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Debate in Washington, over strengthening the US' infrastructure shouldn't focus only on roads and bridges. To keep the US economy healthy for years to come, policymakers must also bolster another vital infrastructure: the IT industry's research and development ecosystem. That's one of the conclusions of Assessing the Impacts of Changes in the Information Technology R&D Ecosystem: Retaining Leadership in an Increasingly Global Environment, a 166-page report created by a National Research Council panel and released by the National Academy of Sciences in January. Funding authorities should consider IT's contribution to the economy, says Randy H. Katz, co-chair of the study and professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley.