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The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is an advocacy organization that promotes attention to and Federal funding for the social and behavioral sciences. It serves as a bridge between the academic research community and the Washington policymaking community. Its members consist of more than 100 professional associations, scientific societies, universities, and research centers and institutes. In its many activities, COSSA:
- Represents the needs and interests of social and behavioral scientists;
- Educates federal officials about social and behavioral science;
- Informs the science community about relevant federal policies;
- and Cooperates with other science and education groups in pursuit of common goals.
COSSA works with federal agencies and with the relevant congressional committees and offices to explain the importance of social and behavioral sciences toAmerica’s economic and national security.Many advocacy activities are conducted through coalitions. COSSA has not only participated actively in these groups, but, has and continues to, serve in leadership positions. Its Executive Director has served as the chair of the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) and its Deputy Director co-chairs the Coalition to Promote Research (CPR) and the Coalition for the Advancement for Health Through Behavioral and Social Science Research (CAHT-BSSR). COSSA also leads the Collaborative for Enhancing Diversity in Science (CEDS).
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COSSA Washington Update
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May 13, 2013 - Volume 32 Issue 8
- Proposed FY 2014 Budgets for Social and Behavioral Science --Reflecting Stephen Stills' great song, the budget process continues to be a clear as mud! For what it's
worth, according to the Budget and Control Act of 1974, the President is supposed to reveal his
spending plan for the following fiscal year on the first Monday in February. Although previous
presidents have ignored this deadline, particularly at the start of a term, President Obama waited until
April 10 to release his proposals for FY 2014. Part of the delay could be attributed to the fact that the
FY 2013 appropriations process did not finish until the end of March 2013, six months into the fiscal
year. In the meantime, both the House and Senate budget committees passed FY 2014 budget
resolutions in mid-March. The problem is that the House set overall discretionary spending at $967
billion and the Senate at $1.053 trillion. Attempts to reconcile this difference have not yielded any
results so far. While all this has been going on, the agencies are still reeling from the imposition of the
across-the-board cuts known as sequestration, as well as some policy riders attached to the final FY
2013 appropriations bill.
The President's proposed FY 2014 budget requests $3.778 trillion in spending, which includes the
mandatory programs such as Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, and others not subject to the annual
appropriations process, interest on the very large national debt, and discretionary spending. Under the
President's proposal non-defense discretionary spending would be at its lowest level as a percent of
GDP since the Eisenhower era in the 1950s. The Administration expects the annual deficit to decline
significantly to 4.4 percent of GDP. Early indications from the Treasury Department suggest that the FY
2013 deficit may also see a reduction due to increased revenues from the tax increase enacted at the
end of 2012. The President also declared that the sequester scheduled for FY 2014 would not occur
under his proposed budget.
Archived Update
COSSA Members' Annual Meetings
2013
Midwest Political Science Association
April 11 -14; Chicago, IL
Population Association of America
April 11 - 13; New Orleans, LA
American Educational Research Association
April 27 - May 1; San Francisco, CA
American Association for Public Opinion Research
May 16 -10; Boston, MA
Law and Society Association
May 30 - June 2; Boston, MA
Rural Sociological Society
July 25-29; Chicago, IL
American Statistical Association
August 3 - 8; Montreal, Canada
American Psychological Association
July 31 - August 4; Honolulu, HI
American Sociological Association
August 10 - 14; New York, NY
Amerian Political Science Association
August 29- September 1; Chicago, IL
American Society of Criminology
November 20 -23; Atlanta, GA
National Communication Association
November 21 - 24; Washington D.C.
Society for Research in Child Development
April 18 - 20; Seattle, WA
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2012 Annual Meeting Colloquium
(PowerPoints)
COSSA Led Coalitions
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What's New
Protecting the SBE Sciences at the National Science Foundation More
Is Any Science Safe - Kenneth Prewit (Science Editoral - 3 MAY 2013 )
General Principles Regarding Federal Support for Basic Scientific Research
NSF Directors' and National Science Board Chairs' Letter to Reps. Smith and Johnson
NSF's Assistant Directors' Letter to Reps. Smith and Johnson regarding the High Quality Research Act
White House Vigorously Defends Science Against Congressional Attacks
White House OSTP Director John P. Holdren's remarks at theAAAS S&T Symposium - May 2, 2013 - (View via C-SPAN)
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Congressional Briefings
April 25th - Social Science Research on Disasters: Communication, Resilience, and Consequences
A Congressional Briefing sponsored by the Coalition for National Science Foundation (CNSF) in conjunction with the House Research and Development Caucus and organized by COSSA
Presentations
April 12th -- Economics Research: Saving Lives and Money
Capitol Hill Briefing Discusses the Contributions of Economics Research to Health
Immigration and the Foreign-Born Workforce in the United States
February 1, 2013 - Briefing Flyer
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Newly Released Report from the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation-Funded Social Science Research Directly Benefits Americans (download report)
COSSA Executive Director FY 2014 Testimony on behalf of theNational Science Foundation, National Institute of Justice,and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (Testimony)
National Organizations and Universities Oppose
NIH Economic Research Ban (Press Release; Letters to Congress)
COSSA Submits Testimony on Behalf the American Coummunity Survey
Collaborative for Enhancing Diversity in Science (CEDS) Holds Workshop to Develop Metrics for Enhancing Diversity in ScienceSummary Report
Human Subjects Protection
Social and Behavioral Science White Paper on Advanced Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM)
COSSA and 21 research associations representing more than 350,000 members provided the following social and behavioral science (SBS) white paper in response to the ANPRM requesting comments regarding current regulations for the protecting human subjects in research, as set forth in 45CFR46, Subpart A (the “Common Rule”).
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