Maryland Picks New Advisory Panel to Recommend
How the State Advances its Tech Economy

Maryland has enjoyed considerable success as a location for high technology research and business. The state hopes to remain a strong competitor in this arena by garnering inputs from a new advisory panel named by Maryland's Governor.

The commission announced by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) this week will make specific recommendations to the Governor this fall on how to grow Maryland's high-tech economy. The Governor's Commission on the Development of Advanced Technology Business, filled with venture capitalists, academic leaders and industry executives from around the state, has a daunting task in front of it, officials say, which is to chart a framework for the revival of Maryland's high-tech economy, which is facing fierce competition from other states.

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