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Roberts, Davis, Colwell, Louie named 2002 NAVIGATOR Honorees

6 June, 2002

Arlington, VA - The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies today announced the honorees for the Institute’s 2002 Navigator Awards. The Navigator Awards are presented annually to Members of Congress, a representative of the executive branch, and an industry/academia representative based on his/her recent or lifetime distinguished service in support of national science and technology policy. Four individuals will be honored this year:

Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) is a strong advocate of increased federal investment in science and technology. In 1996 he established the Advisory Committee on Science, Technology and the Future so he could be thoroughly advised on the technology needs of his state. He is widely quoted on the need for continued emphasis on higher education and research. He serves on the Armed Services Committee, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Select Ethics Committee.

Congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) recently authored the Digital Tech Acts of 2002, which among other things, provides information technology (IT) management training, and the Cyber Security Information Act, which encouraged the disclosure and exchange of information between the private and public sector regarding cyber security issues. He also was a sponsor of the Y2K Act in 1999. He has served on active duty with the U.S. Army, the Virginia National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve. He serves the nation on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Davis is also a member of the House IT Working Group, and Chairs the Subcommittee on Technology and Procurement Policy.

Dr. Rita Colwell, Director of the National Science Foundation, has spearheaded that agency's emphasis in K-12 science and mathematics education, graduate science and engineering education/training, and the increased participation of women and minorities in science and engineering. Under her leadership, the Foundation has received significant budget increases, and it's funding recently reached a level of more than $4.8 billion.

The challenge of creating an innovative, new business model aimed at enhancing national security convinced Mr.Gilman Louie to join In-Q-Tel as its first president and chief executive officer. Mr. Louie has focused on refining and evolving In-Q-Tel's innovative model, identifying and exploring exciting new developments in technology, and, perhaps most importantly, helping deliver technologies into the CIA and the Intelligence Community that have the potential to make a strategic impact on the business of intelligence. The Navigator Awards are so named to reflect that national leadership, particularly in science and technology policy is a never-ending process of finding the way ahead. Navigation, one of man's enduring technical challenges, is equally challenging in policy.

Previous Navigator honorees have included: The Honorable Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator, New Mexico; The Honorable Curt Weldon U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania; General Alfred M. Gray, USMC (Ret.) Senior Associate, Garber International Associates; Vice Admiral Paul G. Gaffney II, President, National Defense University; Dr. Joseph V. Braddock Founder, BDM; and Dr. Paul Kaminski, then Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Technology).

The 2002 recipients will be honored at an annual dinner gala at the Hyatt Regency (Capitol Hill) on Thursday, July 11, 2002.

The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent, 501(c)(3), not-for-profit public policy research institute, and is dedicated to the development and implementation of policies that advocate and manage the increasing role of science and technology in our evolving world.