Regional Economic Development

The Green Manufacturing Certificate Program will educate workers in the principles of clean manufacturing, energy conservation and waste reduction. Hourly and salaried workers who go through the training will receive certificates of completion.

Right now, the U.S. is failing that mission.
The investment in R&D from the federal government is less than one day of revenues for Exxon, added John Doerr. The budget for renewables is only $1 billion.

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Affordable housing is the latest victim of the credit crunch that is reverberating through financial markets.

If you are from a community of 50,000 or fewer residents, a tribal reservation, or a nonprofit with an organization or program budget of less than $500,000 annually, you may be eligible for one or both scholarships.

The mission of the ATR NSUF is to provide nuclear energy researchers access to world-class facilities, thereby facilitating the advancement of nuclear science and technology.

According to a recent study by the Conference Board, 64 million workers – or approximately 40 percent of America’s labor force – will be eligible for retirement by 2010.

"You bring entrepreneurs together with researchers and technical people and sometimes that magic happens."

Cities in 3D will allow localities to share with Google the data sets of any buildings within a city, and Google will render them into 3-D models.

Information elements, in short, are key to how a state takes care of its infrastructure, plans for its financial future and deals with the dramatic changes affecting the state workforce.

Governors understand this.