FY24 Budget Update: Initial Batch of Final Budgets Released; NSF to Receive Significant Cut
Analysis for the final budgets for NSF, NIST, NASA, and DOE for the Fiscal Year 2024 Budget.
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.
House Leadership Launches Bipartisan Task Force on Artificial Intelligence
House leadership announced the launch of a bipartisan, 24-member Task Force on Artificial Intelligence.
House Science Committee Examines How Federal Science Agencies Can Harness Artificial Intelligence to Drive Scientific Discoveries
The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing on AI infrastructure, titled “Federal Science Agencies and the Promise of AI in Driving Scientific Discoveries.”
NSF Launches Four New Research Security Training Modules
National Science Foundation launches four new interactive online research security training modules.
NSF Launches Pilot of NAIRR Program to “Democratize the Future of AI”
NSF announced the the launch of the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) pilot program to “democratize the future of AI.”
House Committee Releases Report to “Reset” Relationship with China; Recommendations on Research Funding, Research Security, and High Skilled Immigration Featured Prominently
Analysis of the recent report released by the House Select China Committee on resetting “economic and technological competition” with the United States.
CRA Statement on the Introducing of the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6213)
CRA Statement Endorsing the National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6213).
Biden Administration Releases Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
The Biden administration released an executive order on artificial intelligence on October 30th, setting new privacy, anti-discrimination, and safety standards for AI throughout the executive branch, while also seeking to accelerate innovation and bolster the AI workforce.
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.”
