Public Policy
The current state of the U.S. labor market is generating a significant conversation about the availability of skilled talent especially in light of the manufacturing renaissance underway. The creation and implementation of a sustainable pipeline of talent is integral to both human capital and...
MAPI and The Aspen Institute developed a new econometric forecast model showing that there is ample potential for U.S. manufacturing to undergo a resurgence that by 2025 would lead to significantly more good paying manufacturing jobs, add to GDP growth, and help create the first surplus in the...
As manufacturers ramp up compliance with the SEC's conflict minerals regulation, the rule is scheduled for a showdown in court. On May 15—almost precisely one year before the first corporate reports are due to the SEC on the use of conflict minerals in manufacturers' products—the D.C. Circuit Court...
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At a time of heightened nervousness surrounding the U.S. fiscal outlook, this MAPI webinar features two noted Washington experts, Henry J. Aaron and Aric Newhouse, in a discussion of the likely outcome of the budget wars during 2013, the longer-run issues...
U.S. and Chinese exports of manufactures grew at a slower pace in 2012, although the 8 percent growth in Chinese exports was almost double the 5 percent U.S. growth. Far more important was the continued surge in the trade imbalances—the U.S. deficit and the Chinese surplus—for a third year. The U.S...
In the president's State of the Union address, he referenced several "manufactured crises" such as the fiscal cliff and sequestration. Despite averting the cliff earlier in the year, it appears increasingly likely that on March 1, drastic across-the-board federal spending will be halted or...
Thanks to MAPI's Purchasing Council Chair, Jeff Selvala, for arranging for Dr. Carolyn Duran, Manager of Intel’s Conflict Mineral Program, to conduct a webinar on How Intel is Establishing a Conflict-Free Supply Chain with World-Class Practices. In the webinar, Carolyn covers the reason for the...
On Thursday, December 27, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced she would be stepping down after the president's State of the Union address in January, saying that she "will leave the EPA confident the ship is sailing in the right direction." Ms. Jackson has served as EPA administrator for the...
In the negotiations between the president and House Speaker John Boehner to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, both sides agree that some reductions must be made in the cost of government entitlement programs. As Medicare has become increasingly more expensive, one idea that has been widely...
Public awareness about the importance of manufacturing’s role in economic growth is on the rise, judging by the increased recognition policymakers have given this key sector over the past few years. At the same time, concern is increasing about the number of federal regulations on the books, the...