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ITRInews is a monthly electronic newsletter that covers international science and technology issues.  It is now published free by the World Technology Research Center, Inc. (WTEC), which has done over 60 international technology assessments.  To subscribe or unsubscribe to the newsletter, visit  http://www.wtec.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/itrinews
R. D. Shelton , Editor

All issues are posted in HTML format at the links below.  Most issues include clearinghouses of international S&T sites.
 
 

ISSUE FEATURE ARTICLE



August 1998 Left Hand/Right Hand: 
NSF and NAS Both Assess US Math Research
September 1998 The Y1.998K Problem: Y2K Arrives 0.002K Early. 
Markets Crash, PMs Fired, Orioles 31 Games Behind
October 1998 Is S&T to Blame for the Asian Financial Crisis?
November 1998 NRC to State:  Ignoring S&T is Ignorant
Dec 1998 / Jan 1999  The Bottom Line: US Trade Deficit Skyrockets
February 1999  Who's the Bear, and Who's the Bull? 
Japan Doubles R&D; The US Cuts It
March 1999  Who's On First? (US, But Not for Long)
April 1999  GPRA Metastasizes Abroad
May / June 1999  Gates' Law for Computers
July 1999  Good News / Bad News from the Academy
August 1999  Rep. George Brown Adjourns and Is Already Missed
September 1999  The Champ: 40 Films on One CD 
October1999  Is International S&T Assessment Needed?
November 1999  Output in Papers: We're Number One?
Dec1999/Jan 2000  New Technology Czar(ina)
February 2000 S&T: Ready for Prime Time?
March 2000 The Bottom Line II: 
US Trade Deficit Skyrocket Explodes
April 2000 Who's Getting U.S. Patents?
May 2000 Think That Government is Investing More in Research? 
Think Again.
June 2000 American Leadership of S&T: 
Reality or Myth?
July 2000 NSF Science and Engineering Indicators: 
Report Released
August 2000 Pale Green Manufacturing: 
The US is 3rd in a 3-Way Race
August-2, 2000 Americans Like Being No. 1 in S&T, 
and Want to Keep It That Way
September, 2000 Industry Carries the Load in U. S. R&D
October, 2000 Gingrich Praises Clinton
November, 2000 Research Feasts: FY2001 Budgets
December, 2000 S&T Policy of the New Bush Administration
January, 2001 Andreessen's Law for the Internet
February, 2001 Sherwood Boehlert: 
New Science Committee Chair
March, 2001 Research Famines: FY2002 Budgets
April, 2001 As DotComs Wilt, Internet  Sprouts
May, 2001 The Next Crash: R&D Budgets
June, 2001 Nano is Huge; Gets Even Bigger
July, 2001 John  Marburger to be OSTP Director
August, 2001 Doctors of Economic Warfare
September, 2001 US Almost First in Technology, 
Almost Last in Technologists
October, 2001 Effect of Terrorism on R&D
November, 2001 Marburger Shakes Up OSTP
December, 2001/ January 2002 Japan Ups Quantity and Quality of S&T Papers as U. S. Declines
February 2002 Internet Growth Slows
March, 2002 OMB Performance Criteria for Basic Research
April, 2002 Japanese Lap the U.S. in the Supercomputer Race
May, 2002 Double-Double U. S. Research Investment?
June, 2002 U.S. Raises the Stakes in the the Supercomputer Game; Japan Raises that Raise
July-August, 2002 U.S. Internet Growth Halts
September / October, 2002 U.S. High Technology Trade Surplus Disappears
November, 2002 President Signs "NSF Doubling" Bill
December, 2002 OSTP Deletes "Maintaining World Leadership in S&T" Goal
January 2003 A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate
February 2003 European S&T Policy Goals
March 2003 Yes, U. S. Internet Growth Has Stopped
April-May 2003 EU Moves Ahead With Plan to Increase R&D Investment to 3% of GDP
June 2003
Third European Report on S&T Indicators 2003

July-August 2003
Congress Views Physical Science Research and Education with Alarm

September-October 2003
Less Interest in Study in the U.S.

November-December 2003
Japan Welcomes a 15% Increase in Foreign Students

January - February 2004
U.S. Trade Deficit Finally Begins Hammering Down the Dollar

March - May 2004
NYT says, "U.S. is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences."
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