- Dirty Water: Mapping Projected Climate Change Impacts in the United States and Abroad
- Money and Methods in Cancer Research
- Report Details How Climate Change Will Spark Heat Waves, Increase the Spread of Disease, and Erode Coastal Economies
- FDA Looks to Open Up the Medicine Cabinet
- NIH Funding is Good for Your Health, and It’s Good for the Economy
- Progressive Science Values
- Climate Change Will Not Be Kind to American Water and Agriculture
- Less Philosophy, More Policy: Obama Disbands Council on Bioethics and Will Create New One
- The Digital Textbook Case
- The Worn Grooves of Disciplinary Research
- NIH By the Numbers: Challenge Grants, Stem Cell Comments, and Conflict of Interest Rules
- States Are Looking to Grow Their Biotech Sectors
Science and Tech Policy Events Next Week
Congress is back in session after the August recess. Here’s a roundup of some of the science and technology policy events happening around Washington D.C. from September 8 to September 12.
Tuesday
NIH Reform Act of 2006: Progress, Challenges and Next Steps
House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health
2123 Rayburn House Office Building
10 a.m.
Strengthening the Ability of Public Transportation to Reduce Our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
538 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10 a.m.
Improving Health Care Quality: An Integral Step Toward Health Reform
Senate Finance Committee
215 Dirksen Senate Office Building
10 a.m.
It’s Time to End the Broadband Policy Wars
The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
ITIF, 1250 Eye Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005
2 p.m.
Wednesday
San Francisco Bay Refuge/Chesapeake Bay Oyster Status
House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
1334 Longworth House Office Building
10 a.m.
The Foundation for Developing New Energy Technologies: Basic Energy Research in the DOE Office of Science
House Science and Technology Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
2 p.m.
ITIF Forum: Is the US Falling Behind in Science & Technology or Not?
The Information & Technology Innovation Foundation
1250 Eye Street, NW, Suite 200, Room 2 Washington, DC 20005
2 p.m.
Quality and Environmental Impacts of Bottled Water
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality
406 Dirksen Senate Office Building
3 p.m.
Thursday
The Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status and Issues
House Science and Technology Committee
2318 Rayburn House Office Building
10 a.m.
Saturday
Antibiotics: Is a Strong Offense the Best Defense?
Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences
500 5th St NW, Washington, DC
6:30 p.m.
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