Monthly Archives: July 2011

Setting the Record Straight: The Coburn Report on NSF Riddled with Inaccuracies

July 28, 2011 – 11:05 AM

On May 26th, Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) released an “oversight report” which purported to raise “serious questions regarding the [NSF] management and priorities. The report identified more than $1.2 billion the National Science Foundation (NSF) has lost due to waste, fraud, duplication and mismanagement and an additional $1.7 billion in unspent funds.”  The report, entitled […]

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Science Funding in the Pre-Partisan Age

July 25, 2011 – 1:38 PM

In this intensely partisan environment where those who have traditionally supported Federal science funding have, in their zeal to cut, cut, cut, begun to do the unthinkable, I would like to hearken back to a time of yore. The date: April 2, 1988.  Then-President Ronald Reagan, in a radio address, spoke to the American people […]

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Girls Rule at Google Science Fair

July 21, 2011 – 4:38 PM

It comes as no surprise that women continue to be underrepresented in the “hard” sciences”.  Myriad studies continue to attempt to explain the ongoing disparity.  Girls are discouraged from feeding their natural enthusiasm for the sciences.  Male professors and fellow students are antagonistic.  They don’t encourage girls the way they encourage boys.  They don’t fit […]

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James Webb Telescope Funding Update

July 18, 2011 – 9:58 AM

According to Michael S. Lubell’s July 12 blog post, the House was poised to eliminate funding for the James Webb Space Telescope. Well, during a 4 ½-hour markup of the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Fiscal Year 2012 appropriations bill, the House Appropriations Committee rejected an attempt to restore that funding – the Administration request is […]

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DUSEL, James Webb Space Telescope programs in trouble

July 12, 2011 – 2:04 PM

By Michael S. Lubell Last fall, the National Science Board effectively killed the National Science Foundation’s support for the Deep Underground Science Experimental Laboratory (DUSEL) planned for the defunct Barrick gold mine in South Dakota and considered by many scientists to be critical for cutting-edge research in high-energy and nuclear physics. This week, the House […]

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DOE to hold workshop on long-term plans

July 6, 2011 – 10:58 AM

The Department of Energy (DOE) will hold a Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR) Capstone workshop on July 13 in Washington, D.C. to improve the agency’s long-term planning and increase its effectiveness. Steve Koonin, undersecretary for science at DOE, said the review will: Lay out the nation’s energy challenges in context; Outline the principles for optimizing DOE’s […]

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