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1. Build Euro autos here instead of U.S. w/ Amer. wrkrs only
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2. Chief TECHNOLOGY officer? Who gives a shit.

   Seriously. Who gives a shit, we have bigger things to worry about. The Commander in Chief will have much more of an active role in any of this than a CTO, who can't veto bills, or legislate... LAME.

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3. Beamed energy propulsion

   We need to open up space access, the current technology and bureaucracy are getting us nowhere, beamed energy propulsion has the ability to change everything. for a modest sum government wise we can definitively find out if this technology works or not, consider that prf Myrabo in 2000 reached 250 feet of altitude with an object powered just by a laser beam then NASA lost interest and the funds were given only by the military while in the rest of the world (china, japan, Germany, Brazil, Russia) are stepping up the financing for this technology. if you want to see more just go to youtube and look for lightcraft.

   We need to open up space access, the current technology and bureaucracy are getting us nowhere, beamed energy propulsion has the ability to change everything. for a modest sum government wise we can definitively find out if this technology works or not, consider that prf Myrabo in 2000 reached 250 feet of altitude with an object powered just by a laser beam then NASA lost interest and the funds were given only by the military while in the rest of the world (china, japan, Germany, Brazil, Russia) are stepping up the financing for this technology. if you want to see… more

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4. Federal Tax incentives for new construction and renovation

   of not only homes but also public & commercial buildings. Cover everything from the site choice, leaving trees and the foundation to insulation, roofing choices and natural power generators appropriate to the site (solar, wind, geothermal and more).

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5. Credit Card Interest Rates

   Limit interest rates on credit cards immediately! Retail spending this holiday season will help to make or break our economy!

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6. Credit Card Interest Rates
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7. create a telecommuting initiative

   Insist that companies have formal telecommuting policies in place, to reduce the utilization of fuel and electricity.

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8. Let the Obama (not Bush), and US, Iraq decide on the tropps

   Please let the B. Obama administration work with the Iraqi people to decide the fate of the US troops. There is no need to rush a deal before Bush leaves office. He has had eight long years to make this deal and does not deserve the right to make the decision.

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9. FED, Z machine and net

   1- forbid the private credit bank system (kill the FED, BCE and BOJ)
   2-Develop fusion by "confinement magnetique" (Sandia Z machine instead ITER) to acquire finally a bottomless source of clean energie
   3-Develop access and contents of Internet to favour education

   Afterwards we will be able to work seriously...

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10. Credit card providers lower interest rates to 3% above prime

    Help consumers burdened with credit debt and get Americans buying again. Credit card interest rates run as high as 30% -- something like loan sharking. Let's have a law that limits allowable interest to 3 to 6 percent above the prime interest rate.

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11. JE VOUS SOUHAITE UNE LONG VIE DE BONHEUR ET DE REUSITE

    FAITE VITE POUR L'ECONOMIE MONDIALE CAR ONT NE PEUX PAS ATTENDRE QUE C'EST MESSIEURS PRENE UNE DECISION C'EST URGENT CAR QUAND LES U.S.A. A UN RHUME LE MONDE A LA GRIPE

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12. Require US Content for USG Technology

    Most computers purchased in the US today are manufactured with no US labor and have little or no US manufactured content. Require that within 24 months, 49% of all new technology systems purchased by USG be manufactured within the US. Also require that USG only acquire technology (software or equipment costing than $500 USMD* ) that has at least one US supplier that can be produced 100% with US labor and supplies.

    • US Millennium Dollars - An inflation adjusted currency equivalent to the value of $1 US Dollar on Jan 1, 2000. $500 USMD would equate to $635 USD today. See Dept of Labor http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm

    Most computers purchased in the US today are manufactured with no US labor and have little or no US manufactured content. Require that within 24 months, 49% of all new technology systems purchased by USG be manufactured within the US. Also require that USG only acquire technology (software or equipment costing than $500 USMD* ) that has at least one US supplier that can be produced 100% with US labor and supplies.

    • US Millennium Dollars - An inflation adjusted currency equivalent to the value of $1 US Dollar on Jan 1, 2000. $500 USMD would equate to $635 USD today.… more
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13. Implement National ID to Grow Jobs, Reduce Cost of Business

    The CTO should develop strategies for enabling business to improve job growth, efficiency and security within the US by implementing a National Library Database (NLD) of all business entities and National ID (NID) for all persons. Examples of how NLD and NID can be used to foster growth include:

    Linking professional certification information with business IDs, and online service history - Today, it takes far longer for a small business to establish a reputation with the government than it does at eBay and the quality of the reputational information on file with the government is probably less up-to-date and less accurate than it is at GetACoder. The CTO should work with industry to create a trusted business ecosystems that includes all businesses that file taxes with the US.
    Making Universal Use of National ID - Airlines, banks, stores, state government agencies, local licensing agencies, schools and other organizations spend millions of dollars each year maintaining their own identification systems. With National ID and eAuthentication, the same ID used to collect a tax refund could be used to register for college, sign-up for an airline frequent flier program or to open a bank account.

