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Session 1: Budget

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Matt Hourihan

S&T Funding in the NewAdministration & CongressMatt HourihanFebruary 7, 2017For the ASEE Public Policy ColloquiumAAAS R&D Budget and Policy Programhttp://www.aaas.org/program/rd-budget-and-policy-program Copyright © 2015 American Association for the Advancement of Science 8/26/15 1 Limits on Discretionary Spending Since FY 2010 billions of constant 2016 dollars $1,250 $1,200 $1,150 $1,100 $1,050 $1,000 $950 BCA: Initial Pre-Sequestration Baseline BCA: Sequestration Baseline Actual Base Budget

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Legislative Update

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Amr Elnashai; Kenneth Ball

, Texas. Commerce, Idaho, Energy & Justice, Science Water Key Appropriators - Senate• Chairman Thad Cochran (R, Miss.) chair, Defense subcommittee• Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D, Vt.)[Replaced Barbara Mikulski]• Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) Energy & Water• Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Commerce, Justice, Science Pending FY 2017 Appropriations Bills• House & Senate Appropriations Committees completed work on most spending bills in 2016.• None has won final passage.• Additional changes are possible. Regulation and Deregulation• 329 bills introduced in the 115th Congress as of Feb. 1, 2017.• Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 passed House Jan. 11. Now before the Senate

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Session 2: Public Policies that Impact the P-12 Pipeline into Engineering and Computer Science Disciplines

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Greg Pearson

/pre-service educators  School, district, state administratorsResearch-based, iterative development processFive partner organizations22-member steering committee (Dean Pines!)Collaboration with TeachEngineering NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERINGEnhancing Teachers’ Voices in K-12 Engineering EducationGoal: Bring national attention to the value of involving classroom teachers in policy making related to the implementation of K-12 engineering education.Convocation: Sept. 30-Oct. 1 at the NAS Building; ~100 attendees, majority classroom teachersProducts: Summary report and 3-4 targeted, companion “briefs” NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING Engineering Technology Education in the

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Session 2: Public Policies that Impact the P-12 Pipeline into Engineering and Computer Science Disciplines

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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James Brown

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New Deans' Orientation

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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John English

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New Deans' Orientation

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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John Mason

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Session 3: Export Control

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Kevin Wolf

positively enumerated, they will be described using the defined term “specially designed” 3Definitions Rules in 2015 and 2016 BIS and DDTC published proposed rules revising definitions to improve harmonization between the EAR and ITAR on June 3, 2015 ● BIS proposed rule: 80 FR 35586 ● DDTC proposed rule: 80 FR 31525 BIS and DDTC published final rules on June 3, 2016, with an effective date of September 1, 2016 ● BIS final rule: 81 FR 35586 ● DDTC interim final rule: 81 FR 35611 DDTC published a final rule further revising definitions in the ITAR on September 8, 2016 (81 FR 62004) BIS FAQs available at https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/2012-03-30

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Session 4: Building a New Partnership – progress of Manufacturing USA, the NNMI

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

Authors

Michael Molnar

-sustaining after federal startup investment ends.• Workforce training and development is an essential component in institute focus. Federal startup investment: $70M - $120M/institute over 5 years Institute Consortium owners must have minimum 1:1 co-investment Manufacturing USA Strategic Goals• Increase the competiveness of U.S. manufacturing.• Facilitate the transition of innovative technologies into scalable, cost-effective, and high-performing domestic manufacturing capabilities.• Accelerate the development of an advanced manufacturing workforce.• Support business models that help institutes become stable and sustainable. https://www.manufacturing.gov/files/2016/02/2015-NNMI

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Session 5: Impact of Federal R&D

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Richard Brown

2016 CoE Research Expenditures 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0FY 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15ASEE Data Myriad Genetics Genetic Testing for Hereditary -  Breast and Ovarian Cancer BRACA 1 & BRACA 2 -  Uterine Cancer -  Colorectal Cancer -  Pancreatic Cancer -  Prostate Cancer TypeMark Skolnick Peter Meldrum BioFire Rapid Cycle PCR -  Respiratory Panel (20 viruses & bacteria) -  Blood Culture

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Session 3: Export Control

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2017 Public Policy Colloquium

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Robert Hardy

information, equipment or software, are not technology or technical data that arises during or results from fundamental research”(EAR 734.8 Note 1; ITAR 120.49(a) Note 1)• Deleted from Final EAR Rule which now states only that information that is not intended to be published is not fundamental research.• ITAR ??• Recent NAS report calls attention to conduct issue The Bottom Line• Many changes helpful to universities in ECR• Migration of controlled items to EAR and harmonization of many controls beneficial• “Defense services” in ITAR longstanding concern which ECR changes over time would largely have addressed but status now uncertain• Proposed ITAR exclusion of sponsor proprietary review from fundamental research remains major