NIST economist Gregory Tassey has published a 76-page report
on technology and economic growth, rating the effect of government
programs such as R&D tax credits vs. direct funding of corporate
research. "A technology-based economy requires a range of
government infrastructure roles that are more complex than
the ones that leveraged the industrial revolution a century ago."
Available while supplies last by sending a self-addressed mailing
label to: Greg Tassey, A1000 Administration Bldg., NIST,
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-0001. [NIST Update, 12/12/95.]
For Vannevar Bush's 1945 Atlantic Monthly article, "As We
May Think," see .
Following WW II, Bush urged that scientists turn to the massive
task of making knowledge accessible. "Like Emerson's famous
address of 1837 on `The American Scholar,' this paper by Dr. Bush
calls for a new relationship between thinking man and the sum of
our knowledge." [Denys Duchier , 4/94.
Chuck Morefield , 11/15/95.]
Total US R&D investment is expected to reach $171B in 1995,
a 2% decrease after adjusting for inflation. NSF estimates that
federal support declined by 3%, industrial support by 1%. Basic,
applied, and development research received 17%, 23%, and 60% of
the total. As a percentage of GDP, US research spending decreased
from 2.8% to 2.4% from 1991 to 1995. In Japan, it declined
from 2.9% to 2.7%; in Germany, from 2.9% to 2.5%. [Inside R&D,
11/15/95, p. 2. Flash Information, 11/27/95.]
The Federal Register, congressional bills, and other
US Government documents are now free on the day of publication
from or telnet to
swais.access.gpo.gov (login "guest"). More than two dozen
databases are available. For a direct connection, dial
(202) 512-1661 and type "swais", then "guest". 20 states
offer local connections through depository libraries;
check with or call (202) 512-1530.
[Network News, 12/2/95.]
NASA will no longer announce procurements of $25K-$500K
in the Commerce Business Daily. All competitive acquisitions
over $25K will be announced on its NASA Acquisition Internet
Service (NAIS), .
[AEROSPACE DAILY, 12/14/95. Al Underbrink.]
Other links to state and government information
can be found on the Cybernet Chamber of Commerce,
. [WEBster, 10/17/95.]
Not sure of your congressional district? Visit
and enter
your ZIP code. [Luke Seemann ,
c.i.www.announce, 9/2/95. net-hap.]