    The CTO should develop strategies for enabling business to improve job growth, efficiency and security within the US by implementing a National Library Database (NLD) of all business entities and National ID (NID) for all persons. Examples of how NLD and NID can be used to foster growth include:

    Linking professional certification information with business IDs, and online service history - Today, it takes far longer for a small business to establish a reputation with the government than it does at eBay and the quality of the reputational information on file with the government is probably less up-to-date and less… more

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14. Grow Jobs by Accelerating Invention Time to Market

    For the US to be globally competitive in manufacturing, the up hill climb needed to turn an idea into a safe, manufactured product must be changed to a down hill slide.

    To accomplish this, each step from invention to shipping and retailing product must be examined and the cost of effectively meeting all local, state, and federal government standards must be reduced. Today, an inventor in the US can create manufacturing jobs in China faster and easier than he/she can in the US. This is because the time and cost to turn an idea into a new product in China can be measured in weeks and thousands of dollars instead of years and millions of dollars.

    The level of efficiency in the US must ultimately exceed that of countries that don't meet US environmental and consumer protections. The CTO should work with states and business develop a baseline "rapid product to market" regulatory platform. He should then work with Commerce to monitor the reduction in time and effort needed to register, patent/trademark/copyright, secure manufacturing permits, perform consumer protection testing, file product registrations, and other regulatory tasks.

    Only some of the regulatory hurdles that must be jumped to bring an invention to market should fall under the purview of the CTO. The Dept of Commerce should lead a multi-Departmental effort to address this issue. States that make rapid progress should be awarded prizes.

    For the US to be globally competitive in manufacturing, the up hill climb needed to turn an idea into a safe, manufactured product must be changed to a down hill slide.

    To accomplish this, each step from invention to shipping and retailing product must be examined and the cost of effectively meeting all local, state, and federal government standards must be reduced. Today, an inventor in the US can create manufacturing jobs in China faster and easier than he/she can in the US. This is because the time and cost to turn an idea into a new product in China… more

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15. Develop a Standardized, Secure Computing Infrastructure

    Design and implement over a 24 month period an entirely new high performance, cost and energy efficient, secure USG Computing Infrastructure that includes:

    Data Center Network (USG DCN) - Establish a network of central and Departmental data centers based upon a fully virtualized high performance reference platform. The reference design would integrate clustered wide-bus (standards based) computing engines with multi-tier virtualized storage to reduce the space and energy consumption of each thousand servers to the equivalent of four air cooled server racks.

    Identity Management (USG ID) - Establish a single identity management system from existing NIST and Homeland Security plans. Define a master ID that combines physical and electronic authentication and establish and ID for all USG entities including: persons, supplier business entities and government units. Extend the USG system to provide the basis for a commercially supported National ID for all citizens. Enable National ID to eventually replace tax ID and voter IDs. Establish a privacy monitoring system in conjunction with the FBI that rapidly identifies and remedies improper use or theft of National IDs.

    National Library Database and Electronic Files - Establish via NIST and the Library of Congress a reference data schema for secure electronic information exchange. Establish a National Library database for uniquely tracking and identifying all US entities and USG assets including people, organizations and organizational units, budgeted projects and other government initiatives (USG ID would be the national library database (NLD) for people). Create a secure electronic electronic filing system within USG DCN for all National Library Database entities. Use this database for budget, payments, taxes, law enforcement and FOIA. Expose public portions of each file as appropriate for accelerating payments and commerce.

    Secure Computing Platform - The time needed to secure current desktop systems will exceed the length of any single presidential administration. The cost of replacing all current devices with secure devices is less than the planned maintenance costs for existing systems. The CTO should phase out all personal computing technologies that cannot be secured. Instead, USG CTO should implement the following:

    1. Secure terminals with SmartCard and biometric authentication - Modern terminal technology can display high speed graphics from virtualized computers hosted on the USG DCN and support multiple displays ... yet they use a fraction of the energy of personal computers and can be secured,
    2. Mobile devices with encrypted storage, biometric and alphanumeric authentication,
    3. Work with equipment manufacturers via USGAO to establish low-cost sources for USG technology products ($300 per terminal, $25 incremental cost over non-secure mobile devices) (12 months),
    4. Work with cell phone manufacturers to integrate government security into commercial mobile devices (12 months).
    

    Design and implement over a 24 month period an entirely new high performance, cost and energy efficient, secure USG Computing Infrastructure that includes:

    Data Center Network (USG DCN) - Establish a network of central and Departmental data centers based upon a fully virtualized high performance reference platform. The reference design would integrate clustered wide-bus (standards based) computing engines with multi-tier virtualized storage to reduce the space and energy consumption of each thousand servers to the equivalent of four air cooled server racks.

