Science and Technology Legislation

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Haskins Lecture on Science Policy: NSF Director Subra Suresh — May 17, 2012

The 2012 Haskins Lecture was given by National Science Foundation Director Subra Suresh. The lectureship was established through the generosity of Caryl P. and Edna Haskins, founders of Haskins Laboratories, who were dedicated to improving the nation's understanding of the relationship between scientific progress and sound public policy.

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Small Business and Defense Acquisitions: A Review of Policies and Current Practices — Oct 17, 2011

Evaluates federal small business policies, how they affect the Department of Defense, and the challenges associated with meeting mandated small business goals.

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Haskins Lecture on Science Policy: Shirley M. Tilghman, Research Pioneer — Apr 13, 2010

The 2010 Haskins Lecture on Science Policy will be given by Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman, whose work was integral to the creation of the Human Genome Project.

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A Vehicle for Change: PNGV, An Experiment in Government-Industry Cooperation — Jan 1, 2010

Assesses the effectiveness of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) in improving relationships among its members.

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Innovation in Academe: Federal R&D Funding and the Patenting Activities of U.S. Universities and Colleges — Dec 10, 2009

This report notes the amount of federal research and development funding provided to U.S. colleges and universities by fiscal year and agency, then describes characteristics of academic institutions that have shown a greater propensity to patent.

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Measuring the Statutory and Regulatory Constraints on DoD Acquisition: Research Design for an Empirical Study — Jul 19, 2006

This report describes the research methodology, focus, and data collection processes of a study of the cost of compliance with acquisition-related statutes and regulations incurred by major weapon system programs at the program office level.

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Vital Assets: Federal Investment in Research and Development at the Nation's Universities and Colleges — Jan 1, 2004

Provides results of an analysis based on RAND Corporation's RaDiUS (Research and Development in the United States) database that shows state-by-state trends in federal R&D funding of U.S. universities and colleges from FY 1996 through FY 2002 and

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Science and Technology Policy Institute: A Report to the President: Analytic Perspectives on Science and Technology Issues Facing the Nation — Jan 1, 2004

Originally created by Congress in 1991 as the Critical Technologies Institute and renamed in 1998, the Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the National Science Foundation. ...

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Building Better Homes: Government Strategies for Promoting Innovation in Housing — Jan 1, 2003

This study examines the rationale and strategies available to the federal government for promoting and accelerating innovation in housing.

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Phase Transition in Korea-U.S. Science and Technology Relations — Jan 1, 2003

The new status of Korea, as well as the changing nature of global science, mandates a new look at the bilateral S&T relationship.

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Technology Transfer of Federally Funded R&D: Perspectives from a Forum — Jan 1, 2003

Presents comments and discussion on a variety of issues to gain a wide perspective on best practices for technology transfer.

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Innovation and Intellectual Property: The Case of Genomic Patenting — Jan 1, 2003

Explores the potential effect on future innovation in biotechnology of a patent on a gene, which may cover a wide range of possible technological applications and be of unknown breadth when issued.

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New Foundations for Growth: The U.S. Innovation System Today and Tomorrow — Jan 1, 2002

This document culminates a year-long process of soliciting input and examining options for government action to support the national innovation system.

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Federal Investment in R & D — Jan 1, 2001

The charter of PCAST's (President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) Panel on Federal Investment in Science and Technology and its National Benefits is to review the federal government's research and development (R&D) portfolio and make recommendations on areas where programs should be expanded, curtailed, or maintained.

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Technology Policy in the Federal Republic of Germany — Jan 1, 1990

This paper presents an overview of governmental technology policy in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).

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An Analysis of the Federal Communications Commission's Group Ownership Rules — Jan 1, 1984

Assesses the current state of knowledge about the effect of television station group ownership in order to assist the Commission in its deliberations.

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Domestic common carriers and the Communications Act of 1934 — Jan 1, 1977

The Communications Act of 1934 is serving well in directing changes in market structure in light of opportunities and problems posed by technological advance. The Act is broadly worded, thus giving the FCC and other parties wide latitude to make judg...

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A Modest Proposal To Reform the Federal Communications Commission. — Jan 1, 1974

How can the political environment of the FCC be changed? The author addresses this question in terms of what he maintains is the root problem: the FCC's overidentification with the powerful elements of the regulated industries at the expense of pub...

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Anne Boustead

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.A. in physics, University of Chicago; J.D., Fordham University School of Law

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