Contents Executive Summary 1 Technology for Economic Growth: Checklist of Clinton Administration Key Accomplishments 3 Putting Technology to Work for America's Future 9 Meeting the Challenges: Technology and the Economy 9 Technology Development and Commercialization 11 Technology Reinvestment Project Advanced Technology Program Alliances to Tackle Technology Challenges Leveraging Federal Agencies' R&D Increasing Access to Commercially Useful Technology Technology Infrastructure 16 National Information Infrastructure Strengthening NIST Laboratory Programs Manufacturing Extension Partnership Technology "Road Maps" and Competitive Benchmarks Access to Foreign Science and Technology National Technology Medal National Quality Award People-Oriented Technology Policy 20 Upgrading Training and Skills Office of the American Workplace Partnerships to Promote Worker Training Preparing Tomorrow's Workers Leadership in Basic Science, Mathematics, and Engineering 22 Environment for Innovation and Private-Sector Investment 23 Small Business Investment Other Initiatives Technology and Trade: Competing in a Global Economy 27 Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee 27 Opening Up Foreign Markets 28 Toward a National Export Strategy Recommendations Now Being Implemented 29 Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations Benefits for U.S. Technology Companies 30 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA Benefits for U.S. Technology Companies 31 Moving Manufacturing Technologies to the Global Marketplace 33 Advanced Manufacturing Technologies 33 Committee on Civilian Industrial Technologies Federal Agencies' Efforts Manufacturing Extension Partnership 36 Manufacturing Competitiveness Initiative 38 U.S.-Japan Manufacturing Technology Fellowship Program 38 Electronics 38 Dual-Use Technology Strategy Other Agency Actions Realizing the Opportunities of the Information Age 41 The NII: A High Priority for the Clinton Administration 41 Action Plan and Accomplishments 42 Private-Sector Investment "Universal Service" Concept Technological Innovation and New Applications Interactive, User-Driven Operation Information Security and Network Reliability Management of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Intellectual Property Rights Coordination with Other Governments Access to Government Information and Improved Government Procurement Defense Technology: The Payoffs for Economic and Military Security 49 Three Pillars of a 21st-Century Defense Technology Strategy 49 Reform the Current DOD Acquisition Process Focus More R&D within DOD on Dual-Use Products and Processes Reach Out Globally to Allies Progress to Date 51 Dual-Use R&D/ARPA Technology Reinvestment Project Energy and Environment: New Technologies for Growth 55 Climate Change Action Plan 56 Clean Car Initiative 56 Environmental Technologies Initiative and Export Strategy 57 Environmental Technologies and NAFTA 58 Budget Priorities 58 Clean Cities 58 Natural Gas Strategic Plan 59 Motor Challenge 59 Small Business Innovation Research 59 Other Initiatives 60 Transportation and the Economy 63 Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles 63 Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles 64 Research and Technology Outreach Seminars 65 Intelligent Vehicle/Highway Systems 65 Global Positioning System 65 Climate Change Action Plan 66 Magnetic Levitation 66 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act 66 Aeronautics 66 High-Speed Research 67 Advanced Subsonic Technology 68