Enhance Oak Ridge/East Tennessee's role in using technology capabilities (Manufacturing, Commercialization and Information Technology) in making America more competitive in the global marketplace.
Support for preservation and modernization of our
manufacturing
capabilities.
Commit to streamline the technology transfer
process so that more
private sector opportunities exist to capitalize on the available
capabilities in Oak Ridge.
Support for the Centers for Manufacturing
Technology.
Support for the continuing development and
implementation of the
National Information Infrastructure (NII) and the Global
Information Infrastructure (GII).
Oak Ridge's technology capabilities are helping to
make America
more competitive in the global marketplace.
The manufacturing expertise located in Oak Ridge
is critical to
both national and economic security of the country -- preserving
critical defense capabilities while creating jobs and improving
industrial efficiency.
As a model for the nation, Oak Ridge utilizes
existing
investments to leverage the creation of new private sector jobs.