate, it
should never dictate.
This may be news to my opponent, but it won't be news to
you. We know what made America the envy of the world -- and we
know how to keep it that way. We need to open markets, not close
them. We need smaller government, not bigger government; more
free enterprise, not less of it.
4
That's what the choice is this fall -- a choice between the
architects of the future and the patrons of the past. We'll
build that future together -- a future in which America competes,
and America wins.
Thank you for this warm Motorola reception, and God bless
the United States of America.
# # #
Now, let me make be clear about spending -- about the wider
context in which those dollars are spent. It is essential to my
Agenda for American Renewal that we "rightsize" government -- --
slowing its growth, making it flexible, cutting the fat so that
it can respond quickly and creatively to a changing world.
So/I have asked for a freeze on domestic spending. That
means that in increasing funds for research, we must cut funding
elsewhere. The federal budget deficit is out of control; the
government is too big and it spends too much.
That S the hard truth, and hard truths require tough choices
-- and I've made them. I've called for a cap on mandatory
spending, excluding Social Security; and I've listed 246 programs
and 4000 special projects that we can no longer afford,
The fact is, my opponent can't make the tough choices
because the special intérests won't let him. In his economic
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 23, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF
TIM MCBRIDE
PAUL BATEMAN
DAN MCGROARTY
DAVID BATES
LAURA MELILLO
TONY BENEDI
HENSON MOORE
PHILLIP BRADY
JANE MOORE
ANN BROCK
JANET MULLINS
MICHAEL BUSCH
ED MURNANE
NICK CALIO
ROGER PORTER
BILLY DALE
PATTY PRESOCK
DAVID DEMAREST
STEVEN PROVOST
BILL FARISH
SUSAN PORTER ROSE
LAURIE FIRESTONE
DENNIS ROSS
MARLIN FITZWATER
BRENT SCOWCROFT
CLAYTON FONG
DORRANCE SMITH
GARY FOSTER
JUDY SMITH
JOHN GAUGHAN
KATHY SUPER
BOYDEN GRAY
PEGGY SWIFT
KAREN GROOMES
MARGARET TUTWILER
EDE HOLIDAY
DAVID VALDEZ
CONSTANCE HORNER
ROSE ZAMARIA
TOM HUFFORD
ROBERT ZOELLICK
RON KAUFMAN
USSS/PPD OPS
BOBBIE KILBERG
WHCA OPS
CECE KREMER
MEDICAL UNIT
WILLIAM KRISTOL
AIRLIFT OPS
MICHAEL LUCAS
WHTV
CHRISTINA MARTIN
FROM:
JOHN G. KELLER, JR. x
SUBJECT:
TRIP OF THE PRESIDENT TO CHICAGO, ILLINOIS;
AND COLUMBUS, OHIO ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
For your use and planning purposes, the attached is a preliminary
outline schedule for the Trip of the President to Chicago,
Illinois, and Columbus, Ohio on Friday, September 25, 1992.
Please keep in mind the following information has not been
finally approved and is subject to change.
Attachments
PRELIMINARY OUTLINE SCHEDULE
Friday, September 25, 1992
GUEST AND STAFF INSTRUCTIONS:
8:15 am Baggage Call. Please place all
unlocked baggage outside Room
89 1/2, O.E.O.B., at this time.
10:10 am Vans depart West Basement
en route Andrews Air Force
Base.
10:10 am Those with own transportation
and baggage should arrive
Andrews Air Force Base,
Distinguished Visitor's
Lounge, at this time.
10:30 pm
Those with own transportation
without baggage should arrive
Andrews Air Force Base,
Distinguished Visitor's
Lounge, at this time.
10:55 am
MARINE ONE departs White House en route Andrews
Air Force Base.
(Flying Time: 10 Minutes)
11:05 am
MARINE ONE arrives Andrews Air Force Base.
11:15 am
AIR FORCE ONE departs Andrews Air Force Base en
(E.D.T.)
route Chicago, Illinois.
(Flying Time: 1 Hour 40 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: Back 1 Hour)
11:55 am
AIR FORCE ONE arrives O'Hare International
(C.D.T.)
Airport, Chicago, Illinois.
12:05 pm
MARINE ONE departs O'Hare International Airport en
route Motorola Inc. Corporate Landing Zone,
Schaumburg, Illinois.
(Flying Time: 15 Minutes)
12:20 pm
MARINE ONE arrives Motorola Inc. Corporate Landing
Zone, Schaumburg, Illinois.
