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U.S. Fire Administration authorization could go down
Congress could reauthorize United States Fire Administration spending at a level below the current $76.5 million, said Rep. Ben Quayle (R-Ariz.) during a May 17 House hearing.
Flat NASA R&D budget could impact hypersonic research, says House panel
"NASA needs to maintain a capability in hypersonics," said Wesley Harris, chair of the National Research Council's committee to assess NASA's aeronautics flight research capabilities.
Debate on access to federally-funded research 'unnecessarily contentious'
Library and publishing communities depend on each other, but there is very little real conversation in the “unnecessarily contentious” debate on access to peer reviewed research, said...
Polar satellite gap will degrade weather forecasting
An anticipated gap in afternoon polar-orbiting weather satellite coverage in 2016 and 2017 could cause an appreciable impact on weather forecasting, according to testimony by National Oceanic and
NIST wants $1 billion for National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher did only a little March 6 to shed light on a $1 billion mandatory spending request for a "National Network for Manufacturing
DOE research award process under fire
Since its creation in 2007, the Energy Department's advanced research projects agency-energy has funded energy technology research and development that by and large would not have been funded by the
ARRA funds create problems, set precedents for science programs
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 essentially doubled science appropriations for fiscal 2011, but departments have had mixed results in managing the approximately $40 billion
Auditors: No procurement integrity violations during NASA SCNS competition
Auditors uncovered no evidence to substantiate allegations by Honeywell Technology Solutions that rival ITT gained an unfair advantage during competition for the NASA Space Communications Networks
Anonymized health IT data still traceable, House panel warned
As electronic health records start to become pervasive in physician practices--thanks in no small measure to federal incentives --there's a growing worry that electronically-collected health data
Public officials frustrated with slow P25 progress
A public safety official decried before a Congressional panel Sept. 23 what he said is too much vendor participation in a decades-long effort to set standards for interoperable radio communications.
