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NSF creates new Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) connecting Indigenous wisdom with Western science
According to this new article in Nature, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has just launched the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS) based at UMass Amherst with $30 million in funding over five years. The center joins more than a dozen active NSF Science and Technology Centers across the United States that focus […]
NSF YouTube channel
“Document” of the Day: National Science Foundation YouTube channel. “NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense. NSF funds a significant proportion of all federally supported basic research conducted by America’s colleges and […]
Science360: Breaking Science News That Shapes Your World
The National Science Foundation (NSF) website news.science360.gov gathers news "from wherever science is happening." This includes government sources that you might expect (National Science Foundation science and engineering centers, government agencies that fund scientific research) but also includes non-government sources such as individual scientists, college and university press offices, popular and peer-reviewed journals, dozens of not-for-profit organizations and private industry.
COSSA on American Community Survey and NSF Support of Political Science
The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) has a report on the House bill that would cut NSF funding for political science and eliminate the American Community Survey:
- House Passes CJS Spending Bill: Amendments Eliminate NSF Political Science Program and American Community Survey, Washington Update Volume 31, Issue 9, COSSA (May 14, 2012).
Gary’s Thursday Roundup: NLRB, Internet Archive, Ancestry.com, U.S. Census, and Much More (17 Items)
Hello From DC (I mean Shakeytown, it Was My First Quake) Everyone. As we prepare for our next event around hear and elsewhere along the east coast I thought it might be a good time to share a mountain of news, new resources, and other goodies with all of you. The material comes from posts Shirl Kennedy and I made to our INFOdocket.com site. This is just a small amount of what we post seven days a week. Plus, we also provide FullTextReports.com. New reports are listed in the left rail (Thanks Jim and James) We both hope you find and item or two of interest in the following update. More very soon. (-: 1. Hurricane Irene: FEMA’s National Situation Daily Update Available Online & Natl. Hurricane Center Mobile Resources 2. New Web Site: Feds Launch Performance.gov, Now Publicly Accessible 3. Acquisitions: Bloomberg is Buying BNA for $990 Million 4. US Department of Labor Improves Enforcement Databases Including Visualization/Animation Tools 5.U.S. History: “Rare Footage Unearthed Online” 6. New From the Internet Archive: “Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive” 7.“Google Forfeits $500 Million Generated by Online Ads & Prescription Drug Sales by Canadian Online Pharmacies” The full text of the statement from the USDOJ and FDA 8. Washington Post Op/Ed: “Don’t Kill America’s Databook” (U.S. Census Statistical Abstract) 9. NLRB — Acting General Counsel Releases Report on Social Media Cases 10. Back to School 2011-2012: Facts About Schools, Students and Teachers From the U.S. Census 11. 1940 U.S. Census to be Free on Ancestry.com 12. Government Information: GPO Releases API For FederalRegister.gov (Formal Announcement) 13. Teen Dating Violence: A Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress 14. Update: More Digitized Historic U.S. Government Economic and Banking Documents and Reports via FRASER 15. A Look at a Few Resources Using U.S. Department of Agriculture Open Data 16. Cook County, IL: New online database lets anyone see who has outstanding warrants 17. Federal Agencies Take Action to Digitally Document Nearly 50 Endangered Languages Continue reading
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