State-federal technology partnership progresses

Abstract

Members of the task force that in 1995 launched the process of building new science and technology relationships between the states and the federal government met last week in Washington, D.C., to assess how the partnerships had worked out over the past two years. Under the guidance of the task force cochairman, former Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburg, the task force agreed that things are actually going all right, considering that new ideas take a little time to gather momentum. Thornburg said he was encouraged by the progress made since the release of the September 1995 final report of the State-Federal Technology Partnership Task Force, which was cochaired by former Ohio Governor Richard F. Celeste, currently U.S. ambassador to India. The overall aim of the initiative, now officially known as the U.S. Innovation Partnership, is to involve the states more in the planning and disbursement of federal research and development funds and in the coordination of ...