Tyson Tells ARPA-E: Innovation Comes Faster Than Most Think
Energy
Tyson Tells ARPA-E: Innovation Comes Faster Than Most Think
2023-03-27 18:14:19
by Dan McCue

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Despite all the descriptors you could put in front of his name — astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, graduate of Harvard, with a Ph.D. from Columbia, author and celebrated scientist, TV star... Read More

Bringing Innovation Culture to Government Agencies
Technology
Bringing Innovation Culture to Government Agencies
2022-07-22 20:31:28
by Madeline Hughes

WASHINGTON — The technology to help improve government functions is at the ready, but there is still a culture shift needed to capture the full capability digitization can bring to the federal government, policy experts discussed Thursday during a virtual... Read More

Hoyer Leads Charge to Bolster American Competitiveness
Innovation
Hoyer Leads Charge to Bolster American Competitiveness
2022-06-24 22:38:32
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Thursday urged House and Senate conferees currently working on a bipartisan innovation bill to complete their work soon so that the House can vote on it before the August recess. Originally... Read More

Senate Advances COMPETES Act, Sending it to Conference
Technology
Senate Advances COMPETES Act, Sending it to Conference
2022-03-29 14:12:42
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON —The Senate voted 68-28 on Monday to advance legislation that would invest in both scientific research and in increasing domestic manufacturing of critical microchips. The Senate passed its version of the bill, the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act, in... Read More

Biden Hosts Event to Support Bipartisan Innovation Act 
Technology
Biden Hosts Event to Support Bipartisan Innovation Act 
2022-03-10 13:47:08
by Reece Nations

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden held an event alongside business leaders, the governors of Michigan and Indiana and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Innovation and Competition Act. The legislation, formally entitled the United States... Read More

Experts Say XR Tech Is More Than Gaming and Entertainment
Innovation
Experts Say XR Tech Is More Than Gaming and Entertainment
2021-11-22 14:49:17
by Kate Michael

WASHINGTON — The lines just keep blurring between the physical and online worlds, with the pandemic accelerating the adoption of immersive technologies that merge the physical world with digital or simulated reality. But while many are familiar with some type... Read More

Creating Innovation Incentives for Women and Minorities
Technology
Creating Innovation Incentives for Women and Minorities
2021-04-22 15:56:35
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON -- As COVID-19 puts pressure on industries to innovate for solutions, a Senate subcommittee is looking at why women and minorities are left behind in the search for new technologies. The ultimate goal of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on... Read More

Former Trump White House Official Optimistic Biden Will Continue Tech Modernization
Technology
Former Trump White House Official Optimistic Biden Will Continue Tech Modernization
2021-01-27 14:56:50
by Victoria Turner

Efforts to modernize the federal government's use of technology have long enjoyed "enthusiastic bipartisan support" that is likely to continue during Joe Biden's presidency, said Matt Lira, who was special assistant to the president on innovation policy during the Trump... Read More

Houlahan, Balderson Lead Bipartisan Effort to Bolster Grants To Spark Small Business Innovation
Business
Houlahan, Balderson Lead Bipartisan Effort to Bolster Grants To Spark Small Business Innovation
2019-08-06 21:25:55
by Sean Trambley

Freshman Representative Chrissy Houlahan, D-Penn., was joined by Representative Troy Balderson, R-Ohio, to introduce bipartisan and bicameral legislation to enhance commercialization services for federally funded research and development.  Introduced in the House on July 18, H.R. 3839, the Research Advancing... Read More

Industrial Emissions Targeted in New Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation
Climate
Industrial Emissions Targeted in New Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation
2019-07-30 21:58:09
by Sean Trambley

Last week, a bipartisan, bicameral coalition led by freshman Representative Sean Casten D-Ill., introduced legislation aimed at encouraging innovation that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from industrial sources. Casten and his counterparts in the Senate, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and... Read More

Exceptional Midterm Winners Headline Latest Class of NewDEAL’s Rising Democrats
Exceptional Midterm Winners Headline Latest Class of NewDEAL’s Rising Democrats
2019-04-16 21:22:29
by TWN Staff

Twenty leaders from fifteen states have been chosen to join the NewDEAL (Developing Exceptional American Leaders), a selective national network of state and local leaders working to enact pro-growth progressive solutions in a wide array of communities. The new members... Read More

NewDeal Marks 8 Years of Championing Innovative Good Governance
NewDeal Marks 8 Years of Championing Innovative Good Governance
2019-04-02 21:08:15
by Dan McCue

Eight years ago, the NewDEAL coalesced around a philosophy that forward-looking politics and economic development were not the opposing forces many on the political fringes had long argued they were. For those who may not be familiar with the group,... Read More

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