1. April, 20011 The Governor's Information Technology Initiative Presentation for the Appropriations Committee, Louisiana House of Representatives

2. April, 20012 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 1,328 676 5,139 441 1,573 521 358 541 587 580 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Federal R&D Dollars Per Capita, 1998

3. April, 20013 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 244 117 113 114 127 110 120 405 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Academic R&D Dollars Per Capita, 1997 207

4. April, 20014 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 1,373 1,329 1,357 1,056 1,374 1,179 760 976 922 1,220 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Industry R&D Dollars Per Capita, 1997

5. April, 20015 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 34 18 40 33 24 3520 34 29 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute SBIR Awards 1990-1998, Per 100,000 90

6. April, 20016 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 10.3 10.2 9.7 10.8 12.9 21.2 12.9 11.8 10.4 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Educational Attainment Percent of Population 25+ with Advanced Degree 12.6

7. April, 20017 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 0.27 0.33 0.32 0.28 0.50 0.41 0.47 0.30 2.31 0.60 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Doctoral Scientists & Engineers Percent of Population, 1997

8. April, 20018 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 45 57 49 51 55 56 98 54 57 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Patents Issued 1999, Per 100,000

9. April, 20019 Top 10 2nd Tier 3rd Tier Bottom 10 1.26 0.44 0.47 0.54 1.16 1.72 0.81 0.58 0.55 Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute Venture Capital Investment 1999, As Percent of GSP 1.73

10. April, 200110 Driving Economic Growth Developing technologies that create new companies, jobs, and wealth Developing a highly trained workforce for the IT-intensive workplaces of the new century Supporting all six technology clusters of Vision 2020

11. April, 200111 Investing in Universities as Development Drivers Goal: To drive economic development through investment in IT research and workforce training

12. April, 200112 Investment Plan I: Connectivity Infrastructure Develop high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet 2 capability Recurring costs of $1,000,000/year, including connection and line charges and general access to the required Gigapop connection

13. April, 200113 Investment Plan II: Information & Library Networks Update central operating system for Louisiana’s nationally acclaimed computer Library network to state-of-the- art Provide high-speed research capability, data bases, and information components throughout Louisiana’s post-secondary system Cost: $3.5 M one-time, $500K recurring

14. April, 200114 Investment Plan III: Develop Teaching Capacity & Workforce Training Build IT-related workforce development capacity throughout postsecondary system Competitive block grants through Board of Regents $1.5 M annually to four-year schools $500K/year to Community & Technical College System

15. April, 200115 Investment Plan IV: Targeted Research Investments The five targeted research universities will: Recruit and retain nationally competitive faculty in computer science and engineering, management information systems, and related fields. Fund new degree programs to grow the workforce for the IT-intensive areas of current and new businesses for Louisiana.

16. April, 200116 Investment Plan IV: Targeted Research Investments Develop new & improved technologies and bring them to the marketplace Support entrepreneurs in high tech incubators with University expertise in technology and business development Build the infrastructure to support IT research, education, and business development

17. April, 200117 Investment Plan IV: Targeted Research Investments Fund distribution considers number of graduate programs, Carnegie/SREB classification, institutional budgets, and fifteen-year success rate in competitive funding through the Board of Regents LSU, La Tech, Southern, UNO, ULL

18. April, 200118 Operationalizing the Initiative: Common Elements Each of the five targeted research universities will establish a center that will: Bring together faculty and students from all relevant fields of study Catalyze and support interdisciplinary research and teaching House a high-tech incubator

19. April, 200119 Environmental Software Internet Telecom Materials Food Technologies Medical Biomedical Micro- manufacturing Biological Computing High performance networking Wireless and broadband technologies Visualization and modeling Geoinformatics Virtual organization and e-business Reaching the Goals of Vision 2020

20. April, 200120 Return on Investment Build Louisiana’s capacity to participate in the new economy of the 21 st Century Lift the state off the bottom of the new economy index Make Louisiana attractive to businesses reliant on highly skilled IT professionals Support the high-tech demands of existing industries

21. April, 200121 Return on Investment By 2006 Louisiana Postsecondary Education System will deliver: Creation of 25 new businesses per year-- and the jobs that go with them 1,500 additional graduates/year with degrees or certificates in IT areas 30-40 patents & licenses per year across the Vision 2020 spectrum

22. April, 200122 Summary Budget Item20022003200420052006 Personnel $3,750,000$7,500,000$11,250,000$15,000,000$18,375,000 Equipment $5,500,000 $4,000,000$5,750,000$2,375,000 Facilities Infrastructure $13,250,000$9,500,000$6,250,00000 Operations & Supplies $2,500,000 $3,500,000$4,250,000