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Comments on A Strategy for American Innovation

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Comments on A Strategy for American Innovation

September 23, 2014

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Comments from ACE, the Association of American Universities, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, the Council on Governmental Relations and the Association of American Medical Colleges on updating a 2011 Obama administration policy document, A Strategy for American Innovation. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Economic Council issued a request for information earlier this year to inform the revision process.​​

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