    Identity Management (USG ID) - Establish a single identity management system from existing NIST and Homeland Security plans.… more

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16. Define a CTO Leadership Organization

    USG CTO should establish these senior Departmental roles:

    1. Deputy CTO for Security Strategy - For the aggregate computing infrastructure of USG and USG connected enterprises
    2. Deputy CTO for Cost Efficiency Strategy - For all technology related processes within USG

    3. Deputy CTO for Energy Efficiency Strategy - For all technology systems and processes within USG

    4. Deputy CTO for Network Infrastructure - Inter Department, Intra Department, USG Firewall, Telecommunications, Remote Access, Inter Agency Communications

    5. Deputy CTO for Computing Infrastructure - Data Center Network, Mobile Computing Devices, Secure Computing Terminals and Telephones

    6. Deputy CTO for Information Infrastructure - Identity Management, Enterprise Applications, National Databases, Electronic Files

    USG CTO should establish these senior Departmental roles:

    1. Deputy CTO for Security Strategy - For the aggregate computing infrastructure of USG and USG connected enterprises
    2. Deputy CTO for Cost Efficiency Strategy - For all technology related processes within USG

    3. Deputy CTO for Energy Efficiency Strategy - For all technology systems and processes within USG

    4. Deputy CTO for Network Infrastructure - Inter Department, Intra Department, USG Firewall, Telecommunications, Remote Access, Inter Agency Communications

    5. Deputy CTO for Computing Infrastructure - Data Center Network, Mobile Computing Devices, Secure Computing Terminals and Telephones

    6. Deputy CTO for Information Infrastructure - Identity Management, Enterprise Applications, National… more

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17. Establish a Clear and Consistent Role for Departmental CTOs

    Given that the USG CTO's primary mission is the development of Infrastructure and Strategy, the Departmental CTOs should focus on Operations, particularly efforts to consolidate, design, engineer, test, communicate, implement, monitor, maintain and improve operations in support of the respective USG Department. The USG Department and USG CTO missions are complimentary. Departmental CTOs will be expected to efficiently meet the objectives of their Department by leveraging strategy and infrastructure improvements from USG CTO.

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18. Proactively reduce the key risk of a CTO, Re-invention

    USG CTO should operate under the premise that:

    1. Ninety-Five Percent (95%) of all innovation needed to fulfill the USG's mission has likely been initiated.

    2. Expect that within the realm of USG Departments, commercial concerns, and US higher education institutions, the key components of an effective technology strategy have already been considered, prototyped and and in many cases deployed,

    3. The primary goal of USG CTO must be to prune an overgrown forest of ideas and from it define a coherent, broad, yet practical technology strategy that addresses the full scope of challenges facing USG,

    4. When Innovating, the CTO should focus like a laser on the two persistent technical challenges of USG:
       Innovation Challenge #1: USG CTO must develop means to execute strategy in time frames that are situationally relevant,
       Innovation Challenge #2: USG CTO must work with Homeland Security to develop a capacity to continuously assess, improve and secure the aggregate USG technology infrastructure.

    USG CTO should operate under the premise that:

    1. Ninety-Five Percent (95%) of all innovation needed to fulfill the USG's mission has likely been initiated.

    2. Expect that within the realm of USG Departments, commercial concerns, and US higher education institutions, the key components of an effective technology strategy have already been considered, prototyped and and in many cases deployed,

    3. The primary goal of USG CTO must be to prune an overgrown forest of ideas and from it define a coherent, broad, yet practical technology strategy that addresses the full scope of challenges facing USG,

    4. When Innovating, the CTO should focus like… more

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19. Clearly Define How the CTO Affects Outside Agencies

    Beyond the periphery of serving USG, the CTO's Office would be limited to:

    1. Defining policies for businesses and other organizations when serving USG,

    2. Promoting investment in education, research and development for technologies needed by USG to meet future performance, cost and energy efficiency objectives,

    3. Sponsoring via NIST, HIGH PROFILE innovation awards that promote infrastructure needed to meet USG performance, cost and energy efficiency objectives. Offer large awards for invention AND methods that engage US workers and students in designing, automating, manufacturing, packaging and distributing solutions.

    4. Preparing and communicating general purpose non-binding guidelines for technology performance, cost and energy efficiency based upon USG successes and best practices. Congress may link these guidelines to legislation that promotes performance, cost and energy efficiency.

    Beyond the periphery of serving USG, the CTO's Office would be limited to:

    1. Defining policies for businesses and other organizations when serving USG,

    2. Promoting investment in education, research and development for technologies needed by USG to meet future performance, cost and energy efficiency objectives,

    3. Sponsoring via NIST, HIGH PROFILE innovation awards that promote infrastructure needed to meet USG performance, cost and energy efficiency objectives. Offer large awards for invention AND methods that engage US workers and students in designing, automating, manufacturing, packaging and distributing solutions.

    4. Preparing and communicating general purpose non-binding guidelines for technology performance, cost and energy efficiency based… more

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20. Name the New Role: USG CTO

    A cabinet level technology position would traditionally be called Secretary ... or in this case Secretary of Technology. Change things a bit and use the name US Federal Government Chief Technology Officer. Refer to the CTO and his/her Office as USG CTO.

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