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Few proposals lawmakers have been considering in recent weeks aimed at restoring our fiscal discipline have the immediate ability to generate revenue for the Treasury, stimulate direct domestic investment, spur innovation, and create jobs than spectrum auctions. At the moment, spectrum is in short supply.聽 Currently in use for 鈥渙ver the air鈥� television delivery, which is consumed by fewer than 10 percent [...]
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America's innovation ecosystem typically knows no kryptonite. With rare exception, even in times of economic peril, investment and innovation continue unabated, helping to power the nation forward. However, there are troubling signs of weakness that could signal real challenges to the nation's future fiscal stability. Consider the following: Lost in the public reporting on record venture investing [...]
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With markets in turmoil and consumer confidence at record lows, it is time for the U.S. to overtly become more selfish. In fact, looking out for number one is likely the best way to remain number one. To be clear, by selfish I do not mean senseless.聽 Focusing first on the nation鈥檚 self-interest should not be a proxy for surface level patriotism or protectionist policies. Selfish, in today鈥檚 economic [...]
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America is at risk of losing its will to win, or by most accounts, America is at risk of losing its will to win. With last week's S&P downgrade of U.S. credit to AA+, along with market uncertainty pervading our nation's psyche, the prospects of a prosperous future seem increasingly out of reach. Add a near-default on the national debt, low consumer confidence and modest job creation, and it's clear [...]
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As head of the 91pro视频, Dean Garfield represents tech leaders that include Microsoft, Google, Cisco Systems, Oracle, eBay and Hewlett-Packard. The council's focus is the intersection between public policy and U.S. competitiveness, areas that include education, immigration, trade and taxes. Garfield has worked with Congress and the Obama administration to spur employment, [...]
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While today's headlines are appropriately focused on Japan, North Africa and the Middle East, it is important that we not lose sight of our domestic imperative to drive growth and create jobs.聽 Based on past experience, our divided government may be exactly what is needed to do just that. Our experience in the 1990s suggests as much.聽 Then, Congress and the administration set aside partisan differences [...]
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Obama has recently focused on the need to reinvent American ingenuity, reaching a level of research and development not seen since the space race and connecting 鈥渆very part of America to the digital age鈥� 鈥� all part of our 鈥淪putnik moment.鈥� But none of this is possible without securing the nation鈥檚 digital infrastructure. Unfortunately, America鈥檚 perception of cybersecurity is stuck in time. Since the [...]
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When it comes to dealing with China, the United States has experienced nothing short of an identity crisis: from big stick diplomacy, to use of (at times) a bigger carrot, to somewhere in the middle. The twenty-one gun salute slated to greet President Hu Jintao upon his arrival in Washington this week should serve as a wake-up call for U.S. policymakers. Indeed, Paul Revere鈥檚 words of warning from [...]
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When President Obama meets with business leaders at the White House today, one thing will be clear: The United States is now an economic superpower on the verge of decline. This is not an observation based on casual public perceptions such as the current unemployment rate or tax debates in Washington, but an analytical one stemming from real socioeconomic trends, key performance indicators and the [...]
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The Internet is overdue for an upgrade.聽 We are stuck on version 2.0 when version 4.0 is necessary to take full advantage of the immersive experience and productivity potential of the tools being developed today by the information and communications technology (ICT) sector. Unfortunately, our ability to accelerate forward has long been stymied by process and politics.聽 Hopefully, the strong and balanced [...]
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