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