December 2012 - GovAffairs

CSEdWeek 2012 Hill Briefing

December 12, 2012/In: Computing Education, Diversity in Computing, Events, People, Policy /by MelissaNorr

CSEdWeek is in full swing and one of the many events being held was a lunch briefing today on Capitol Hill. A full committee room of attendees and two Congressmen came to hear about the importance of computer science education in the K – 12 classroom. CSEdWeek Chair Ruthe Farmer from NCWIT spoke about the […]

House Tech Transfer Hearing

December 5, 2012/In: Events, Policy, Research, Security /by MelissaNorr

Robert Atkinson, president of ITIF, and Dennis Shea, chair of the U.S. China Economic and Security Review Commission, testified today before the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight hearing on “The Impact of International Technology Transfer on American Research and Development”. Chairman Paul Broun (R-GA) started the hearing with the […]

PCAST Report on Research Enterprise Released

December 4, 2012/In: Events, Funding, Policy, Research /by MelissaNorr

PCAST released a new report on Friday called “Transformation and Opportunity: The Future of the Research Enterprise” at the National Academy of Sciences. While acknowledging America’s continued success in scientific and technological research and development, the report warns that we must not be complacent in our position as the world leader. Global competition in scientific […]

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