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Patent Office seeks feedback on web site redesign
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released a beta version of its redesigned website, and is seeking constructive feedback from users. Why not take a few minutes to compare the current site with the proposed new site, and provide your comments and suggestions to betafeedback@uspto.gov? Regards, — nks
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OMB asks agencies to focus on science and technology in 2011
We might see more government funding directed at science and technology in federal agency budgets for 2011. According to NextGov (Aug. 5), the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) have told agencies to direct more spending to S&T in their 2011 budgets (being drafted now for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Your feedback sought by Homeland Security Dept.
As part of the (first ever) quadrennial homeland security review (QHSR), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security invites public comment and feedback on it draft long-term strategic plans, before they are finalized.
Via a DHS dialogue web portal, you can comment on existing proposals or add your own proposals in any of six topics: counterterrorism and [...]
NIH Announces New Program to Develop Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases
The National Institutes of Health is launching the first integrated, drug development pipeline to produce new treatments for rare and neglected diseases. The $24 million program jumpstarts a trans-NIH initiative called the Therapeutics for Rare and Neglected Diseases program, or TRND.
The program is unusual because TRND creates a drug development pipeline within the NIH and [...]
The FY10 President’s Budget has been released
Today the OMB released portions of the FY10 president’s budget – or budgets, really, one for each federal agency. This is, of course, prelude to a months long process whereby the congress will ultimately (hopefully) pass FY10 appropriations bills that the President will sign, keeping the government funded for another year.
Reading the budget (or budgets) [...]
DOE has $39 billion in stimulus dollars and $100 billion in requests
The recent issue of Innnovation reports that the US Department of Energy has received applications for $100 billion worth of stimulus funds, against the $39 billion the agency has available to grant. The agency expects the intense competition for funds will ensure that only the best ideas will get funded. Most of the funding opportunities [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Gov. Richardson Withdraws as Commerce Nominee
Governor Bill Richardson (D, NM) announced yesterday he was withdrawing his name as nominee for Secretary of Commerce in the Obama administration. This is apparently a response to an ongoing grand jury investigation into “pay to play” allegations against the Richardson administration.
Richardson denies any wrongdoing but says the investigation could take months, delaying the confirmation [...]
“Unprecedented” Government Takeover of Fannie and Freddie
The Bush administration, via Treasurey Secretary Paulson, announced today that it was placing the very ailing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship, and would likely be providing up to $200 billion in new capital to the companies, using powers granted by congress not that long ago. In fact, not that long ago, both congress [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The presidential transition – broad implications
We’ll have a new President in January 2009 — and likely many new federal agency heads and, perhaps more slowly, new focus to some of those agencies. Industry Government Affairs managers are, or should be, keeping a close eye on the transition. Government Executive.com can help. Check out their “presidential transition” resources.
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