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Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations May, Sort of, be Moving…Maybe…

October 23, 2019/In: Funding, FY20 Appropriations, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

Regular readers of the Policy Blog will recall that we have been keeping track of the Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations process. The same readers will also remember that the bottleneck for completing the work on next year’s Federal budget has been the Senate. This isn’t unusual, the Senate’s tradition of seeking compromise and agreement, between the majority and minority, means that the gears move much slower (in comparison, the House works as a relatively fast “majority rules” chamber).

House Passes CRA-Endorsed Bill to Combat Sexual Harassment in the Sciences

July 25, 2019/In: Policy, Research, STEM /by Brian Mosley

On July 23rd, the House passed by voice-vote H.R.36, The Combating Sexual Harassment In Science Act of 2019, which aims to advance efforts to decrease the prevalence of sexual and gender harassment in the STEM research fields.

House Science Committee Explores the Ethical and Social Implications of AI

July 8, 2019/In: Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

On Wednesday, June 26 the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held a hearing titled Artificial Intelligence: Societal and Ethical Implications to review the diverse ethical and social implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The committee heard from panelists about the complications of AI as well as several policy recommendations.

Have an Impact on U.S. Science Policy, Attend CRA’s CCC Leadership in Science Policy Institute!

May 15, 2019/In: Computing Community Consortium (CCC), CRA, Events, People, Policy /by Peter Harsha

Every two years as part of it’s mission to develop the next generation of leaders in the computing research community, CRA’s Computing Community Consortium, in partnership with CRA’s Government Affairs Committee, holds the Leadership in Science Policy Institute (LiSPI) workshop, intended to educate computing researchers on how science policy in the U.S. is formulated and […]

Final FY2019 Appropriations Wrap-up – Science does OK.

March 5, 2019/In: FY19 Appropriations, General, Policy /by Peter Harsha

There were unfinished funding bills, there was an impasse over a wall, there was a 35-day government shutdown, there was a 3 week interregnum when government reopened and leaders sought to find a way ahead, and then there was final passage and resolution of the FY 2019 appropriations process — one that ended on a […]

CRA Statement Concerning New Restrictions on Chinese Graduate Students in the U.S.

June 12, 2018/In: Computing Education, People, Policy, Statements, STEM /by Peter Harsha

The Computing Research Association, representing more than 200 Ph.D.-granting departments of computing in North America, expresses great concern at new guidance provided to U.S. consular officers that would place restrictions on students from China who wish to study robotics, advanced manufacturing, or aerospace research in the United States.

In Advance of Facebook Testimony, ACM’s US Public Policy Committee Raises Issues for Congress to Consider

April 10, 2018/In: Events, Policy, Security /by Peter Harsha

In advance of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s three days of appearances before congressional committees starting today, ACM’s US Public Policy Council sent the following letter to the members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. It’s a strong statement from USACM, noting the importance of “understand[ing] how privacy and […]

Science Fares Well in Final FY 2018 Spending Bill

April 5, 2018/In: FY18 Appropriations, Policy, Research /by Peter Harsha

Though it required negotiations that stretched nearly seven months into the fiscal year it is designed to fund, the FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations act won the approval of a sizable majority in Congress and the reluctant approval of the President at the end of March, providing substantial boosts in Federal spending, including healthy increases to […]

President’s Budget Request a Mixed Bag for Science, but it Could Have Been Much Worse

February 13, 2018/In: FY19 Appropriations, General, Policy /by Peter Harsha

What a difference a budget deal makes…

The President’s budget request for FY 2019, released yesterday, includes some modest gains and some big losses for Federal science agencies — details below, but on the whole a rather mixed bag for those who believe in the importance of the Federal investment in fundamental research. But it could have been much worse.

Computing Researchers Make the Case for Intelligent Infrastructure at Congressional Briefing

January 30, 2018/In: CRA, Events, Intelligent Infrastructure, Internet of Things Highlights, Policy, Research /by Peter Harsha

On a day when President Donald J. Trump is expected to use his State of the Union address to unveil his administration’s plans for nationwide infrastructure investment, a panel representing computing researchers in academia and industry told a group of congressional staffers and other stakeholders that while those infrastructure needs are critical, it would be […]

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