Congressional Innovation Fellowships Accepting Applications for 2025 Class; Deadline to Apply August 5
Tech Congress’ call for applications for its 2025 Congressional Innovation Fellowship.
CRA Government Affairs
Research Agencies Tell Congress of the Challenges with Implementing Research Security Policies
The House Science Committee held a hearing on the progress federal research agencies have made in implementing their research security policies and programs.
In Memoriam: Honoring the Legacy of Former House Science Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson
The Computing Research Association is saddened to hear of the passing of former House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. As a long time member of the committee, Chairwoman Johnson was a champion of scientific research, STEM education, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in the nation’s scientific fields. Her time as […]
Guest Post: A PhD Student’s Experience at the LiSPI Workshop
Guest post by Kaushal Kafle, a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at the College of William & Mary, and a participant at the 2023 LiSPI workshop.
Computing Researchers Get Crash Course in Government Advocacy at CRA’s Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI)
By Matt Hazenbush, Director of Communications, and Brian Mosley, Associate Director, Government Affairs We live in a world dominated by computing. Many of the most significant problems facing the world and our country either have solutions in—or are caused by—computing. Yet, the nation’s elected representatives typically have limited knowledge of the field, creating a critical […]
Recent Advances in AI Only Possible Because of Decades of Federal Investments in Fundamental Research, Experts Across Academia, Government, and Industry Tell Congress
On Thursday October 26th, the Task Force on American Innovation (TFAI), an alliance of American high tech companies and businesses, research university associations, and scientific societies, held two events in Congress to “deconstruct” artificial intelligence and demonstrate how the decades long federal research investment which has powered in the latest advances in the AI fields. The briefings were titled, “Federally Funded Research and the Advent of Artificial Intelligence: A TFAI Deconstructing Event.”
Congressional Innovation Fellowships Accepting Applications for 2024 Class; Deadline to Apply August 22
Tech Congress’ call for applications for its 2024 Congressional Innovation Fellowship.
House Defense Policy Legislation Contains Proposed Onerous Reporting Requirements for Scientists Performing Defense Research
An onerous amendment on research security was included in the House’s version of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act.
Congressional Hearing Asks Tough & Important Questions About Artificial Intelligence
On June 22 the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology held a hearing on Artificial Intelligence: Advancing Innovation Towards the National Interest to discuss different ways the federal government can utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) in a, “trustworthy and beneficial manner for all Americans.”
U.S. Must Follow Through on NSF Funding or Risk Falling Behind Competitors, Says Former CRA Board Chair
In an opinion piece published in The Hill, Dan Reed, former CRA Board Chair and current National Science Board Chair, and Darío Gil, a member of the National Science Board and senior vice president and Director of IBM Research, say that Congress must follow through on fully funding NSF or risk dooming the CHIPS and Science Act.
