SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY

TECHNOLOGY

•Advanced Technology Program

•Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles

•Environmental Technologies

•DOE's Industry of the Future Program

•Energy and Renewable Energy Research

⚫Intelligent Transportation Systems

Aeronautics Enterprise, Space Enterprise,

and Goals for a National Partnership in Aeronautics Research and Technology •Commercial Remote Sensing Construction Technologies

⚫NASA Commercial Technology Program

⚫Manufacturing Extension Partnership •National Technical Information Service Biotechnology and Medical Research

Agricultural Research

•Public-Private Technology Partnerships

•Federal Patent Licensing

•Cooperative Research and Development Agreements

BUSINESS CLIMATE

•Deficit Reduction

•Research and Experimentation Tax Credit

•Joint Production Amendment to the National Cooperative Research Act •National Institutes of Health Reasonable Pricing Clause

•Telecommunications Reform

•North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

•General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

•Summit of the Americas

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

Export Control Reductions

•International Telecommunications Agreement

INFRASTRUCTURE

•National Information Infrastructure

Global Information Infrastructure

•Telecommunications Information Infrastructure Assistance Program

•High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative •Intelligent Transportation Systems

•Patents, Trademarks, and Intellectual Property

NATIONAL SECURITY AND GLOBAL STABILITY Science and Technology Assuring Our Preparedness and Improving Global Stability

"Our nation's security derives from a combination of diplomatic lead-
ership, economic vitality and military might. Advances in science and
technology underlie our strengths, promoting stability through
engagement, giving rise to new industries, and ensuring that our
Armed Forces remain the best trained, best equipped, and best pre-
pared in the world."

-President Bill Clinton

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s our nation moves into the twenty-first century, we find ourselves faced with greater opportunities for peace and prosperity as well as new challenges to our nation's security and to global stability. The dissolution of a single major military threat has opened new opportunities for broadening peaceful alliances. It has been replaced, however, by an environment in which the dangers are more dispersed and increasingly varied. The accelerating diffusion of information, people, capital, and technology multiplies the paths to greater global prosperity and sustainable growth. However, it also raises the risk of proliferation of advanced weapons, including weapons of mass destruction, and of terrorist acts against the United States. Although the advance of all nations in commerce and trade bears hope for continued economic growth around the globe, increased consumption combined with demographic pressures from the world's expanding population aggravate large-scale environmental and resource degradation, which saps long-term economic strength and undermines political stability. All of these trends mean a greater interdependence among nations, in which the achievement of common interests can be more fully realized, but in which the ripples of negative events can propagate swiftly across the planet. The strategic development and use of science and technology strengthens our ability to meet these challenges.

ENSURING THE NATION'S SECURITY
THROUGH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Meeting threats to stability and security requires an
enduring commitment to diplomatic engagement, mili-
tary preparedness, and economic performance. In each
instance, our science and technology investments and
international cooperation play a key role. For over half
a century, scientific discovery and technological innova-
tion have advanced our military capabilities and eco-
nomic prosperity, strengthening the United States'
position as the preeminent world leader.

This Administration's policy for ensuring our national security and global stability rests on a central approach: the prevention of conflict combined with a capability to use force, should it be required. Key to this approach is a priority on engagement with other nations. Rather than contain an adversary, as we did the Soviet Union, we now seek to integrate countries such as Russia, China, and others into a larger political and economic order, creating a web of relationships - including scientific and commercial ties — that give each a shared interest in stability.

Recognizing the importance of a comprehensive strategy regarding our investments in science and technology, this Administration developed in the Fall of 1995 the first ever National Security Science and Technology Strategy. This strategy reflects our conviction that advances in science and technology can play a vital role in our response to the growing array of challenges we face.