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Robert Atkinson, president, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Robert Atkinson is an expert in technology policy. He also is the president and founder of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based technology policy think tank. Atkinson has been appointed by the last three presidential administrations to committees for the nation’s infrastructure, economy and innovation. He is the author of Innovation Economics: The Race for Global Advantage.

Government Technology spoke with Atkinson recently about IT innovation and why the U.S. lags behind its international counterparts.

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