Charles Redmond

Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

April 8, 1993
(Phone: 202/358-1757)

RELEASE: 93-65

NASA, OTHER AGENCIES TO EXPLAIN TECHNOLOGY REINVESTMENT

The DOD's Advanced Research Projects Agency, in collaboration

with NASA, Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards
and Technology, the Department of Energy and the National
Science Foundation today announced the details of regional
meetings planned under the White House Technology Reinvestment
Project.

The project is a $471 million interagency effort to develop

dual-use technologies and to help small defense firms make the
transition to commercial manufacturing. The project programs
are structured to expand high quality job opportunities in
commercial and dual-use industries and to demonstrably enhance
U.S. competitiveness. The project is part of President
Clinton's $1.7 billion Defense Reinvestment and Conversion
Initiative.

During these meetings, Technology Reinvestment Project

officials from the five agencies will be available to explain
the project and answer questions.

Federal, state and local officials participating in each

meeting will hold a media availability at approximately 11:30
a.m. daily at the meetings. Call one of the below points of
contact to verify the media availability time for a specific
meeting.

Media interested in attending one of the regional meetings

should preregister with the host organization listed below or
with the Department of Defense Public Affairs at 703/695-0192.
Media may obtain an information packet on the Technology
Reinvestment Project by calling 1-800-DUAL-USE or by contacting
NASA or DOD Public Affairs or the host organization.

� April 12 -- Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, 811 Seventh

Ave. at
52nd Street, New York, N.Y. The media availability will be
held in
the Versailles Terrace room. The press room will be the
Versailles
Ballroom. Point of contact for preregistration and more
information
is Martha Quinn, with the Northeast-Midwest Institute,
202/226-3920.

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� April 13 -- Weston Hotel, Renaissance Center, Jefferson

Avenue,
Detroit, Mich. The media availability will be held in the
Michelangelo
room. The press room will be the Monet room. Point of
contact for
preregistration and more information is Tim McNulty, with
the
Council of Great Lakes Governors at 312/407-0177.

� April 14 -- Hyatt Orlando, 6375 West Irlo Bronson Memorial

Highway,
Kissimmee, Fla. The media availability will be held in the
Polk City room.
The press room will be the St. Cloud room. Point of
contact for
preregistration and more information is Colleen Cousineau,
with the
Southern Legislative Conference at 404/266-1271.

� April 15 -- Radisson Hotel, Central Dallas, 6060 North

Central
Expressway, Dallas, Texas. The room for the media
availability is yet
to be determined. The press room will be the North Park
Board Room.
Point of contact for preregistration and more information
is Kathy
Schwartz, with the Texas Department of Commerce at
512/320-9559.

� April 16 -- Biltmore Hotel, 506 South Grand Avenue, Los

Angeles,
Calif. The media availability will be held in the
Heinsbergen room. The
press room will be the Cordoban room. Point of contact for
preregistration and more information is Susan Pasternak,
with the Los
Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce at 213/629-0650.

Each meeting will have a similar agenda. All times are

local.
8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Registration
Welcoming remarks by federal official
12:45 p.m. Remarks by local and state officials
1:30 p.m. Overview of Technology Reinvestment Project
2:30 p.m. Break
2:45 p.m. Beginning of break-out meetings on
Technology Development
and Technology Deployment and Manufacturing Education
and
Training, running concurrently.
 5:45 p.m. Break-out meetings end, conference adjourns

Media should address questions to the specific participating

agency:

� Advanced Research Projects Agency, DOD Public Affairs,

703/695-0192
� National Inst. of Standards and Technology, Public Affairs,
301/975-2758
� Dept. of Energy (Defense Programs), Public Affairs Office,
202/586-0597
� National Science Foundation, Public Affairs Office,
202/357-9498
� NASA, Advanced Concepts & Technology Public Affairs,
202/358-1757

Industry and other institutions representatives interested in

attending or receiving an information packet should call
1-800-DUAL-USE.
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