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四十八名州长联名签署了给布什总统的一封信,对联邦政府的科技新重点提出了建议。信的主要内容如下:作为州长,我们意识到科学技术与经济活力之间存在着至关重要的联系。在我们所在的这些州,这些联系只有通过给予研究工作以认真的领导和更多的资助才有可能实现。在过去四年里,由全国州长协会成立的“州应用研究创议工作小组”给四十九位州长及其同事提供了一个机会,使他们能分享信息和意见并就联邦政府在全范围的公共政策中进一步加强科学与技术相结合所必须采取的步骤问题达成了一致的意见。
Forty-eight governors signed a joint letter to President Bush, proposing new priorities for the federal government's science and technology. The main points of the letter are as follows: As governor, we realize that there is a crucial link between science and technology and economic vitality. In these states where we live, these connections are possible only through serious leadership and more funding through research. Over the past four years, the State Applied Research Initiative Working Group, set up by the National Governors Association, has given 49 governors and their colleagues an opportunity to share information and opinions and to provide advice to the federal government on the full range of public The policy reached a consensus on the steps that must be taken to further strengthen the integration of science and technology.