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HIGHLIGHTS
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Next Generation Manufacturing
Technology -- Briefing
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Great Lakes Mayors Conference
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Manufacturing Study -- Letter
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Advanced Technology Program -- Letter
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Great Lakes Newsletters
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Northeast-Midwest Economic Review
Next Generation
Manufacturing Technology -- Briefing
The Senate Manufacturing Task Force on Wednesday, May
25, is sponsoring a briefing on the Next Generation Manufacturing
Technology Initiative, a Defense-Department-funded effort to build a coordinated
national investment strategy for manufacturing R&D. The
Initiative seeks to help transform the U.S. defense
industrial base by investing in high-leverage, high-impact manufacturing
technologies. The May 25 briefing will begin at 2:00 pm in 428A
Russell Senate Office Building.
Contact: Kris Sarri with
the Senate Task Force on Manufacturing (202/224-0606).
Great Lakes Mayors Conference
The Great Lakes Cities Initiative and the International
Association of Great Lakes and St.
Lawrence Mayors are meeting this week in Quebec City.
The U.S. and Canadian mayors will review
opportunities to enhance the region’s water quality and water
management practices. The conference on May 26 and 27 will be at the
Chateau Frontenac. Contact: Dave Ullrich with the Great Lakes
Cities Initiative (312/201-4516).
Manufacturing Study -- Letter
Senators Jack Reed (D-RI), Susan Collins (R-ME), Olympia
Snowe (R-ME), and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are seeking signatures on a
letter that asks the Commerce Department to fund a study on U.S.
manufacturing. A National
Academies study would help federal policymakers better understand the
challenges raised by manufacturers. Some particular dilemmas that
require more clarification before effective actions can be planned are the
relationships between global competitiveness and a secure defense
industrial base; between the desire for low-cost goods for consumers and the
desire for high-paying jobs; and the differing needs of large and small
businesses. The letter’s signature deadline is June
10. Contact: Kris
Sarri with
the Senate Task Force on Manufacturing (202/224-0606).
Advanced Technology Program -- Letter
Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Mike DeWine (R-OH) are
circulating a letter that asks appropriators to support $146 million for
the Advanced Technology Program
(ATP) in fiscal 2006. ATP is an industry-led, competitive, and
cost-shared program that provides grants to support research and
development of high-risk, cutting-edge technologies with broad commercial
potential and societal benefits. The program enables U.S. companies to
develop the next generation of breakthrough technologies that allow our
country to compete against foreign rivals who often employ large and
effective programs that support their industries. The signature
deadline is June 10. Contact: Kris Sarri with the Senate
Task Force on Manufacturing (202/224-0606).
Great Lakes Newsletters
The May issue of the Great
Lakes Congressional Report – with articles on invasive
species, restoration, WRDA, oil and gas drilling moratorium, and monitoring
– is available at http://www.nemw.org/GLCRMay05.pdf
The latest quarterly newsletter from the Great Lakes
Cities Initiative is available at http://www.nemw.org/glci/GLCI0505.pdf
Northeast-Midwest Economic Review
The Spring issue of the Northeast-Midwest Economic
Review is available at http://www.nemw.org/ER%20Spg05.pdf.
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