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Tech Talkin Govs V: The 2001 State of the State, Budget Addresses

Friday, February 2, 2001

Editor's Note: The fifth installment in our review of the Governors' inaugural addresses, state of the state addresses, and budget messages for 2001. The first four articles in the series were over the past four weeks. Those issues of the SSTI Weekly Digest and all other previous editions are available on our website: http://www.ssti.org/Digest/2001/headlines01.htm

Massachusetts

Governor Argeo Paul Cellucci, Budget Recommendations, FY 2002, January 24, 2001

http://www.state.ma.us/bb/fy2002h1/default.htm

  • Office of Business Development - $4,538,898 for the operation of the Massachusetts office of business development, including funding for statewide technology related grants, with a limit of $536,000 for the Massachusetts international trade council. An increase of $1,113,466 over last year’s recommendation.
  • Biomedical Initiatives - $400,000 for a contract with the Massachusetts 

    biotechnology research institute; provided, that the institute submits a plan for financial self-sufficiency by July 1, 2002. A decrease of $100,000 from the FY01 budget.
  • Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Program - $900,000 for a contract with the Massachusetts Technology Park. The funds are used to provide technical assistance and proposal support to applicants or prospective applicants. A $300,000 decrease compared to FY01 budget recommendation.
  • Workforce Development Grants to Community Colleges - $2,100,000 for a 

    new community college workforce training incentive grant program.

Michigan

Governor John Engler, State of the State Address, January 31, 2001

http://www.migov.state.mi.us/

  • Called for exemption from the state’s business tax for businesses in the emerging fields of life sciences, micro-systems and information technology.
  • Creation of Cybercourt to protect intellectual property rights of inventors, entrepreneurs, small tech and IT firms. 
  • Requested the Public Service Commission, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the e-Michigan Office to recommend immediate reforms to keep local governments from erecting barriers to “Speed, competition, and connections to the world.”
  • Requested the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to begin negotiations with the Internet 2 leadership team to make Ann Arbor their permanent home

Missouri

Governor Bob Holden, State of the State Address, January 30, 2001

http://www.gov.state.mo.us/sosaddress13001.htm

  • Called for the state to invest a portion of its tobacco settlement in life science research
  • Establish a telehealth center at the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Massachusetts