Sentences with phrase «u.s. federal research agencies»

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A National Innovation Foundation could be formed by either consolidating relevant offices at key research agencies or creating a lean entity dedicated to identifying opportunities and investing strategically to transform the best ideas across the federal agencies to products that can be made here in the U.S..

Its use requires careful evidence - based research, which in the U.S. could be provided by a federal agency.

That was the message handed down by senior representatives of the federal agencies that fund much of the field's research in the U.S. during «town halls» with scientists here at the semiannual meeting of the American Astronomical Society.

«That debate was at full boil last week, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act, which sets policy for NSF and two other federal research agencies, and the House Appropriations Committee adopted a 2016 spending bill that includes NSF,» Mervis wrote.

Among the highly publicized events was a series of spectacular and potentially lethal slip - ups involving such gold - standard federal research establishments as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration, and a hearing looking into those agencies» safety shortcomings by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

The assessment is produced through the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a collaboration of 13 federal agencies and departments with authors from the government and a wide swath of academia.

More than a dozen federal agencies, including the U.S. Geological Survey, the Interior Department and the Department of Energy, conduct climate research.

The study, published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, is based on a new high - resolution model that maps flood risk across the entire continental United States, whereas the existing regulatory flood maps produced by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) cover about 60 percent of the continental U.S.

She also served as Assistant Scientific Program Director of the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, an independent federal agency, where she managed the research program and developed a model of environmental research for monitoring human impacts in Antarctica.

Since the 1940s, when the U.S. government began to invest seriously in civilian research, the work has been done largely at the nation's universities and paid for through competitive, temporary grants awarded to individual professors by federal funding agencies such as the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

The National Research Council, one of The National Academies in Washington, D.C., (scientific advisory bodies for the federal government) charges that the 18 government bodies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tasked with assessing chemical safety, have failed to prove that the diminutive particles are not dangerous.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the lead federal agency on the report for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which produced Volume 1 of the 4th National Climate Assessment.

A 1990 law, known as the Global Change Research Act, requires federal agencies to provide an overview of the latest climate science and a thorough review of the impact of climate change throughout the U.S. to the president and the Congress every four years.

The Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, a coalition of organizations that rely on federal statistics, has funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a survey of how agencies now manage administrative records, says Kitty Smith, the council's executive director who for many years led the Economic Research Service, the chief statistical agency within the U.S. Department of AgricFederal Statistics, a coalition of organizations that rely on federal statistics, has funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a survey of how agencies now manage administrative records, says Kitty Smith, the council's executive director who for many years led the Economic Research Service, the chief statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Agricfederal statistics, has funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a survey of how agencies now manage administrative records, says Kitty Smith, the council's executive director who for many years led the Economic Research Service, the chief statistical agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

U.S. federal agencies have taken the lead in funding research in computational neuroscience, and the majority of government funding comes from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).

In response, the 24 federal agencies that conduct research — from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Department of Agriculture — slowed the pace of lab work, instituted hiring freezes and cut grant programs.

2009 IATF Final Report A Report of the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science & Technology (JSOST)-- «Addressing the Effects of Human - Generated Sound on Marine Life: An Integrated Research Plan for U.S. Federal Agencies».

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

The study will be coordinated by two federal health research agencies, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry.

A new analysis by the Synthetic Biology Project at the Wilson Center finds the Defense Department and its Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk rResearch Projects Agency (DARPA) funds much of the U.S. government's research in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk rresearch in synthetic biology, with less than 1 percent of total federal funding going to risk researchresearch.

Syl Sobel, an attorney and a former newspaper reporter, is currently the director of communications for the Federal Judicial Center — the agency responsible for education, training, and policy research for the judicial branch of the U.S. government.

Part of the U.S. DOT's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Volpe is a unique federal agency that is 100 percent funded by sponsor projects.

Canadian based Research in Motion announced today that the Playbook Tablet has been given security certification to be used by U.S. federal government agencies.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program, composed of 13 federal agencies, reported in 2009 that climate - related changes are already being observed in every region of the world, including the United States and its coastal waters.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program provides federal funding through the key research agencies to support climate and global change research and observing Research Program provides federal funding through the key research agencies to support climate and global change research and observing research agencies to support climate and global change research and observing research and observing systems.

In fiscal 2014, the U.S. Global Change Research Program — a joint effort of 10 federal agencies — spent almost $ 2.5 billion on climate change and other earth systems scientific rResearch Program — a joint effort of 10 federal agencies — spent almost $ 2.5 billion on climate change and other earth systems scientific researchresearch.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

In August 2016, President Obama appointed Ms. Jacqueline A. Richter - Menge, research civil engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire, to a four - year term on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, an independent federal agency that advises the President and Cresearch civil engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire, to a four - year term on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, an independent federal agency that advises the President and CResearch and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire, to a four - year term on the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, an independent federal agency that advises the President and CResearch Commission, an independent federal agency that advises the President and Congress.

John Farrell is the Executive Director of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, an independent federal agency of Presidential appointees that advises the White House and Congress on Arctic research matters and works with executive branch agencies to establish and execute a national Arctic researResearch Commission, an independent federal agency of Presidential appointees that advises the White House and Congress on Arctic research matters and works with executive branch agencies to establish and execute a national Arctic researresearch matters and works with executive branch agencies to establish and execute a national Arctic researchresearch plan.

The National Science Foundation and U.S. federal agencies could spur innovation with investments in transparent research programs on carbon dioxide removal and reliable sequestration.

Finally, the U.S. Global Change Research Program coordinates the research budgets among a broad range of federal agencies and departments related to globalResearch Program coordinates the research budgets among a broad range of federal agencies and departments related to globalresearch budgets among a broad range of federal agencies and departments related to global change.

Established in 1832 as a branch of the Library of Congress, its mission is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, the federal courts, executive agencies and the public.

The National Library of Education serves as the federal government's primary resource center for education information, providing collections and information services to the public, education community and other government agencies on current and historical programs, activities and publications of the U.S. Department of Education; federal education policy; and education research and statistics.

About Youtuber This is the YouTube channel for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI), a U.S. Government research and development initiative that coordinates funding for nanotechnology among the participating Federal departments and agencies.

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9