Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing on U.S. needs for training in high technology areas. Testimony was given by local officials, corporate officials, a union representative, and two professors of engineering from universities in Indiana. Testimony centered on jobs and job training, reforming the education system, and international competition. Witnesses testified that government regulations that cause excess paperwork and prevent industries from being competitive should be changed. They also talked about the burdensome health care system that saps productivity with ever-rising costs as well as the need for workers to learn new skills. Skills in life management, conflict resolution, cooperation, and problem solving were advocated for workers. Witnesses also advocated more cooperative problem solving and strategizing by the various sectors of the economy. (KC)
U.S. Needs to Effectively Compete in High-technology Markets
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing on U.S. needs for training in high technology areas. Testimony was given by local officials, corporate officials, a union representative, and two professors of engineering from universities in Indiana. Testimony centered on jobs and job training, reforming the education system, and international competition. Witnesses testified that government regulations that cause excess paperwork and prevent industries from being competitive should be changed. They also talked about the burdensome health care system that saps productivity with ever-rising costs as well as the need for workers to learn new skills. Skills in life management, conflict resolution, cooperation, and problem solving were advocated for workers. Witnesses also advocated more cooperative problem solving and strategizing by the various sectors of the economy. (KC)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing on U.S. needs for training in high technology areas. Testimony was given by local officials, corporate officials, a union representative, and two professors of engineering from universities in Indiana. Testimony centered on jobs and job training, reforming the education system, and international competition. Witnesses testified that government regulations that cause excess paperwork and prevent industries from being competitive should be changed. They also talked about the burdensome health care system that saps productivity with ever-rising costs as well as the need for workers to learn new skills. Skills in life management, conflict resolution, cooperation, and problem solving were advocated for workers. Witnesses also advocated more cooperative problem solving and strategizing by the various sectors of the economy. (KC)
Mastering a New Role
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046467
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This book examines the changing character of commercial technology development and diffusion in an integrated global economy and its implications for U.S. public policies in support of technological innovation. The volume considers the history, current practice, and future prospects for national policies to encourage economic development through both direct and indirect government support of technological advance.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309046467
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This book examines the changing character of commercial technology development and diffusion in an integrated global economy and its implications for U.S. public policies in support of technological innovation. The volume considers the history, current practice, and future prospects for national policies to encourage economic development through both direct and indirect government support of technological advance.
Rising Above the Gathering Storm
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309100399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas. This congressionally requested report by a pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the area of clean, affordable energy: 1) Increase America's talent pool by vastly improving K-12 mathematics and science education; 2) Sustain and strengthen the nation's commitment to long-term basic research; 3) Develop, recruit, and retain top students, scientists, and engineers from both the U.S. and abroad; and 4) Ensure that the United States is the premier place in the world for innovation. Some actions will involve changing existing laws, while others will require financial support that would come from reallocating existing budgets or increasing them. Rising Above the Gathering Storm will be of great interest to federal and state government agencies, educators and schools, public decision makers, research sponsors, regulatory analysts, and scholars.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309100399
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
In a world where advanced knowledge is widespread and low-cost labor is readily available, U.S. advantages in the marketplace and in science and technology have begun to erode. A comprehensive and coordinated federal effort is urgently needed to bolster U.S. competitiveness and pre-eminence in these areas. This congressionally requested report by a pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs, especially in the area of clean, affordable energy: 1) Increase America's talent pool by vastly improving K-12 mathematics and science education; 2) Sustain and strengthen the nation's commitment to long-term basic research; 3) Develop, recruit, and retain top students, scientists, and engineers from both the U.S. and abroad; and 4) Ensure that the United States is the premier place in the world for innovation. Some actions will involve changing existing laws, while others will require financial support that would come from reallocating existing budgets or increasing them. Rising Above the Gathering Storm will be of great interest to federal and state government agencies, educators and schools, public decision makers, research sponsors, regulatory analysts, and scholars.
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Author: Shoshana Zuboff
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610395700
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 683
Book Description
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. Zuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new "behavioral futures markets," where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new "means of behavioral modification." The threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a "Big Other" operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff's comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled "hive" of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit -- at the expense of democracy, freedom, and our human future. With little resistance from law or society, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future -- if we let it.
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 1610395700
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 683
Book Description
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. Zuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new "behavioral futures markets," where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new "means of behavioral modification." The threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a "Big Other" operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff's comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled "hive" of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit -- at the expense of democracy, freedom, and our human future. With little resistance from law or society, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future -- if we let it.
Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309058848
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309058848
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Role of the Export-Import Bank and Export Controls in U.S. International Economic Policy
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on International Finance
Publisher:
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Category : Export controls
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Export controls
Languages : en
Pages : 758
Book Description
The Role of the Export-import Bank and Export Controls in U.S. International Economic Policy, Hearings Before ..., 93-1 on S. 2053 ... S.2411 ... H.R. 8547 ..., September 26 and 27, 1973
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
1975 NASA Authorization
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1792
Book Description
U.S. Solar and Conservation Technologies in International Markets
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Energy Development and Applications
Publisher:
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Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Energy conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
The Technology Balance: U.S.-U.S.S.R. Advanced Technology Transfer
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on International Cooperation in Science and Space
Publisher:
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Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description