Volume 20

December10, 2001 (pdf version)

Congress to Finish Up This Week; Avoid Traditional Debacles
President's Science Adviser Meets With Social/Behavioral Groups
Castle, Whitehurst, and the NRC Look to Improving Education Research
NIDA's Acting Director Reveals New Research Initiatives
NIH Honors Matilda White Riley
Anthropologists Launch Race Initiative
Announcements: New NSF Division Director Named; Levine to Lead AERA; Cancer Institute Director Named
Sources of Research Support

November 19, 2001 (pdf version)

Appropriations Endgame in Sight
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education Introduced to Research Community
Social Scientists Discuss the Ethics of Researching Humanitarian Emergencies
Developing a Research Agenda on Stigma and Global Health
Announcements
Sources of Research Support

November 5, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Speakers Weigh Social Science’s Impact, Celebrate 20 Years of COSSA

· Leshner, Hyman Continue Exodus at NIH

· Marburger Confirmed

· Discussion Progresses on Public-Use Data Files and Third Parties

October 22, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Full House Passes Labor-HHS; Senate Panel Proposes $3.4 Billion Increase for NIH

· Science Advisor Nominee Sails Through Hearing

· Census Bureau Rejects Adjustment for Allocating Federal Funds

· New OERI Head Shares His Agenda for Education Research

· NSF Seeks New Proposals on Learning and Development, Funds Children’s Research

· COSSA Welcomes New Contributor

October 8, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Labor-HHS Subcommittee Approves Spending Bill

· Merits of Scientific Earmarking Debated

· Panel Passes Bill to Create EPA Science Coordinator

· Reports Assess Census 2000, Look to 2010

· Justice Statistics Releases Hate Crimes Report

· Report Encourages Cooperation Between Secular and Faith Communities to Reduce Teen Pregnancy

· Sources of Research Support

September 24, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Things Have Changed III

· Juvenile Justice Bill Clears the House With Bipartisan Backing

· National Bioethics Advisory Commission Issues Final Report

· Update on Census and ACS

· Culture Counts in Mental Health Research, Says Surgeon General

· National Academies Release Stem Cell Research Report

· NIH Solicits HIV Prevention Research

Sources of Research Support

September 10, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Congress Returns: Budget Battles Ahead

· Senate Debates Social and Ethical Issues in Stem Cell Policy

· House Panel Discusses OERI Reauthorization

· IOM Examines IRB System

· Satcher Calls for More Research on Lifestyle Factors to Eliminate Health Disparities

· COSSA News

· Announcements

· Sources of Research Support

August 13, 2001 (pdf version)*

· Congress Recesses; Economic Slowdown, Tax Cut To Impact Spending Bills

Carter Unveils Election Reform Report
Human Subjects Advisory Group Makes Recommendations
Marjorie Speers Named Executive Director of AAHRPP
Researchers Address Rural Prosperity at COSSA Seminar

July 30, 2001 (pdf version)*

Senate Panel, Hindered by Allocation, Limits NSF Increase
Senate Panel Increases Funds for Agriculture Competitive Grants
OJP Nominees Appear Before Senate Judiciary
New Census Director Announced
Briefing Reveals Demand for Continuous Census Data; ACS Progress Reported
OMB Seeks Comments on Info Dissemination Guidelines
Gaps in Data on Children and Youth Identified
Sources of Research Support

July 16, 2001 (pdf)

House Panel Recommends Nine Percent Boost for NSF
House Appropriations Passes CJS Funding Bill
NSF Appoints Former University President Head of Education Directorate
Surgeon General Issues Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health
Hyman Addresses NIMH Research Roundtable
Voting Technology Project Results Unveiled
Gutmann to Lead Social Science Archive
Sources of Research Support
Announcements

July 2, 2001 (pdf)

Congress Begins to Move Appropriations Bills
Election Reform Dispute Puts Statisticians Front-and-Center at Hearing
Juvenile Justice Bill Clears Panel; Research Discussed
Human Subjects: Focus on Social and Behavioral Science
Sources of Research Support

June 18, 2001 (pdf)

Senate Panel Expresses Concern with NSF'S Proposed Budget
NIJ to Study Death Penalty Disparities
Panel Discusses Oversight of the American Community Survey
"Special Privilege" at NSF?
New Path for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research
Satcher Addresses Children's Mental Health
Announcements

June 4, 2001 (pdf version)

Things Have Changed II
Senate Aging Hearing Highlights Caregiving Research
IOM Hosts Symposium on the Behavioral and Social Sciences
IOM Releases Health and Behavior Study
NBAC Calls for a Single Policy To Protect Human Research Participants
Group Launches Human Subjects Protection Accrediting Agency
Science Board Concerned With Allocation of Federal Resources
Sources of Research Support

May 21, 2001 (pdf version)

Congress Finishes FY 2002 Budget Outline
NIH Appears Before Appropriations
OERI Testifies Before Appropriations
National Academies Release GPRA Implementation Report for Federal Research
COSSA Briefs Washington on Assessing the Health of Older Americans
Annoucements

May 7, 2001

This issue of COSSA WASHINGTON UPDATE contains a summary and analysis of the proposed Fiscal Year 2002 budgets for over 50 agencies and programs that support social and behavioral science research. There is a nominal charge for the issue. For more information, contact Chris Ryan