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Infrastructure: The Cost of Doing Nothing

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From our highways, railways, and waterways to our national broadband capacity, our electric grid, and our schools, America's infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly. Despite pressing infrastructure needs, financial resource scarcity in a depressed economy and competing priorities for government and private funding have largely held back progressive investment in infrastructure repairs and new development. At this GUIRR meeting, participants explored the potential implications of underinvestment in infrastructure, as well as the role that public and private sector entities may play in succeeding or failing to provide optimal infrastructure for robust economic growth and achievement of America's science and technology research goals.

Description

An ad hoc committee will organize a public meeting and discussion (in a workshop format) on the potential impacts of underinvesting in infrastructure, particularly with regard to achieving America's science and technology research goals. The committee will identify and invite key participants from the government, university, and industry sectors to make presentations and participate in the discussion. The focus will be on what role each sector may play in ensuring optimal infrastructure and how partnerships between sectors can advance infrastructure projects. A brief, individually-authored meeting summary will be issued.

Contributors

Committee

David Luzzi

Chair

H. Gilbert Miller

Member

Marianne R. Woods

Member

Staff

Susan Sauer Sloan

Lead

Major units and sub-units

National Academy of Sciences

Collaborator

National Academy of Medicine

Collaborator

Policy and Global Affairs

Lead

Government-University-Industry-Philanthropy Research Roundtable

Lead

U.S. Science and Innovation Policy

Lead

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