Technological innovation should be new administration’s focus, says think tank

Federal Times: Sustainable, long-term economic growth will accompany an investment in “innovation infrastructure” rather than roads and bridges, according to a new report from Washington, D.C.-based research and educational think tank Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

Authored by policy adviser Peter L. Singer, “Investing in ‘Innovation Infrastructure’ to Restore U.S. Growth” suggests the incoming Trump administration and new Congress support scientific and engineering research in the public, academic and private sectors to achieve gains beyond the short-term jobs of traditional stimulus programs.

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