{"140961":{"#nid":"140961","#data":{"type":"news","title":"PCAST Report Urges Domestic Manufacturing Investment and Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new report released yesterday by the President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) urges building on progress to date for improving domestic manufacturing competitiveness and encouraging companies to invest in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe PCAST report is a product of its Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee, whose membership includes leading manufacturing experts from industry and academia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cResearch universities play a critical role in helping to ensure that more young people are aware of and prepared for careers in science and engineering, and in partnering with industry and government to move innovations quickly to the manufacturing floor,\u201d said G. P. \u201cBud\u201d Peterson, president of Georgia Tech and AMP steering committee member. \u201cWe look forward to even greater collaboration as we work to strengthen America\u2019s economy and create jobs.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe report details the unique role that manufacturing plays in the broader U.S. economy \u2013 as a direct source of jobs, as a spur to additional jobs across the economy, and as an important force for addressing the nation\u2019s trade deficit.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost importantly, the report reveals that the nation\u2019s continued strength in innovation depends on sustaining a close, two-way connection between the innovation and manufacturing processes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cProximity to the manufacturing process creates innovation spillovers across firms and industries, leading to the ideas and capabilities that support the next generation of products and processes,\u201d the report notes. \u201cIn this way, a vibrant manufacturing sector is inextricably linked to our capacity as a nation to innovate.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new report released yesterday by the President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) urges building on progress to date for improving domestic manufacturing competitiveness and encouraging companies to invest in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Urges building on progress to date for improving domestic manufacturing competitiveness and encouraging companies to invest in the United States."}],"uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2012-07-18 09:51:43","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:33","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-07-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"66420":{"id":"66420","type":"image","title":"G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","body":null,"created":"1449177169","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:12:49","changed":"1475894589","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:09","alt":"G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson","file":{"fid":"193311","name":"g.p._bud_peterson.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/g.p._bud_peterson_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/g.p._bud_peterson_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2186478,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/g.p._bud_peterson_0.jpg?itok=ch7SEpjb"}}},"media_ids":["66420"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/07\/17\/report-president-outlines-approaches-spur-domestic-manufacturing-investm","title":"White House Press Release"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/07\/17\/fact-sheet-white-house-advanced-manufacturing-initiatives-drive-innovati","title":"White House Fact Sheet:"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/eop\/ostp\/pcast","title":"President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology:"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"38351","name":"Advanced Manufacturing"},{"id":"9038","name":"G.P."},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"14611","name":"PCAST"},{"id":"38361","name":"President\u0027s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["mattnagel@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}