Dear Potus: Table 4

How to get more attention on technology policy
 * The letter should be more focused i.e. information technology policy or Internet technology policy


 * 1) Think of examples where technology policy has been helpful in solving problems
 * 2) air safety
 * 3) food and drug manufacturing
 * 4) construction
 * 5) environmental science
 * 6) Challenges to Privacy
 * 7) consumer rights
 * 8) human rights
 * 9) Problems created because of a lack of technology policy
 * 10) transportation fuel efficiency standards
 * 11) Highlight the reliance upon technology
 * 12) Health and public safety
 * 13) Economy
 * 14) Environment
 * 15) Standard of living
 * 16) Innovation Policy
 * 17) New Fields
 * 18) Cost v. Benefit of doing nothing
 * 19) Identify systemic risks and address them

Topics needing more attention
 * 1) Emergence of Global innovation networks
 * 2) risks and opportunities for US technology policy lessons learned
 * 3) failure to sustain commitment to remain a world leader in a field of science
 * 4) example: Superconductor Supercollider project in Texas failure to sustain construction.  EU Cern now is the world's largest known project of this type.
 * 5) Governance Gaps
 * 6) Nationally
 * 7) consumers
 * 8) business
 * 9) public sector (local, state, and federal)
 * 10) Internationally
 * 11) Global Challenges
 * 12) Competition is not just nation to nation, but multinational collaborations v. US where the cost and rewards are shared
 * 13) Public Policy Should Focus on Access to Basic Science and Technology Inputs and Outputs (Cleaning drinking water, greater crop yields per-acre and clean energy development
 * 14) Universal Cooperation
 * 15) Sharing knowledge
 * 16) Improving standards of living and quality of life