The New Administration: Competitiveness & Innovation Wendy Wigen Sue Fratkin Tempe, Arizona February 2,2009

Economic Stimulus $888 B Broadband $6-9 B A drop in the bucket?

Broadband Buildout $100 B (100mbps) Broadband Stimulus $6-9 B It is not enough….

But more importantly…. it has changed the conversation

White House Senate Commerce House Energy and Commerce FCC

Key Congressional Leaders for Broadband  Senate Commerce: –John D. Rockefeller (D-WV) –Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)  House Energy and Commerce: –Henry A. Waxman (D-30 th -CA) –House Subcommittee on Telecommunications  Rick Boucher (D-9 th -VA)  Cliff Stearns (R-6 th -FL)

At the FCC  Chairman – “elect”: Julius Genachowski “Obama Taps Genachowski, and Tunes the FCC in to Broadband” … Business Week 1/13/09

The Commissioners  Michael Copps (D)– Interim Chairman  Robert McDowell (R)  Jonathan Adelstein’s(D) term has expired and is rumored to be offered a position at the State Dept.  A Republican yet to be named

They will need our help US Broadband Coalition:  Coalition of 130 member entities  Agreed on basic principles  Working on a National Broadband Plan to be released late Spring or early Summer

They will need your help Virginia*… Massachusetts*… Tennessee… Illinois*… California*… Michigan*… Colorado… Pennsylvania… Washington*… New York… North Carolina… Louisiana… Indiana*… Virgin Is… Florida* … Connecticut… Ohio… Georgia*… Arizona… Missouri*… Oregon… Nebraska*…West Virginia… Hawaii… North Dakota… New Jersey… Arkansas… Minnesota… Alaska… New Mexico… Texas… Maine… Nevada… South Carolina… South Dakota… Mississippi… Kansas… * More than one on a Commerce Committee

To Have the Most Impact: in descending order:  Personal visit by you or your government relations representative – home district or DC  Letter from your University president or your CIO  Letter from you as an informed citizen  Phone call 

Other issues  Cybersecurity: Congressman Langevin is leaving the House Subcommittee on Cybersecurity  Copyright: Democrats in charge is not necessarily a good thing… Stay tuned  Research Funding: Economic Stimulus and more….

Congressional activity  House Resolution 2638 –Omnibus funding or the continuing resolution (CR – deadline 3-16)  Promise – NO Entitlements  KEY ELEMENTS –NSF – funding at ’07 level (’08 supplemental doesn’t count) $4,500B –NASA – $10,436M –DOE - $9,739B - NIST - $601M

Comparisons – Stimulus HouseSenate NSF $2B-research grants;$900M$1.4B-grants & equipment/facilities;$100Minfrastructure science education Energy $2B energy efficiency res.$40B overall $2B-basic physical science NIH $1.5B biomedical res; $2B$3.5B biomed res facilities renovation,etc. DoEdPell grants -$15.6B$13.9B $6B HEd modernization, renov$3.5B energy eff & tech $1.5B grants/loans for energy eff.Infra NIST$300M construction research-N/A colleges

Comparisons CR & FY2009 CR AdminHouseSenate NSF $6,065B$6,854B$6,854B$6,854B DOE (OS)$4,018B$4,722B$4,862B$4,640B NIST $601M$638M$630M$638M Proposed in House Stimulus NSF$9,065B increase over CR $3,000B DOE (OS) $5,918B increase over CR $1,900B NIST $901M increase over CR $300M

Congressional Changes 111 th Congress HouseSenate Dem25857 Rep17540 Pending 2 1 Independents 2 Women 7417 Minorities 68 7

House Science & Technology Chair: Rep. Bart Gordon (TN) 5 subcommittees: Technology & Innovation, Chair,Rep.David Wu (OR); Ranking,Rep.Gingrey (GA) Research & Science Education, Chair,Rep.Lipinski (IL); Ranking, Rep.Ehlers (MI) Energy & Environment; Space & Aeronautics; Investigations & Oversight

OBAMA SCIENCE TEAM OSTP – Dr. John Holdren (co-chair PCAST) PCAST – Dr. Eric Lander Dr. Harold Varmus DOE – Dr. Steven Chu NSF – Dr. Arden Bement DOD – Dr. Robert Gates Energy & Climate Change – Carol Browner NIH - ? DOC - ??Judd Gregg (currently Senator) NTIA – Larry Strickland