We, the leaders of American business
and higher education, call on Congress to act quickly on an innovation
agenda that will ensure continued U.S. competitiveness, enabling Americans
to succeed in the global economy.
Innovation leadership creates high-wage jobs and rising incomes for
Americans. Innovation drives productivity and economic growth, giving
American workers the tools to remain the most productive in the world and
creating products, processes—and even new industries—that expand employment
and boost living standards.
The United States has remained the world’s innovation leader through a
commitment to basic research, a world-class workforce and a climate that
rewards innovation. But America cannot rest on past economic success. Our
competitors are investing in innovation, improving their competitive
position and, in some respects, surpassing us.
Therefore, Congress must act to:
Renew America’s commitment to discovery
by doubling the basic research budgets at the National Science Foundation,
the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of
Energy’s Office of Science and the Department of Defense;
Improve student achievement in math and science
through increased funding of proven programs and incentives for science and
math teacher recruitment and professional development;
Welcome highly educated foreign professionals,
particularly those holding advanced science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics degrees, especially from U.S. universities, by reforming U.S.
visa policies;
Make Permanent a strengthened R&D Tax Credit
to encourage continued private-sector innovation investment.
We, the signatories, hereby proclaim our support for these initiatives and
stand ready to do our part.
Signatories as of March 13, 2007
1 3M
2 21st Century Learning Solutions
3 AAJ Technologies
4 Acutek, Inc.
5 Adobe Systems Incorporated
6 Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
7 AeA (American Electronics Association)
8 Agere Systems
9 Agilent Technology
10 Altera Corporation
11 AMCO Plastic Materials, Inc
12 American Association of Physics Teachers
13 American Association for Crystal Growth
14 American Astronomical Society
15 American Chemical Society
16 American Council on International Personnel
17 American Educational Research Association
18 American Indian Higher Education Consortium
19 American Mathematical Society
20 American Physical Society
21 American Psychological Association
22 The American Physiological Society
23 American Society of Agronomy
24 American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
25 American Society of Civil Engineers
26 American Society for Engineering Education
27 American Society of Plant Biologists
28 Amplify Communications
29 ANADIGICS, Inc.
30 Applied Materials, Inc.
31 Arizona Association of Industries
32 ASME
33 ASM International
34 Associated Industries of Massachusetts
35 Association of American Universities
36 Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities
37 Association for Psychological Science
38 ASTRA, The Alliance for Science & Technology Policy
39 Avancent Consulting Corporation
40 Avanex Corporation
41 Axian, Inc.
42 Ayoka
43 The Babcock & Wilcox Company
44 Battelle
45 Bay Area Economic Forum
46 Bayer Corporation
47 BearingPoint Inc.
48 Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
49 Biophysical Society
50 Business-Higher Education Forum
51 Business Roundtable
52 BWXT
53 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
54 California Institute of Technology
55 Carnegie Mellon University
56 Caterpillar Inc.
57 Center for Accelerating Innovation
58 Center for Audit Quality
59 Center for National Software Studies
60 Citrix Systems, Inc.
61 The City College of New York (CCNY)
62 The City University of New York
63 Click Bond, Inc.
64 Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation
65 CoCo communications
66 Columbia University
67 The Commerce Bank of Oregon
68 Compete America
69 Computing Research Association
70 Computing Technology Industry Association
71 Concero Technology
72 Consortium of Social Science Associations
73 Cornell University
74 Council on Competitiveness
75 Council of Graduate Schools
76 Cray Inc.
77 Crop Science Society of America
78 CSSP
79 Cyveillance Inc.
80 Data and Search Institute for industry/university cooperative
research
81 Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
82 Deming & Pisano LLC
83 DeVry University -- Central Florida
84 The Dow Chemical Company
85 Dow Corning Corporation
86 Duke University
87 DuPont
88 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
89 Eastman Chemical Company
90 Educause
91 E&E Manufacturing Co. Inc.
92 eeParts, Inc.
