NC Register Volume 9 Issue 15 - Office of Administrative Hearings

EXECUTIVE ORDERS
measures and rewards results;
3. To match State investments with federal
and other public and private investments
for those initiatives critical to achievement
of the State's technology strategy
and its
implementation.
B. The Alliance shall serve as a planning and
coordinating organization for the State, charting
future directions based on analysis of needs,
demands and opportunities, and recommending
future public investments in support of the State's
overall technology strategy.
C. The Alliance shall work specifically with
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world economy and maintain cutting-edge
capabilities in technology;
To provide recommendations on the
strategic and effective use of state technology
investments for long-term economic
development;
To review the State's existing infrastructure
investments and analyze what additional
investments are necessary in order
to develop and maintain the competitiveness
of North Carolina's industry; and
To undertake such other activities as are
necessary to accomplish the above items.
legislatively established entities,
such as the Information
Resources Management Commission
(IRMC), to assist them in their activities and
oversight functions related to specific technologies.
D. The Alliance shall coordinate state agencies
and state-supported organizations involved in
technology in accordance with a coherent longrange
strategy and policies for application of
technological resources to industry needs and
economic development of the State.
E. The Alliance shall strive to maintain North
Carolina's strategic technology leadership and
further develop the infrastructure base to
its
competitive position.
maintain
Section 4±
Specific Activities.
A. To undertake studies and surveys and to
convene focus groups, task forces, and committees
to better determine industry needs in technology
development and deployment;
B. To undertake information gathering activities
that focus on research, technology development
and deployment for key industries.
C. To work with existing oversight entities,
including IRMC, and to coordinate existing and
new initiatives of state agencies that involve
technology development and deployment, and
encourage cross-agency and intergovernmental
Section 3. Responsibilities.
The Alliance shall have the following functions
and responsibilities:
A. To organize an office with a board of
directors representative of the public and
cooperation and forming of private/public partnerships;
D. To coordinate the State's response to new
Federal government initiatives in research and
technology development that require state investments
or building of private/ public partnerships;
private sectors;
B. To conduct needs analyses of selective
industries and systems capacity reviews
in order to insure a delivery system
accountable to its industry clients;
C. To develop common outcome-based
evaluation standards and performance
benchmarks for technology service providers;
D. To design a strategy for statewide and
regional industrial centers of excellence,
taking into account existing centers and
their capabilities;
E. To propose additional incentive systems
to encourage adherence to strategies by
providers, higher education institutions,
and non-profit organizations involved in
the technology development and deployment
system;
F. To review, assess and propose additional
initiatives that further assist the State's
Section 5.
Board of Directors.
A. The Alliance shall have a Board of Directors
of 19 persons appointed by the Governor from
among the public and private sectors with a majority
of members being from the private sector.
Nine directors shall be appointed from educational
institutions, government (including executive and
legislative branches), and non-profit institutions.
Ten directors shall be appointed from private
sector industry and technology fields, including but
not limited to, pharmaceuticals and chemicals,
environmental resources, food processing, furniture,
information technologies, metals, paper,
polymers, textiles, transportation and wood products.
All initial directors, except the Chair, shall
serve a one year term, and until their successors
are appointed. Thereafter, terms shall be staggered.
One third of the directors shall have oneyear
terms; one third, two-year terms; and one
third, three-year terms. Directors appointed or
industry to
maintain competitiveness in a
reappointed thereafter shall serve three-year terms.
1153 NORTH CAROLINA REGISTER November 1, 1994 9:15