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04/23 - Latest ASTRA Briefs (Spring 2008)


The spring 2008 issue of the ASTRA Briefs newsletter is now available. This issue includes:

  • Links to your own State R&D Sheet: Check out where your state ranks and why science R&D investments matter to you, your family, and your local economy

  • A complete analysis of the Administration's FY '09 Budget written by Kei Koizumi of the American Society for the Advancement of Science

  • News about what ASTRA and its allies are doing to salvage the 2009 Science budgets and how our Legislative Task Force is making progress

  • An update on ASTRA efforts to get its Riding the Rising Tide policy framework study into the remaining Presidential Campaigns

  • Photos and Report on Congressional Visits Day 2008: supported by ASTRA and 37 other organizations on March 4-5, 2008

  • Dr. Mary Good's March 11 Congressional testimony on the 2009 NIST Budget and programs like the Technology Innovation Program and Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program

  • News about ASTRA's new innovation education programs in partnership with the Center for Strategic & International Studies

  • Book review of The Technology Imperative by Dr. Gregory Tassey, Chief Economist at the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Please click here to access the latest ASTRA Briefs.


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