President Establishes Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development
President Obama today created a Task Force on Space Industry Workforce and Economic Development for Florida’s Space Coast as promised in his April 15 speech at Kennedy Space Center, FL.
According to the presidential memorandum establishing the task force, it will “develop, in collaboration with local stakeholders, an interagency action plan to facilitate economic development strategies and plans along the Space Coast and to provide training and other opportunities for affected aerospace workers so they are equipped to contribute to new developments in America’s space program and related industries.”
The Secretary of Commerce and the Administrator of NASA will co-chair the task force. Other members are the Secretaries of Defense, Labor, Housing and Urban Devleopment, Transportation and Education; the Director of National Intelligence; the Administrator of the Small Business Administration; and a number of White House officials.
The Task Force has until August 15, 2010 to submit a plan to the President on how to best invest the $40 million the President promised in his April speech to help Florida’s aerospace workforce.
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