COMPUTING RESEARCH POLICY BLOG

Lazowska Opinion Column in Seattle Times

MelissaNorr — Mon, 13 May 2013 19:55:34 +0000

CCC Chair Ed Lazowska responded to a recent report on STEM jobs and the workforce with an opinion piece in the Seattle Times. The report, Guestworkers in the High Skill US Labor Market by the Economic Policy Institute, was cited in articles in the Washington Post, Seattle Times, and other news outlets calling into question [...]

House Passes NITRD, Cybersecurity Bills During Cyber Week

MelissaNorr — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:12:36 +0000

It’s “cyber week” on Capitol Hill and yesterday that meant the House passing H.R. 967, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, and H.R. 756, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013, two bills we discussed in detail and endorsed last month. CRA, along with ACM, SIAM, and IEEE-CS, submitted [...]

Robotics Roadmap 2.0 on the Hill

MelissaNorr — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:05:58 +0000

The Congressional Robotics Caucus held a briefing this morning on the Robotics Roadmap 2.0(PDF), a follow up report to the CCC-led Robotics Roadmap(PDF) published in 2009. Representative Phil Gingrey (R – GA) opened the briefing with remarks about the importance of science and technology to the future of the country and our economy. Bill Thomasmeyer [...]

Two Computing Bills Marked Up Today

MelissaNorr — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:47:23 +0000

Today the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee marked up two computing bills for floor consideration. HR 756, the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2013, and HR 967, the Advancing America’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act of 2013, both of which had passed in the House of Representatives in previous Congressional sessions but [...]

Undergrad Computer Science Enrollments Rise for Fifth Straight Year — CRA Taulbee Report

SharSteed — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:00:28 +0000

The number of new undergraduate computing majors among U.S. computer science departments rose an astonishing 29.2 percent this year, according to new data released today by the Computing Research Association. The data appears in Computing Degrees and Enrollment Trends, a special report from the 2011-2012 CRA Taulbee Survey of the organization’s member departments. Among schools [...]

House Oversight Hearing on Conference Travel

MelissaNorr — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:06:06 +0000

In the aftermath of the GSA Las Vegas conference scandal, the White House issued restrictions on travel and conference spending (PDF) which we discussed here previously. Congress is once again wading into the issue with a House Government Oversight Committee hearing featuring three government witnesses: The Honorable Rush Holt, Representative for the 12th Congressional District [...]

Congressional Resolution – App Challenge

MelissaNorr — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:59:21 +0000

In a nod toward the need to increase STEM interest among K – 12 students, Congress has passed House Resolution 77, the Academic Competition Resolution of 2013. The resolution establishes an academic STEM competition for students in Congressional districts. The initial competition is an App Challenge – students must build an app for mobile, tablet, [...]

IT Research Hearing Focuses on Security, Education

MelissaNorr — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:29:21 +0000

As noted in a previous post, the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Research held a hearing on Applications for Information Technology Research and Development. CCC Chair and former CRA Board Chair Ed Lazowska, CRA-W Chair and current CRA Board Member Kathryn McKinley, representing Microsoft, and Kelly Gaither of the University of Texas [...]

IT Research Hearing

MelissaNorr — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:47:22 +0000

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s Subcommittee on Research will hold a hearing this afternoon at 2:00pm on Applications for Information Technology Research and Development. CCC Chair Ed Lazowska, CRA-W Co-chair Kathryn McKinley, and Kelly Gaither of the University of Texas at Austin will make the case for computing research before the subcommittee. Written [...]

House Science Holds R&D Competitiveness Hearing

MelissaNorr — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:49:42 +0000

The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee held the first full committee hearing of the 113th Congress yesterday and it was focused on research and development for competitiveness. President and CEO of Texas Instruments Richard Templeton, PCAST member and RPI president Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson, and National Academy of Engineering president Dr. Charles Vest testified [...]