PCAST Starts its PITAC Work


The President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) met Wednesday in Washington to hear about the state of U.S. and global science and technology, to get updates on the research initiatives under its jurisdiction, and to begin work on the committee’s new responsibility as overseers of the Networking and Information Technology R&D program. […]

Stay Rates for S&E Doctorates Level Off


I’m still on vacation, but CRA blogging continues over at the CRA Bulletin, where Jay Vegso has a piece on some new analysis on the “stay rates” of foreign US-degree recipients. One of the concerns surrounding the computing research community’s contribution to U.S. competitiveness is the potential that an increasing percentage of the half of […]

House Republicans Ignore R&D in Innovation and Competitiveness Bill


Demonstrating how much work remains to be done with the House Republican leadership, the House Republican “High-tech Task Force” led by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) today introduced its “Innovation and Competitiveness Act,” which wholly ignores the central recommendation of the President’s American Competitiveness Initiative, two bi-partisan bills in the Senate, the National Academies “Gathering Storm” […]