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New Data Source on Science and Technology Development by State

If you’re looking for the latest figures on science and technology development, the US Commerce Department is there to help. Commerce’s Office of Technology Policy has just released the 4th Edition of The Dynamics of Technology-based Economic Development: State Science and Technology Indicators.

(Thanks to the Kauffman Foundation for passing this along- Russ)

The report provides a snapshot of how each of the fifty states is performing in terms of key science and technology indicators such as R&D expenditures, percentage of population with advanced degrees, and high technology business start-ups. This year’s edition also includes a new section that examines how leading indicators have changed over a ten-year period.

The Dynamics of Technology-based Economic Development: State Science and Technology Indicators (4th ed.) is available for downloading at http://www.technology.gov/reports.htm

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Technological innovation fuels sustainable economic expansion—creating high-wage jobs, world-class exports,
and productivity growth so critical to our nation’s long-term global competitiveness. Likewise, technology and innovation
are vital to state and regional competitiveness, and have become a determining factor driving economic performance
and affecting the local quality of life. It is now common for state policy makers and practitioners to examine their
state’s comparative advantage in terms of how science and technology assets can be leveraged for economic
development.

In response to state and regional interest in identifying factors that may indicate the role of technology and
innovation in influencing economic outcomes, the Technology Administration has produced a fourth edition of The
Dynamics of Technology-based Economic Development: State Science and Technology Indicators. This report
is an updated collection of metrics approximating the technology infrastructure of states, and contains a new time
series section showing the change in metric values for periods up to ten years. It is hoped this new section will
enhance state and regional efforts to track the impact of specific initiatives undertaken and trends in state performance.

The Technology Administration and its Office of Technology Policy recognizes that there is no one-size-fits-all
policy formula that works to foster technology development and innovation for all regions of the country. As policy
analysts, our collective hope is that the data in this document will continue to serve all regions of the country as they
seek to better utilize their respective assets and strengths for economic growth and prosperity. We welcome comments
on ways to make it even more useful. We look forward to working with leaders around the nation as they seek
strategies to better utilize their assets for economic growth and improvements in the quality of life.

Philip J. Bond

Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology

Table of Contents and Introducation: http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/StateIndicators/2004/Sect1_Contents_Intro.pdf

Metric Descriptions (PDF) http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/StateIndicators/2004/Sect2_Metric_Descriptions.pdf

State Profiles (PDF) http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/StateIndicators/2004/Sect3_State_Profiles.pdf
(Montana is 3-27)

Time Series (PDF) http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/StateIndicators/2004/Sect4_Time_Series.pdf

Appendix (PDF) http://www.technology.gov/reports/TechPolicy/StateIndicators/2004/Sect5_Appendix.pdf

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