The US Department of Commerce has posed a report on US competitiveness and strategy to remain innovative in our competitive global climate. The report outlines the following steps to keep ahead of the competition.

1. Continue to increase and sustain government funding for basic research
2. Enhance and extend the R&D tax credit
3. Speed the movement of ideas from basic science labs to commercial application
4. Address STEM shortcomings
5. Increase spectrum for wireless communications
6. Increase access to data to help spur innovation
7. Coordinate federal support for manufacturing
8. Continue and strengthen efforts to foster regional clusters and entrepreneurship
9. Promote America's exports and improve access to foreign markets
10. Ensure that the conditions exist in which private enterprise can thrive