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SmartPlanet
October 6, 2011
ITIF’s statement on Steve Jobs was featured with quotes from CEOs and elected officials in a list compiled by the AP.
The Atlantic
October 5, 2011
Rob Atkinson brings a necessary energy perspective to Washington Ideas Forum 2011, noting spending on R&D to produce clean and smart technology is the best solution to energy inefficiency.
Radio Boston
October 3, 2011
Senior Analyst Daniel Castro argues Facebook changes are a matter of evolving technologies and social media business models.
The New York Times
September 30, 2011
Rob Atkinson comments the DOE short-term focus means giving up on the challenge of climate change and is just focused on the goal of reducing oil imports and modestly reducing the expansion the coal fired power plants.
CNBC
September 19, 2011
ITIF’s data and Rob Atkinson’s insights help explain innovation’s role in national competitiveness.
Forbes
September 17, 2011
Rob Atkinson stresses the need for investment in effective transportation initiatives.
The Daily Beast
September 12, 2011
The country that’s home to Google and the iPhone still ranks fourth worldwide in overall innovation, according to ITIF. But we might not be there for long.
MSNBC
September 8, 2011
According to ITIF and the Kauffman Foundation, Virginia is one of the “best prepared to navigate the changing economy, in terms of being knowledge-based, globalized, entrepreneurial, IT-driven and innovation-based."
National Public Radio
August 23, 2011
Rob Atkinson says the U.S. needs to do more to lure immigrant entrepreneurs.
ABC News
August 11, 2011
Rob Atkinson argues that merely by expanding the federal R&D tax credit, some 162,000 new jobs could be created in the near term.