PCAST Report on AI Features Social Sciences
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) met on April 23 to receive an update on the report titled Supercharging Research: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Meet Global Challenges. An Executive Order on AI issued in October 2023 …
NBES Meets, Welcoming New Acting Director
The National Board for Education Sciences (NBES) met on Friday, March 29. NBES helps set research priorities for and advises the Director of the Institute for Education Sciences (IES). After a six-year hiatus, NBES met in the fall of 2023. …
SBS Subcommittee of the NSTC Updates NIH Community
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) reconstituted the Subcommittee on Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) in June of 2022 (see the Subcommittee Charter), having been originally chartered in 2004. Since that time, an interagency working group of federal employees …
OMB Revises Standards of Race and Ethnicity Data
On March 28th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced revisions to the Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) No.15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. OMB periodically reviews statistical policy directives to update guidance …
Science and Engineering Report Released
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy hosted the National Science Board (NSB) and Foundation (NSF) leadership for the release of the 2024 U.S. Science and Engineering Indicators (S&E) report and to share the President’s NSF budget request …
NASEM Holds Forum on Failures in Social Systems
The National Academies of Science held a symposium on “Failures in Social Systems: Converging Biological, Behavioral, and Engineering Insights” on March 7th. The panelists discussed how failures in the sciences are caused by human social factors and systems.
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