The Debt Limit Deal and How it Could Impact Research Funding
Breakdown of the impacts on science research of the debt limit deal struck by President Biden and Speaker McCarthy.
CRA Government Affairs
Biden-Harris Administration Takes New Steps to Advance Responsible Artificial Intelligence Research, Development, and Deployment
/In: General, Impediments to Research Highlights, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Biden-Harris Administration is continuing their recent efforts to advance the research, development, and deployment of responsible AI.
White House Announces New Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
/In: Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Biden Administration released a set of principles aimed at creating a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights to, “help guide the design, development, and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated systems so that they protect the rights of the American public.”
PCAST Releases Report on Revitalizing the Nation’s Semiconductor Ecosystem, with Investments in a National Research Agenda a Major Component
/In: Funding, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report outlining steps the Biden Administration should take for leveraging $11 billion in the Chips and Science Act at the Dept of Commerce.
White House Action on Open Access & Ending 12-Month Embargo on Federally Funded Science Articles
/In: Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe White House, acting through OSTP, released guidance to federal research agencies to, “make federally funded research freely available without delay.”
CRA Endorsement of H.R. 7710, the “Counter Human Trafficking Research & Development Act”
/In: CRA, Policy, Research, Statements /by Brian MosleyCRA statement endorsing H.R. 7710, the Counter Human Trafficking Research and Development Act.
USICA and Competes Act Update: Legislation is Stalled and its Future is Uncertain
/In: Funding, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyWhen we last left the NSF reauthorization legislation in early February, the House of Representatives had just introduced and passed the America COMPETES Act of 2022. We had expected this legislation to head rapidly into a conferencing process with the Senate’s USICA, where a compromise bill would be hammered out. Unfortunately, the process has been much slower to progress than expected and has all but ground to a halt
NSF Announces the Establishment of New TIP Directorate to “ensure the U.S. will be a global leader in science, engineering and technology for generations to come”
/In: CS Education & IT Workforce Highlights, People, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyThe Director of the National Science Foundation, Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, formally announced the establishment of the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, or TIP.
Speaker Pelosi and Chairwoman Johnson Introduce America COMPETES Act of 2022
/In: Funding, Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyLast week House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) introduced the America COMPETES Act of 2022.
Biden Administration Announces Immigration Actions to Attract STEM Talent
/In: CS Education & IT Workforce Highlights, Impediments to Research Highlights, People, Policy, STEM /by Brian MosleyThe Biden Administration announced several new immigration actions they are taking to attract STEM talent and strengthen the nation’s competitiveness. The actions are being taken by both the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and are designed to ease the pathway for foreign students studying in the US to stay and work in the country once their studies have finished.
