US Capitol Capsule: Group proposes efforts to ensure US innovation competitiveness
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
An out-of-date US federal structure unable to strategically respond to the innovation challenges of the global economy and a lack of government R&D efforts to make the most of basic and applied research generated at US universities are just some of the barriers that are inhibiting the nation's ability to compete in the 21st century, the Washington think tank Center for American Progress (CAP) insisted last week.