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Global Intelligence Case Study

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The emerging global power recognizes the imperative and the most efficient way to corner the AI industry growth is by investing in education and cultivating talent – which is an ever growing problem for the United States. Technology giants within the United States are continually hammering the issue of immigration reform and its impact on recruiting technology geniuses. Google CEO predicts that China will reach AI parity with the United States within in the next five years. And, he warned that America is hamstringing itself thanks to stringent immigration rules that block some of the worlds best and brightest from entering into the United States.19 Goldman Sachs has levied the same sentiments concluding that China has the talent and the …show more content…

The Office of Science and Technology Policy, the chartering official for the strategic plan, leads interagency science and technology policy coordination efforts, conducts research and development budget reviews, as well as provides science and technical analysis for the President. To date, there are major vacancies within OTSP, which delay strategic direction and coordination of science and technology initiatives across the federal government. Under the Obama administration, the staff peaked to 135 staffers. The Trump administration has chosen to make it a “flat structure” and to reduce the staff to approximately 50 personnel.23 As of September 2017, OSTP has only 35 staffers.24 The smaller office consists of three significant thrust areas compared to four previously: science, technology, and national security. The Trump administration eliminated the fourth area – international affairs. The lack of strategic direction from the U.S. administration, the lack of concentrated oversight of disparate projects across DoD, and the absence of

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