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Robert Kadlec, the assistant secretary of health and human services for preparedness and response, testifying at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing in 2018.
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  • House Republicans Set Up China Task Force
  • BARDA Whistleblower Testifies
  • Open Access RFI Responses Posted
WEEK OF MAY 11, 2020
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA).
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  • NIH Snagged in Pandemic Politics
  • DHS May Propose Visa Curbs
  • NSF Presenting 2030 Vision
WEEK OF MAY 04, 2020
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at a signing ceremony for the fourth coronavirus response bill.
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  • Rocky Road Ahead for Pandemic Relief
  • Ousted BARDA Director Blows Whistle
  • DOE Shuffles Science Management
WEEK OF APR 27, 2020
National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt speaking at a February symposium marking the 75th anniversary of the landmark 1945 report, Science — The Endless Frontier.
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  • Societies Propose Pandemic Relief Measures
  • NAS Considers ‘Grand Challenges’
  • Hubble Turns 30
WEEK OF APR 20, 2020
The National Academies is holding a virtual event this week to collect input for its decadal survey of the “physics of living systems,” making up for a town hall event that was to be held at the APS March meeting. Pictured is a cross section of a plant st
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  • Universities Request $26 Billion in Relief
  • APS Meeting and ‘Living Systems’ Town Hall Go Virtual
  • ISS Lab Management Blasted
WEEK OF APR 13, 2020
NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty at a 2019 event commemorating the completion of the life extension program for the W76-1 nuclear warhead. Gordon-Hagerty is submitting written testimony to Congress this week as part of a “paper” hearing.
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  • Droegemeier Takes NSF’s Helm
  • Congress Resorts to ‘Paper’ Hearings
  • NASA Outlines Long-Term Lunar Plans
WEEK OF APR 06, 2020
The James Webb Space Telescope is currently undergoing pre-launch integration and testing at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Redondo Beach, California.
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  • Space Science Week Goes Virtual
  • Congress Boosts Coronavirus Research
  • NOAA Seeks EPIC Bids
WEEK OF MAR 30, 2020
The moon rising behind the Capitol building on March 9.
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  • Government Working to Boost COVID-19 Research
  • DOE Praises Fusion Plan
  • GAO Releases Harassment Report
WEEK OF MAR 23, 2020
Countries with confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease COVID-19 as of March 14.
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  • Pandemic Upends Science
  • DOE Fusion Plan at Key Juncture
  • UK Commits to Double R&D Budget
WEEK OF MAR 16, 2020
DOE Office of Science Director Chris Fall at a recent symposium on Vannevar Bush’s landmark report, Science — The Endless Frontier. This week, he will appear before appropriators on Capitol Hill. 
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  • Coronavirus Impacts Spread
  • Science Hearings Abound
  • EPA Expands Controversial Transparency Proposal
WEEK OF MAR 09, 2020
APS March Meeting Canceled
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  • Coronavirus Derails APS Meeting
  • NSF Responds to JASON Research Security Report
  • Energy R&D Package Reaches Senate Floor
WEEK OF MAR 02, 2020
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) delivers her annual address to her state’s legislature.
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  • Senate Energy Innovation Package Expected
  • FY21 Budget Hearings Ramp Up
  • National Academies Celebrates 'Endless Frontier'
WEEK OF FEB 24, 2020