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Clinton Unveils New Tech and Innovation Agenda

July 5, 2016/In: People, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

On June 28th, Secretary Hillary Clinton unveiled her “Tech and Innovation Agenda” which outlines how her administration will approach technology. The presumptive Democratic nominee is positioning herself as a strong supporter of the advancement and expansion of technology through education, entrepreneurship, and infrastructure. This agenda in many ways continues the Obama Administration’s efforts to expand federally supported research efforts and expand their impact on the nation’s economic ecosystem.

Robotics Researchers Wow Congress with All Day Exhibition

June 16, 2016/In: Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Events, People, Research /by Brian Mosley

On June 9th, the Congressional Robotics Caucus, with support from the National Science Foundation, held an all day event on Capitol Hill marking five years of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI).

House Science Committee Passes NITRD Reauthorization!

May 24, 2016/In: Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

Today the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee unanimously passed the “Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016.” The bill is written to update the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 and modernize the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program in line with recent recommendations from the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCast).

NSF Funded Vision Assistance Technology Amazes at the 2016 CNSF Exhibition

May 5, 2016/In: Events, People, Research /by Brian Mosley

On April 26th, the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF), an alliance of over 140 professional organizations, universities, and businesses, held their 22nd Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition. CNSF supports the goal of increasing the federal investment in the National Science Foundation’s research and education programs, and the exhibition itself is a great way to show members of Congress and their staff what research the American people have funded.

AAU Announces New Tool to Highlight Cybersecurity Research at Universities

February 24, 2016/In: Cybersecurity R&D Highlights, R&D in the Press, Research /by Brian Mosley

The Association of American Universities (AAU) announced a new tool for highlighting cybersecurity research and breakthroughs occurring at their member institutions.

New Report Identifies Fundamental Research Needs for Advancing Internet of Things & Cutting-Edge Innovations

September 2, 2015/In: Cybersecurity R&D Highlights, Internet of Things Highlights, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

A new report, titled, “Rebooting the IT Revolution: A Call to Action,” produced by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), calls for, “a targeted and coordinated government initiative similar to that which sparked the semiconductor revolution fifty years ago.”

Obama Administration Announces Ambitious New High Performance Computing Strategy

July 30, 2015/In: Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

President Obama issued an Executive Order establishing the National Strategic Computing Initiative. This new initiative is to ensure the United States’ continued leadership position in High-Performance Computing in the coming decades.

Coalition for National Security Research Releases Statement on Senate Defense Appropriations Bill

July 6, 2015/In: FY16 Appropriations, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR), a broad-based coalition of 74 members (of which CRA is a member) including industry, research universities and institutes, and scientific and professional associations committed to a strong Defense Science and Technology (S&T) Program, released a statement commending the Senate Appropriations Committee for their work on S. 1558, the […]

Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Approves NSF Funding; it’s definitely not great, but it could be worse

June 23, 2015/In: Funding, FY16 Appropriations, Research /by Brian Mosley

On June 10th, the Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee approved their Fiscal Year 2016 funding bill, which funds, among other things, the budget for the National Science Foundation. The bill was passed on a bipartisan basis in the subcommittee, with only three votes (out of 30 total) against it. Unlike the House CJS […]

House Appropriations Committee Passes CJS Funding; Mixed News for NSF

June 2, 2015/In: FY16 Appropriations, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

On May 20th the full House Appropriations Committee passed the Commerce, Justice, Science funding bill; this is important to our community because it is the bill that contains the funding for the National Science Foundation, which funds 89 percent of all university-led fundamental computer science research in the U.S. First, the not-so-bad news: NSF doesn’t exactly get a budget cut in actual dollars; it in fact gets a small bump (though when inflation is considered, that bump may go away completely). The worse news: NSF gets some onerous language on how to spend the tax-dollars it’s allocated. Let’s get into the details.

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