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title: "Comments to White House on Strategy for American Innovation RFI"
summary: |-
  ITIF responds to the Administration's request for comments on the Strategy for American Innovation.
date: "2014-09-23"
issues: ["National Competitiveness"]
authors: ["Stephen Ezell"]
content_type: "Testimonies & Filings"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2014/09/23/itif-responds-white-house-strategy-american-innovation-rfi/"
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# Comments to White House on Strategy for American Innovation RFI

The Obama Administration has requested public comment as it begins a process to author a second Strategy for American Innovation. ITIF commends the Administration as it begins to undertake this effort. ITIF's response to the RFI notes that a successful strategy for American innovation must promote both technological-based and non-technological-based (i.e., institutional and organizational) innovation throughout all layers of an economy, including the private sector, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. In other words, the strategy should not only address innovation in government; rather, its chief aim should be to fundamentally change private sector activity and behaviors to spur greater levels of innovation.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2014/09/23/itif-responds-white-house-strategy-american-innovation-rfi/*