The Governor's Information Technology Initiative

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The Governor's Information Technology Initiative

• Presentation for the Appropriations Committee,
  Louisiana House of Representatives

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Federal RDDollars Per Capita, 1998
587
521
358
676
1,573
441
5,139
1,328
541
580
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Academic RDDollars Per Capita, 1997
207
120
114
113
110
120
244
127
405
Top 10
117
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Industry RDDollars Per Capita, 1997
1,329
1,179
976
1,357
922
1,374
1,373
1,056
760
1,220
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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SBIR Awards1990-1998, Per 100,000
34
90
33
35
20
34
18
24
29
40
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Educational AttainmentPercent of Population 25
with Advanced Degree
10.2
11.8
12.6
12.9
10.3
10.4
10.8
12.9
9.7
21.2
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Doctoral Scientists EngineersPercent of
Population, 1997
0.33
0.27
0.41
0.30
0.32
0.28
0.60
0.47
0.50
2.31
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Patents Issued 1999, Per 100,000
54
57
56
98
57
55
45
49
51
55
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Venture Capital Investment1999, As Percent of GSP
0.81
0.55
0.47
1.73
0.54
1.16
0.44
1.72
1.26
0.58
Top 10
2nd Tier
3rd Tier
Bottom 10
Courtesy of Joel Kotkin, The Milken Institute
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Driving Economic Growth

• Developing technologies that create new
  companies, jobs, and wealth
• Developing a highly trained workforce for the
  IT-intensive workplaces of the new century
• Supporting all six technology clusters of Vision
  2020

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Investing in Universities as Development Drivers

• Goal To drive economic development through
  investment in IT research and workforce training

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Investment Plan I Connectivity Infrastructure

• Develop high-speed, high-bandwidth Internet 2
  capability
• Recurring costs of 1,000,000/year, including
  connection and line charges and general access to
  the required Gigapop connection

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Investment Plan II Information Library Networks

• Update central operating system for Louisianas
  nationally acclaimed computer Library network to
  state-of-the-art
• Provide high-speed research capability, data
  bases, and information components throughout
  Louisianas post-secondary system
• Cost 3.5 M one-time, 500K recurring

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Investment Plan IIIDevelop Teaching Capacity
Workforce Training

• Build IT-related workforce development capacity
  throughout postsecondary system
• Competitive block grants through Board of Regents
• 1.5 M annually to four-year schools
• 500K/year to Community Technical College
  System

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Investment Plan IVTargeted Research Investments

• The five targeted research universities will
• Recruit and retain nationally competitive faculty
  in computer science and engineering, management
  information systems, and related fields.
• Fund new degree programs to grow the workforce
  for the IT-intensive areas of current and new
  businesses for Louisiana.

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Investment Plan IVTargeted Research Investments

• Develop new improved technologies and bring
  them to the marketplace
• Support entrepreneurs in high tech incubators
  with University expertise in technology and
  business development
• Build the infrastructure to support IT research,
  education, and business development

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Investment Plan IVTargeted Research Investments

• Fund distribution considers number of graduate
  programs, Carnegie/SREB classification,
  institutional budgets, and fifteen-year success
  rate in competitive funding through the Board of
  Regents
• LSU, La Tech, Southern, UNO, ULL

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Operationalizing the Initiative Common Elements

• Each of the five targeted research universities
  will establish a center that will
• Bring together faculty and students from all
  relevant fields of study
• Catalyze and support interdisciplinary research
  and teaching
• House a high-tech incubator

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Reaching the Goals of Vision 2020
Biological Computing High performance
networking Wireless and broadband
technologies Visualization and modeling Geoinforma
tics Virtual organization and e-business
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Return on Investment

• Build Louisianas capacity to participate in the
  new economy of the 21st Century
• Lift the state off the bottom of the new economy
  index
• Make Louisiana attractive to businesses reliant
  on highly skilled IT professionals
• Support the high-tech demands of existing
  industries

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Return on Investment

• By 2006 Louisiana Postsecondary Education System
  will deliver
• Creation of 25 new businesses per year--and the
  jobs that go with them
• 1,500 additional graduates/year with degrees or
  certificates in IT areas
• 30-40 patents licenses per year across the
  Vision 2020 spectrum

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Summary Budget
Item 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Personnel 3,750,000 7,500,000 11,250,000 15,000,000 18,375,000
Equipment 5,500,000 5,500,000 4,000,000 5,750,000 2,375,000
Facilities Infrastructure 13,250,000 9,500,000 6,250,000 0 0
Operations Supplies 2,500,000 2,500,000 3,500,000 4,250,000 4,250,000