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• Chinese Government Shipping Company Representative Sits On Customs & Border Protection's Industry Advisory Council
• Members Of The Bureau of Customs and Border Protection's Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC)
• DOD Introduces Sweeping, Major Policy Aimed At Identifying Enemy Infiltration Of Defense Electronic Supply Chains
• Biggest Growth Of Offshore Outsourcing Shifts To High-Value Services: R&D, Product Design & Innovation
• The Great American Exodus: U.S. Industry Gives Up On Federal R&D Enterprise
• Questions and Answers: Former Sen. Fritz Hollings On How To Make Government Work (For American Manufacturers)
Quote of Note
"Of the 250 attendees at the federal government's Aug 18 - 19 National Science and Technology Summit in Oak Ridge, Tenn., only two -- 0.8 percent -- were from large industrial companies in the private sector: United Technologies and Whirlpool. There was nobody from General Motors, Ford, Intel, Motorola, General Electric Northrop Grumman, Cisco Systems, Google, Microsoft Boeing, Alcoa, Kodak, Goodyear or any other great American industrial or technological giant."
-- From Manufacturing & Technology News article: "The Great American Exodus: U.S. Industry Gives Up On The Federal R&D Enterprise," Aug. 29, 2008, issue, page three.
Web Site Of The Week http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directive/corres/pdf/520039p.pdf
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Manufacturing Productivity Growth Isn't What The Government Measures: Numbers Are Inflated By Cost Reductions From Offshore Outsourcing
Bush Decision In Favor Of Chinese Imports Leads To Loss Of 500 Very Good American Jobs
Behind The Sound Bites Of Republican Presidential Hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter: U.S. Multinationals Have Become Chinese Corporations
Nationwide System Of Manufacturing Extension Centers Receives Unexpected Surprise: Centers Will Compete With Each Other For Limited Funds
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Treasury Department Uses 'Flawed' Chinese Data To Rule In Favor Of China's Currency Practices
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Good Luck Competing Against Chinese Labor Costs:
Good Luck Competing Against Chinese Labor Costs:
China's Reserves Soar: NAM Says The Time Has Come For China To Re-Value Its Currency
Stampede To Fast Growing Markets Has Only Just Begun; Organizational Structures Must Change In Order To Capitalize On 'Massive Shift' Offshore
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Service Is An Overlooked Ingredient For Success In Manufacturing
Bush Boosts Budget For Science & Tech, But Skeptics Abound; AAAS Says It's A Budget Decrease
NAM Finds U.S. Innovation Engine Is Shifting Offshore
Controversy Continues Over Outsourcing Report: Commerce Department 'Disses' Congressional Democrats
National Academies of Sciences Panel Tells DOD It Is Vulnerable To Loss Of Circuit Board Industry; Half The PCB Industry Workforce Has Vanished
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