TIA Speaks to PCAST Regarding the Importance of Federal Funding for the ICT Research Ecosystem

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TIA Speaks to PCAST Regarding the Importance of Federal Funding for the ICT Research Ecosystem

ARLINGTON, VA (Sep. 7, 2012) - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, today provided comments to the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST) regarding the important role the NITRD program must play in providing and coordinating basic research funding for the U.S. information and communications technology research ecosystem.

TIA said, “While the U.S. still boasts the strongest research ecosystem in the world, we are beginning to see signs of erosion as competing nations take strong steps to attract ICT research to build innovation-based economies.”  Commenting on difficult funding decisions facing policymakers, TIA stressed “the necessity of continued funding for ICT research as a national priority.” TIA also commented that the need for greater coordination between federal research efforts will increase as ICT is further integrated in different sectors of the economy. 

The full comments are available at: tionline.org/sites/default/files/pages/9-7-2012%20TIA%20PCAST%20Comments.pdf

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