{"55186":{"#nid":"55186","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Danny Breznitz Testifies on the Federal Government\u0027s Role in Supporting Innovation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn March 24, Danny Breznitz, associate professor at Georgia Tech\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/a\u003E in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, testified before the House Science and Technology Committee\u0027s \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/science.house.gov\/subcommittee\/tech.aspx\u0022\u003ESubcommittee on Technology and Innovation\u003C\/a\u003E at a hearing on the federal government\u0027s role in supporting innovation. Others who testified were: Aneesh Chopra, chief technology officer in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Mark Kamlet, provost at Carnegie Mellon University; Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation; and Paul Holland, general partner at Foundation Capital.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EOne theme of the hearing was the need for a comprehensive federal strategy to create an environment that is conducive to innovation in the U.S. \u0026nbsp;According to the witnesses, a comprehensive innovation strategy would include components such as a tax policy amenable to attracting capital, a more efficient process to transition research to commercialization and immigration policies that attract the best and the brightest and keep them in the U.S. \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBreznitz discussed three roles that the government has to play in innovation policy: public financing of private innovation, public production of innovation (i.e. financing of industrial research at non-profit institutions), and facilitation of professional, inter-institutional networks. He also suggested that federal-state partnerships could encourage states to compete in the development of different, experimental and creative policies for innovation and encourage regional collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn March 24, Danny Breznitz, associate professor at Georgia Tech\u0027s Sam Nunn School of International Affairs in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, testified before the House Science and Technology Committee\u0027s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation at a hearing on the federal government\u0027s role in supporting innovation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Breznitz testified before a House committee on March 24."}],"uid":"15436","created_gmt":"2010-04-01 09:08:20","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:49","author":"Automator","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"39615":{"id":"39615","type":"image","title":"Danny Breznitz","body":null,"created":"1449174110","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:21:50","changed":"1475894263","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:37:43","alt":"Danny Breznitz","file":{"fid":"189708","name":"trs13928.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trs13928_3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/trs13928_3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1798079,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/trs13928_3.jpg?itok=dONZt5JH"}}},"media_ids":["39615"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/science.house.gov\/publications\/hearings_markups_details.aspx?NewsID=2775","title":"Webcast of Dr. Breznitz\u0027s testimony"}],"groups":[{"id":"1317","name":"News Briefs"}],"categories":[{"id":"155","name":"Congressional Testimony"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1988","name":"Breznitz"},{"id":"346","name":"congress"},{"id":"3176","name":"house"},{"id":"348","name":"house testimony"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"}],"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":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}