What’s Happening With the Federal Budget: Upgrading Shutdown Watch to a Shutdown Warning
For anyone who pays attention to the happenings of official Washington, it’s been an eventful week, even though it is just Wednesday.
CRA Government Affairs
Appropriations Update: FY 18 House and Senate Numbers for Defense Research
/In: FY18 Appropriations, General /by Brian MosleyIn our continuing series looking at the House and Senate appropriations moves for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018), we turn to the Defense Appropriations bills. Just before the Thanksgiving break, the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee released their version of the bill; the House had passed their version back at the end of June.
Make Computer Science a Priority within the Department of Education, CRA and Computing Community Tell Administration
/In: Diversity in Computing, General, STEM /by Brian MosleyYesterday, CRA joined with many other members of the computing community in submitting a public comment on the recently issued proposed grant funding priorities at the Department of Education. In the comment, we argued that computer science education should be made a higher priority in the grant making process at the department and that expanding access to CS to traditionally underserved students should be a priority in itself (it is listed as a sub-priority in the department’s list). CRA’s full comment is below.
White House Announces $200 million in FY18 Funds for Computer Science Education Efforts
/In: Computing Education, General /by Brian MosleyThe White House today announced its intention to see $200 million in grant funding directed towards STEM and computer science education in FY 2018.
New CRA Blog – The CRA Bulletin
/In: CRA, General /by Shar SteedWe’ve launched a new blog! The CRA Bulletin is a news and announcement blog that focuses on topics of interest to the computing research community. The blog will highlight interesting opportunities for researchers and students, news from the field, developments in diversity, and announcements from award programs and other CRA initiatives. The Bulletin is the perfect […]
New Look for CRA Unveiled at the 2014 CRA Conference at Snowbird
/In: General /by Shar SteedWe are proud to announce the launch of a new brand for CRA and its committees. As the impact of CRA’s activities are becoming more widely recognized and valued across our industry, we decided to develop a new brand identity that reinforces and amplifies our mission, objectives and programs. Our new brand is part of […]
CRA Bids Farewell to Melissa Norr
/In: General /by Shar SteedAfter seven years as CRA’s Policy Analyst, Melissa Norr will be leaving CRA to begin a new career in library science. Melissa — who worked closely with Peter Harsha, CRA’s Director of Government Affairs, helping shape CRA’s policy mission — will be pursuing her passion for books with a position with the DC Public Library while she finishes a Masters in […]
Golden Goose Award Video
/In: General, Policy, R&D in the Press /by Peter HarshaThe folks behind the 2013 Golden Goose Awards have put together a really nice video highlighting this year’s winners. You may recall that the Golden Goose Awards were the brainchild of Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) who had grown frustrated with the occasional targeting by his colleagues in Congress of so-called “silly-sounding science” — shrimp on […]
Undergrad Computer Science Enrollments Rise for Fifth Straight Year — CRA Taulbee Report
/In: CRA, Diversity in Computing, General, People /by Shar SteedThe number of new undergraduate computing majors among U.S. computer science departments rose an astonishing 29.2 percent this year, according to new data released today by the Computing Research Association. The data appears in Computing Degrees and Enrollment Trends, a special report from the 2011-2012 CRA Taulbee Survey of the organization’s member departments. Among schools […]
DARPA Director Dugan to Leave Agency for Google
/In: General /by Peter HarshaWired News’ Noah Shactman has an exclusive today on DARPA Director Regina Dugan’s announcement that she will be leaving the agency she’s helmed for three years to take a senior executive level position at Google. Here’s a snippet: Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon’s premiere research […]
