Making good on a pledge to invest in American manufacturing made during his State of the Union address in February, President Barack Obama is scheduled today to outline two executive actions geared toward job growth and boosting the economy.
In a speech he's set to deliver at 1 p.m. CT in Austin, Texas?the first stop in several trips focused on jobs?the president will discuss the need to attract jobs and train workers in the U.S. He hopes to refocus on the economy as the issue has been overshadowed recently by debates on gun control, sequestration and immigration.
Obama on Thursday established a competition to create three new "manufacturing innovation institutes." It's an initiative similar to a pilot program in Youngstown, Ohio, called the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute (NAMII), a consortium of manufacturing firms, universities, community colleges and nonprofit organizations. Like the Youngstown initiative, these new institutes will be partnerships between businesses and universities and the government to help U.S.-based manufacturers develop technologies and to train workers on those technologies to boost the economy.
"When you have that type of strong partnership ? you make the United States more of a magnet for job creation" and innovation," Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, told reporters on a conference call Thursday.
Federal costs for the $200 million program will be shared by five agencies: Defense, Energy, Commerce, NASA and the National Science Foundation. The Department of Defense will lead two of the new institutes, ?Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation? and ?Lightweight and Modern Metals Manufacturing,? and the Department of Energy will lead the third institute, ?Next Generation Power Electronics Manufacturing."
In Austin, the president will also press Congress on his previous request for $1 billion to establish a network of 15 more such institutes.
Also Thursday, Obama issued an executive order requiring that new government data be made freely available and in usable formats, which the White House believes will help build businesses and create jobs through innovation.
"As one vital benefit of open government, making information resources easy to find, accessible, and usable can fuel entrepreneurship, innovation, and scientific
discovery that improves Americans' lives and contributes significantly to job creation," the executive order reads.
The order notes the decision made decades ago by the U.S. government to freely offer weather and Global Positioning System data. The availability of that information, helped spark major U.S. innovation.
The administration has directed several additional actions to complement the executive order, including adding new services to Data.gov, which houses government data.
The president also planned to meet with Austin area residents and technology entrepreneurs and visit a technology company, Applied Materials.
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