*
TOUR MOTOROLA PLANT
- Expanded Pool
(12:25 pm - 12:40 pm)
*
MOTOROLA EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES WELCOME
- Expanded Pool
- Brief Remarks
- Toast Lectern
(12:50 pm - 1:25 pm)
1:30 pm
MOTORCADE departs Motorola Inc. en route Motorola
Corporate Landing Zone.
(Drive Time: 5 Minutes)
1:35 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Motorola Corporate Landing Zone.
1:40 pm
MARINE ONE departs Motorola Corporate Landing Zone
en route Meigs Field.
(Flying Time: 20 Minutes)
2:00 pm
MARINE ONE arrives Meigs Field.
2:05 pm
MOTORCADE departs Meigs Field en route University
of Chicago.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
2:15 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Mandel Hall, University of
Chicago.
*
ADDRESS NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
CONFERENCE
- Open Press
- Remarks
- Teleprompter
(2:20 pm - 3:00 pm)
3:05 pm
MOTORCADE departs Mandel Hall, University of
Chicago en route Drake Hotel.
(Drive Time: 20 Minutes)
3:25 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Drake Hotel.
*
TBD ENDORSEMENT
- Expanded Pool
- Brief Remarks
(3:30 pm - 3:50 pm)
3:55 pm
MOTORCADE departs Drake Hotel en route Hilton
Hotel.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
4:10 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Hilton Hotel.
*
PRIVATE TIME: 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES
(4:15 pm - 6:00 pm)
*
VICTORY '92 VIP PHOTO
- Closed Press
(6:05 pm - 6:15 pm)
*
DROP BY VICTORY '92 DINNER
- Closed Press
- Brief Remarks
(6:20 pm - 6:45 pm)
*
PRESIDENTIAL TRUST DINNER
- Closed Press
- Brief Remarks
(7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)
8:35 pm
MOTORCADE departs Hilton Hotel en route Meigs
Field.
(Drive Time: 10 Minutes)
8:45 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Meigs Field.
8:50 pm
MARINE ONE departs Meigs Field en route O'Hare
International Airport.
(Flying Time: 15 Minutes)
9:05 pm
MARINE ONE arrives O'Hare International
Airport.
9:15 pm
AIR FORCE ONE departs Chicago, Illinois en route
(C.D.T.)
Columbus, Ohio.
(Flying Time: 55 Minutes)
(Interchange: No)
(Time Change: Ahead 1 Hour)
11:10 pm
AIR FORCE ONE arrives Port Columbus International
(E.D.T.)
Airport, Columbus, Ohio.
11:20 pm
MOTORCADE departs Port Columbus International
Airport en route Sheraton Hotel.
(Drive Time: 15 Minutes)
11:35 pm
MOTORCADE arrives Sheraton Hotel.
RON Columbus, Ohio
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
September 24, 1992
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
THROUGH:
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
BOB GRADY BG
SUBJECT:
PROPOSED REMARKS FOR NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
INITIATIVE CONFERENCE
I. SUMMARY
On Friday, September 25, at 2:20 p.m., you will address the
National Technology Initiative Conference at the University of
Chicago.
II. DISCUSSION
20
Your remarks (approximately 28 minutes / teleprompter)
emphasize the importance of government research to private sector
technology and restate your commitment to integrating the two.
They also refute criticism by Gov. Clinton that your
Administration has not supported high- tech R&D.
civilian
Grady Fact Check
David Walters
1
Grady
13,16,17,28
Illinois Governor's Office
2,29,30
Barry Anderson
4,7,8,10,18,21,22,23,25
OSTP
5,6,9,11,12,14,15
David Tell
19,20,24
Bernie Martin
22,23,27
Quotes
31,32
Ferguson Fact Check
David Tell
1
David Long
2,3
4 (cf. 15 from above)
September 19, 1992
MEMORANDUM
TO:
KATHY SUPER
JOHN KELLER
STEVE PROVOST
FROM:
GARY FOSTER G7
SUBJECT: SITE SURVEY FOR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
Attached is the additional site survey for the President's trip
to Chicago, Illinois on Friday, September 25. Once Kathy has the
site "scrubbed", implementation can begin. The proposal is for
the President to visit Motorola after his NTI address, if it fits
into his schedule. After touring the Motorola facilities, the
President would make brief remarks (highlights from NTI speech)
to gathered employees.
cc: Bob Zoellick
David Bates
Margaret Tutwiler
Tim McBride
Ede Holliday
David Demarest
Karen Groomes
Andrew Carpendale
Speechwriters
September 18, 1992
MEMORANDUM TO:
GARY FOSTER
FROM:
DOUG DUVALL
SUBJECT:
SURVEY REPORT FOR MOTOROLA, INC.
SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1992
PROPOSED EVENT SCENARIO:
The President would travel to Chicago, Illinois and land at
or
another
O'Hare International Airport, National Guard Station. The
President would helicopter to downtown Chicago, landing at Miegs
LZ by
Field He would motorcade to the University of Chicago where he
will make a major address to the National Technology Initiative
chicago
Conference. The event is sponsored by the Department of Defense,
the Department of Commerce and the Department of Energy. The
President could state how his agenda will sharpen business'
competitive edge by supporting civilian R & D and promoting
entrepreneurial capitalism.
After his remarks, the President would helicopter to the
headquarters of Motorola, Inc. in Schaumburg, Illinois. The
President would land on Motorolla's corporate campus and
motorcade to a building where he would view first-hand the
automated manufacturing process. After this brief tour, the
President would address the employees and family members of
Motorola. The President could draw upon the same themes of
keeping American businesses competitive for the 21st Century.
Motorola is continuously moving from a manual to an automated
form of manufacturing. Consequently, they have an excellent
program of retraining their employees to meet the demands of the
high tech industry.
After the event, the President would helicopter back to
'Ears International Airport and board Air Force One for
departure.
PROPOSED EVENT SITE:
Motorola's headquarters is located in Schaumburg, Illinois,
approximately 25 minutes from O'Hare. There are approximately
5,000 Motorola employees on this corporate campus and a couple
thousand more in the Chicago area. In the center of campus is a
field used for sporting activities which could serve as a landing
zone. Since the field is centrally located, it would be a very
short drive to the other proposed sites.
If time permits, I would recommend the President first be
able to witness their automated manufacturing in action. Their
largest building is the Land Mobile Products Sector. Here, the
President could watch employees (mostly blue collar) operate
automated (robotics) equipment. The motorcade could have a
secure arrival near the main entrance of the building. Inside,
he would be escorted to the manufacturing area. It would be
optimal to pool the press coverage for this site since open space
is at a minimum.
The President could then motorcade to the other side of the
parking lot for the speech to the employees. The event would be
held outdoors in a grassy field in order to provide the most room
for all the employees. Motorola's Land Mobile Products Sector, a
10 story building with "Motorola" written on its outside in large
letters, would be behind the President at a distance. A banner
could be also be placed above the President reading something to
the effect, "Sharpening Our Competitive Edge For the 21st
Century.
Add
As mentioned, there are over 5,000 employees on campus, but
Adenda
not everyone in the manufacturing sector works the same shift.
The morning shift ends at 3:30 pm which is also the approximate
time of the event. Also, the site is a good walking distance
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from the corporate offices so shuttle buses may have to be
arranged. Motorola can encourage, but not require their
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employees to attend the event. Motorola is also seeing if they
can get any employees from other plants to attend. All in all,
an estimated 2,000 people should be in attendance.
The audience will be comprised of a variety of Motorola
employees. Managers, engineers and support staff all work in
various buildings within the headquarters complex, and all are
eligible for job training.
BACKGROUND ON MOTOROLA, INC.
Motorola, Inc. is one of the world's leading providers of
electronic equipment, systems, components and services for
worldwide markets. Products include two-way radios, pagers and
telepoint systems, cellular telephones and systems,
semiconductors, defense and aerospace electronics, automative and
industrial electronics, data communications and information
processing and handling equipment. Motorola has more than
100,000 employees worldwide, and is among the United States' 50
largest industrial companies ranked by total sales.
Over 3,000 workers worldwide have been trained in the past 3
years in anticipation of Motorola's factory automation.
Motorola's headquarters and other branch offices offer employees
an education on how to program robots, solve automation-equipment
problems and use advanced technology to design better products.
Basic computer literacy classes are for employees to be trained
in such areas as Math, English, Reading and problem solving.
Hands-on training labs are for all types of employees, from
management to administrative staff.
The company was founded by Paul Galvin in 1928. Its first
products were car radios, home radios and police radios. Later,
Motorola moved from two-way radios to the color television
receiver. In recent years, Motorola has concentrated its
energies on high-technology markets in commercial, industrial and
government fields. Motorola has been building products in the
United States that are competitive around the world. Motorola
places particular emphasis on product quality, total customer
satisfaction, short cycle manufacturing, and training and
education of employees at all levels to improve manufacturing,
marketing and technical skills. Motorola was a winner of the
first Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award in 1988, in
recognition of its suerior company-wide management of quality
process.
CONTACTS:
Chuck Sengstock, Director, Corporate Public Relations - Motorola
708/576-2346 o 708/498-0872
David Pinsky, Motorola 708/632-2841
Bob Placko, Head of Personnel, Motorola 708/576-5612