May 2014 - GovAffairs

FIRST Act Marked Up By the Full House Science Committee

May 29, 2014/In: Policy /by Brian Mosley

On May 22nd the House Science Committee took up the Frontiers in Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology (or FIRST) Act of 2014. The bill’s lead sponsor is the House Science Committee chairman, Lamar Smith (R-TX). This bill is to reauthorize the majority of the America COMPETES Act of 2010, and focuses on the non-energy agencies […]

Printable Robots and Soft Robots Wow Attendees at the 2014 CNSF Exhibition

May 8, 2014/In: CRA /by Brian Mosley

On Wednesday evening, the Coalition for National Science Funding (or CNSF) held their yearly Exhibition on Capitol Hill. The exhibition, probably best described as a science fair with some really smart people, is a showcase of research and education projects supported by the National Science Foundation. It gives a great venue to show members of […]

“Which would you rather have: more money or end of Sequestration?”

May 5, 2014/In: FY15 Appropriations, Policy /by Brian Mosley

The title of this post was the last question, asked by Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), at the Senate Appropriations hearing Tuesday afternoon. It was a telling question and got to the root of the budgetary problems facing the Federal science agencies at this point in time: would it be better to have more (modest) funding […]

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