[...]... Chapter III of this volume For a summary of the differentiating characteristics of the ATP, see Maryann Feldman’s analysis in Section C of the Introduction and the study by Feldman and Kelley, “Leveraging Research and Development: The Impact of the Advanced Technology Program,” both in this volume 8 6 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES 2 The program’s peer review of applicants for... Standards and Technology (NIST) and the firms for the evolution of the project 11 12 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES Manufactures, in which he urged an activist approach by the federal government At the time Hamilton’s views were controversial, although subsequent U.S policy has largely reflected his belief in the need for an active federal role in the development of the American... mature as a separate academic discipline until the 1960s In the interim, the military supported the fledgling computer industry on national security grounds 11 Flamm, Creating the Computer, op cit., p 75 7 14 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES through its SEAC machine, to the development of the modern computer.12 Throughout the Cold War, the United States continued to emphasize technological... Chapter II, the Introduction, places the ATP in the context of U.S technology policy and summarizes the symposium and the commissioned papers Chapter III provides the Committee’s findings and recommendations concerning the performance and operation of the program Chapter IV provides a detailed summary of the proceedings from the most recent National Research Council conference on the Advanced Technology. .. economy has been a source of debate in the United States from its very origins The earliest articulation of the government’s nurturing role with regard to the composition of the economy was Alexander Hamilton’s 1791 Report on 1 This volume is the second in a series on the Advanced Technology Program The first volume, National Research Council, The Advanced Technology Program: Challenges and Opportunities,... Growth: The Federal Government’s Role, Washington, D.C.: Executive Office of the President, 1995 16 16 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES out in conjunction with the Hamburg Institute for Economic Research (HWWA) and the Institute for World Economics (IFW) in Kiel.20 One of the principal recommendations for further work emerging from that study was a call for an analysis of the principles... knowledge about the ATP The inclusion of the discussion also permits convenient reference for the reader 25 The first meeting of this series resulted in the National Research Council report, The Advanced Technology Program: Challenges and Opportunities, op cit Publications of the government-industry partnerships project include: National Research Council, The Small Business Innovation Research Program: Challenges... and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 1999 Report from the Committee on Appropriations to accompany bill S 2260, which included the Commerce Department FY1999 Appropriations Bill 18 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES Box A Partnerships Reviewed by the Government-Industry Partnerships Study The NRC study of Government-Industry Partnerships for the Development... recommendations It includes descriptions of the policy context and study origins and an introduction that provides information about the program, a summary of the proceedings, and a summary of the analytical papers The core of the report is the Committee’s formal recommendations and findings on the operations of the ATP The report also includes a summary of the proceedings from the third conference, which provides... 5 See the paper by Maryann P Feldman and Maryellen R Kelley, “Leveraging Research and Development: The Impact of the Advanced Technology Program,” in this volume 6 As noted by Feldman and Kelley in this volume, The logic for public investment is that, in the long run, the economic benefits to consumers, other firms and the larger national economy will exceed the private returns realized by the firm . dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress. awards to joint ventures. 4 THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM: ASSESSING OUTCOMES progress is essential for the long-term growth of the domestic economy at a