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Federal Infrastructure Strategy Reports
This is the third in a series of interim reports prepared to support the Federal Infrastructure
Strategy Initiative, a 3-year program to explore the development of an integrated multi-agency Federal
infrastructure strategy.
The Federal Infrastructure Strategy is a dynamic program involving many Government
departments and agencies. The series of reports which chronicle the strategy's development reflect the
desire to publish interim documentation as results become available. Theses documents will be used
to facilitate the dialogue within the Federal and non-Federal infrastructure communities as policy
deliberations continue.
The program will culminate with a final report to be published at the end of 1993. The interim
documentation contained herein is not intended to foreclose or preclude the program's final
conclusions and recommendations. Within this context, comments are welcome on any of these
reports.
This report documents the results of an in-depth study and workshop which developed
methods which could be applied to overcome barriers to innovation and the use of innovative
technology within the nation's public works infrastructure.
The first report published as part of the Federal Infrastructure Strategy Program was:
The Federal Infrastructure Strategy Program: Framing the Dialogue - Strategies. Issues
and Opportunities (IWR Report 93-FIS-1).
The next three reports planned for publication as part ,1 the program are:
Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation in the Public Works Infrastructure,
Volume I (IWR Report 93-FIS-2), and
Infrastructure in the 21st Century Economy: A Review of the Issues and Outline of a
Study of the Impacts of Federal Infrastructure Investments (IWR Report 93-FIS-4).
Federal Public Works Infrastructure R&D: A New Perspective (IWR Report
93-FIS-5)
For further information on the Federal Infrastructure Strategy, please contact Robert A.
Pietrowsky, Program Manager at:
Institute for Water Resources
Casey Building
7701 Telegraph Road
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-5586
Telephone: (703)-355-3073)
The Federal Infrastructure Strategy study team includes Cameron E. Gordon, Economic Studies
Manager and James F. Thompson, Jr., Engineering Studies Manager. The program is overseen by Dr.
Eugene Z. Stakhiv, Chief, Policy and Special Studies Division, and Kyle Schilling, Director of the
Institute. Reports may be ordered by writing (above address) or calling Arlene Nurthen, IWR
Publications, at (703) 355-3042.