An impressive gaggle of tech CEOs came to DC this week with a message to policymakers: the United States can't take its economic leadership for granted. The CEOs, including Intel's Craig Barrett, NCR's Mark Hurd, Unisys' Joseph McGrath, Dell's Kevin Rollins and EMC's Joe Tucci, outlined a competitiveness agenda focused on trade, innovation and eHealth. To get the full story click below....
Computer Systems Policy Project Meets with Government Leaders, Unveils Competitiveness Priorities
High Tech CEO Group Lays Out Priorities as New Poll Finds That Many Americans Think U.S. Economic Leadership is at Risk
Washington, DC – February 16 – During White House and Congressional meetings over the last two days, executives from the nation’s leading technology companies laid out 2005 priorities dedicated to promoting American innovation and competitiveness.
The high tech executives, members of the Computer Systems Policy Project (CSPP), advocated a three-point plan focused on ensuring a level playing field in global markets, continuing U.S. innovation leadership and improving our nation’s health-care system by making it more efficient and accessible.
“U.S. economic and technology leadership must not be taken for granted, therefore it is critical that business leaders and U.S. policymakers partner to ensure that our workers are the best educated and trained, our businesses are the most efficient, and, our economic environment breeds innovation and creativity,” said Craig Barrett, CEO of Intel Corporation and Chairman of CSPP.
At the start of 2005, CSPP CEOs are focused on three primary initiatives:
• Trade and Market Access: Given the realities of a global economy, it is critical that the United States pursue effective, fair trade agreements. CSPP supports bipartisan efforts to reach a Central American Free Trade Agreement and urges Congress not handcuff the President by limiting trade promotion authority.
• Innovation: U.S. economic growth has been driven by its technology leadership – but that leadership should not be taken for granted. Government R&D projects have led to technology breakthroughs such as the Internet, biotechnology and advances in the aerospace industry. In that spirit, CSPP urges President Bush and Congress to fulfill their commitment to basic sciences by fully funding R&D by the National Science Foundation consistent with the National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002.
• eHealth: Our nation’s health-care system suffers from two ills: too much paperwork and high costs. Technology can have the same dramatic effect on productivity and accessibility for health care that it has had on other industries. CSPP urges Congress to fully fund the initiatives at the National Health Information Office in the Department of Health and Human Services included in the President’s 2006 budget proposal.
Many Americans think U.S. economic leadership and competitiveness is at risk, according to a new poll. Sixty-five percent of Americans responded that they believe that the United States is still a global economic leader but that other countries are becoming increasingly more competitive. Another 23 percent believe that the United States no longer holds a competitive edge or has slipped behind other countries, according to a Public Opinion Strategies poll of 800 Americans commissioned by CSPP.
On health care, nearly seven in 10 Americans favor integrating information technology into the nation’s health-care system. The Public Opinion Strategies poll found that 68 percent of respondents said they supported making patient health records more accessible to health professionals and streamlining health care operations through information technologies.
CSPP’s CEOs manage companies that generate over $300 billion in annual revenues and employ over 750,000 workers. Founded in 1989, its members are Barrett, Mark V. Hurd, President and CEO of NCR, Joseph McGrath, Chairman and CEO of Unisys, Samuel J. Palmisano, Chairman and CEO of IBM, Kevin B. Rollins, President and CEO of Dell, Michael R. Splinter, President and CEO of Applied Materials, Joseph M. Tucci, President and CEO of EMC, Bob Wayman, CEO and CFO of Hewlett-Packard, and, Ed Zander, Chairman and CEO of Motorola.
The high tech executives, in Washington for their semi-annual meetings, met with White House and other Administration officials, Congressional leaders and other policymakers.
“Policymakers and high tech CEOs share a common objective: ensuring that the United States remains a beacon for technology innovation that fosters economic prosperity and creates jobs that benefit all Americans. But U.S. leadership is not a given – it will only continue if we invest in important projects such as eHealth,” said Bruce Mehlman, executive director of CSPP.
About the Computer Systems Policy Project
The Computer Systems Policy Project is a CEO policy advocacy group focused on ensuring U.S. competitiveness through technology leadership. The CSPP CEOs visit Washington twice annually to meet with lawmakers about policy issues of importance to the high-tech industry and work throughout the year to promote education, analysis and recommendations. For more information, please visit www.cspp.org..
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