IEEE-USA R&D Policy Committee Update

Brendan Godfrey, RDPC Vice-Chair Sandra Biedron, NPSS Liaison

NPSS AdCom, 15 November 2014

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House Passes Manufacturing and Innovation Legislation

Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act (RAMI) – HR 2996– Establishes institutes across country to increase

competitiveness of domestic manufacturing

Reflects IEEE-USA policy, “U.S. High-Value Job Growth through Manufacturing Innovation”– http://

www.ieeeusa.org/policy/positions/Manufacturing0914.pdf

IEEE-USA also strong advocate of SBIR/STTR– http://www.ieeeusa.org/policy/positions/SBIR0914.pdf

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New policy statement on federal support of fundamental research

Advocates– Stable physical sciences,

engineering support

– Expanded cooperation among funding agencies

– Streamlined regulatory oversight of research

IEEE-USA approval expected late November

Balanced Fundamental Research Funding Advocated

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Decreasing federal support for research disproportionately hurts engineering, physical sciences

Congressional Visits Day 2015

Explain importance of S&E funding, other issues to your members of Congress

Receive informative briefings (Congress, OSTP, etc)

Attend reception honoring Congressional advocate of S&E (this year, Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson)

Details at http://www.setcvd.org/about-congressional-visits-day

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