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The talent shortage and skills gap have reached a critical level for manufacturing companies. In this environment, manufacturers need to strengthen and optimize every aspect of their talent management. Successful companies achieve superior business results by building effective programs to select, develop, and retain talent and engage and invest in all employees—from top leadership to the shop floor—by giving them tools for solving problems and taking ownership of their roles.

FACT SHEET: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Highlights New Commitments Toward Equitable Workforce Development in Advanced Manufacturing

| Department of Commerce, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Labor, National Science Foundation | Manufacturing USA | Advanced Manufacturing, Workforce

The Biden-Harris Administration will announce new commitments to workforce development from the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Sprint. The Sprint, which First Lady Jill Biden announced in May and the Administration kicked off in October, is an intensive drive to build a diverse, skilled pipeline of workers for good advanced manufacturing jobs, including union jobs, many of which do not require a four-year college degree.

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FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Celebrates Launch of AM Forward and Calls on Congress to Pass Bipartisan Innovation Act

| Manufacturing USA | Additive Manufacturing, Workforce

President Biden’s top economic priority is to fight inflation by lowering costs that working families face, and lowering the federal deficit.

One of the best ways to lower the cost of the goods and services that families rely on is to make more things in America, with more secure, resilient supply chains. We’ve learned this the hard way during this crisis – when brittle supply chains and hollowed out manufacturing resulted in backlogs, bottlenecks and higher prices for families.

President Biden

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NIST Awards Funding to Strengthen Advanced Manufacturing for Microelectronics, Digital and Biomanufacturing

| Supply-Chain/Logistics Systems, Workforce

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $1.2 million to four organizations to develop technology roadmaps aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing and innovation across industries. The projects span a wide variety of industries and technologies, from microelectronics to biomanufacturing to building a resilient U.S. manufacturing supply chain.

The grants, awarded to universities, a nonprofit and a consortium, are the first

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