Category Archives: United States

Well, at least we've got the President on our side

Posted on 30 Apr, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Follow-up about yesterday’s fretting about Congresspeople wanting to interfere with peer review at the National Science Foundation: President Obama was asked about this yesterday at an event celebrating the 150th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences—and he looks to … Continue reading →

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Congress takes a worrying interest in peer review at NSF

Posted on 29 Apr, 2013 by Jeremy Yoder

Science Insider reported yesterday that Lamar Smith, a Republican congressman from Texas and the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology, is planning to introduce legislation to change the way the National Science Foundation decides how to … Continue reading →

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