More Cash for the Labs?

by Cameron Crotty Electronic Business, 1 Apr 2006 If the rest of the year plays out as well as it started, 2006 might become known as the year the electronics industry finally got traction in Washington, D.C. At his State of the Union address in January, President Bush announced his American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). The ACI part of the presidential budget, proposes that -- among other things -- the U.S. government double its investment in basic research in the physical sciences over the next 10 years. Read more