93 EFJ Inc
94 Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA)
95 Eli Lilly and Company
96 Endwave Corporation
97 Energy Sciences Coalition
98 Eng3 Corporation
99 Enpria, Inc
100 Enterprise Development Corp. of South Florida
101 Esterline Corporation
102 Expandable Software, Inc.
103 Fairchild Semiconductor
104 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
105 Federation of Materials Societies
106 Frequency Electronics, Inc.
107 Frye Electronics, Inc.
108 Gartner Inc.
109 Geological Society of America
110 Georgia Institute of Technology
111 GlaxoSmithKline
112 Global Illumination World Wide LLC.
113 Google
114 Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
115 Harvard University
116 Hewlett-Packard
117 IBM Corporation
118 IEEE-USA
119 Immigration Solutions
120 Indiana University
121 Industrial Research Institute
122 Infineon Technologies North America Corp.
123 Internet2
124 Information Technology Industry Council
125 Infotonics Technology Center, Inc.
126 Intel
127 Iowa Association of Business and Industry
128 Iowa State University
129 IQE-RF, LLC
130 ISCO International
131 IS Squared, Inc.
132 Jazz Semiconductor
133 The John Hopkins University
134 JVC America, Inc.
135 Keane, Inc.
136 Konica Minolta
137 Konica Minolta Systems Lab Inc
138 Kotura, Inc
139 KPMG LLP
140 LSI Logic Corporation
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141
Lockheed Martin Corporation
142 Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY)
143 Maryland Chamber of Commerce
144 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
145 Materials Research Society
146 Mathematical Association of America
147 The McGraw-Hill Companies
148 Mercury Computer Systems
149 Message Runner Inc.
150 Michigan State University
151 Micron Technology, Inc
152 Microsoft Corporation
153 The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS)
154 MI Technologies
155 Mobility Electronics, Inc.
156 Mote Marine Laboratory,Inc
157 The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Assocation
158 NAI Realvest
159 NASULGC, A Public University Association
160 National Association of Marine Laboratories (NAML)
161 National Association of Manufacturers
162 The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
163 National Center for Technological Literacy
164 National Council for Advanced Manufacturing
165 National Electrical Manufacturers Association
166 National Foreign Trade Council
167 National Science Teachers Association
168 National Semiconductor Corp.
169 Nebraska Chamber of Commerce & Industry
170 New Jersey Center for Software Engineering
171 New York Structural Biology Center
172 New York University
173 North Carolina State Chamber of Commerce
174 North Carolina State University
175 Northern Illinois University
176 Northrop Grumman Corporation
177 Northwestern University
178 The Ohio State University
179 ON Semiconductor Corporation
180 Optoelectronics Industry Development Association
181 Oracle
182 Oregon State University
183 Quantum Leaders, Inc
184 Panasonic Corporation of North America
185 Pariveda Solutions
186 The Pennsylvania State University
187 Pipeline Group, Inc.
188 Printing Industries of America
189 Procter & Gamble
190 Prudential Financial, Inc.
191 QUALCOMM
192 Quality Float Works, Inc.
193 QuickLogic Corporation
194 RAE Systems
195 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
196 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
197 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
198 Ryder System, Inc.
199 SAP America
200 SAS
201 The Science Coalition
202 Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)
203 Semiconductor Industry Association
204 Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
205 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
206 Society for Research in Child Development
207 Society of Women Engineers
208 Software & Information Industry Association
209 Soil Science Society of America
210 Sopheon
211 Southeastern Universities Research Association
212 Southwest Area Manufacturers Association
213 SPIE
214 The State Chamber of Olklahoma
215 Stony Brook University, SUNY Stony Brook
216 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
217 Synopsys, Inc.
218 TAEUS International Corp.
219 Tapping America's Potential
220 Task Force on the Future of American Innovation
221 Technology CEO Council
222 The Technology Network (TechNet)
223 Tektronix, Inc.
224 Texas A&M University
225 Texas Instruments
226 Thurgood Marshall College Fund
227 Tirraappendi, Inc.
228 Tulane University
229 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
230 University of Arkansas
231 University of California
232 University of California, Berkeley
233 University of California, Irvine
234 University of Central Florida
235 University of Chicago
236 University of Cincinnati
237 University of Colorado at Boulder
238 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
239 University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center
240 University Economic Development Association
241 University of Hawaii at Manoa
242 University of Illinois
243 University of Kansas
244 University of Kentucky
245 University of Michigan
246 University of Minnesota
247 University of Nebraska
248 The University of North Carolina
249 University of Oregon
250 University of Pennsylvania
251 University of Pittsburgh
252 University of Rochester
253 University of Southern California
254 University of Southern California, Wrigley Institute for
Environmental Studies
255 University of Southern Maine
256 The University of Tennessee
257 The University of Texas System
258 The University of Virginia
259 University of Washington
260 University of Wisconsin-Madison
261 Utah Manufacturers Association
262 Valicore Technologies, Inc.
263 Vanderbilt University
264 Vermeer Manufacturing Company
265 Virginia Commonwealth University
266 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ.
267 Washington University in St. Louis
268 Whirlpool Corporation
269 Winland Electronics Inc.
270 Wisconsin Entrepreneurs' Network
271 Zebra Technologies |
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