Conventional wisdom is that once the United States achieves full economic recovery we will be out of the woods. Conventional wisdom is wrong! For America to succeed in the 21st century, it must move from recession, through recovery to renewal. Recovery is a means not an end. The end must be to renew America by creating a 21st century competitive advantage for the nation and its citizens. The reason for this is simple. America’s current economy is structurally challenged and the … [Read more...]
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Frank blogs regularly for the Huffington Post and writes occasional columns and articles for publications such as the International Business Times and The Economic Times of India.
Frank writes on a wide variety of topics that are critical to shaping the future of America and the American dream and to making the United States and the world a better place. These include: Business; education; poverty and inequality; politics and public policy; immigration; manufacturing; innovation; leadership; citizenship; and social commentary.
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Renewal Matters for America’s Future – Not Recovery
Conventional wisdom is that once the United States achieves full economic recovery we will be out of the woods. Conventional wisdom is wrong! For America to succeed in the 21st century, it must move from recession, through recovery to renewal. Recovery is a means not an end. The end must be to renew American by creating a 21st century competitive advantage for the nation and its citizens. The reason for this is simple. America’s current economy is structurally challenged and the … [Read more...]
Frank Islam joins Ex-Im Bank’s Advisory Board
The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank, the official export-credit agency of the United States, has appointed Indian American entrepreneur and investor Frank F Islam, of McLean, Virginia, as a member of the Bank's Advisory Committee for 2010 to offer expert guidance on small businesses. The Advisory Committee of the Ex-Im Bank - an independent, self-sustaining federal agency that helps to create and maintain US jobs by financing the sales of US exports, primarily to emerging markets … [Read more...]
THE HUMAN SPILL: A CRISIS IGNORED
In his first address from the oval office, President Barack Obama described the oil spill as “the worst environmental disaster America has faced” and a “crisis”. The oil spill is devastating and indeed it is a major crisis that will have long term consequences for the gulf coast and its residents for years and probably decades to come. There is another spill, however, that is approaching crisis proportions that could have far greater consequences for the entire United States and for the … [Read more...]
Building peace through inter-communal harmony
Article on Mr. Islam’s Community Service
Frank joined the board of Statedemocracy Foundation in 2007 as its Chairman. He helped the organization in developing cutting edge technology with hundreds of hours of volunteer service. He was also instrumental in having the Foundation develop two facebook applications for the social networking users to register to vote & request an absentee ballot. As a direct result of his ingenuity and technical know-how, over 80,000 people registered to vote online and 110,000 requested … [Read more...]
AMU signs MoU with George Washington University Law School
Aligarh: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the George Washington University Law School, USA, which will facilitate faculty members, researchers and Ph.D. students from each other institution to participate for a semester or two as Visiting Scholars for the purpose of conducting research. The mutual cooperation envisaged individual scholars from both the law institutions to establish contacts and develop mutual interests. The major area of … [Read more...]
