NSF & Congress
Hearings - Testimony and Summaries

NSF HEARINGS - 113th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION

Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing: STEM Education: The Administration's Proposed Re-Organization
Committee: House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Witnesses: Dr. John Holdren, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President; Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources, NSF; Mr. Leland D. Melvin, Associate Administrator for Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Webcast: http://science.house.gov/hearing/full-committee-hearing-stem-education-administration%E2%80%99s-proposed-re-organization
OLPA Staff Contact: Karen Pearce

Date: Thursday, May 9, 2013
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Joint Hearing: Exoplanet Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?
Committee: House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Subcommittee on Space and Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses: Dr. James Ulvestad, Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences, NSF; Dr. Laurance Doyle, Principal Investigator, Center for the Study of Life in the Universe, SETI Institute; Dr. John M. Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA
Webcast: http://science.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-space-and-subcommittee-research-joint-hearing-exoplanet-discoveries-have-we
OLPA Staff Contact: Tony Gibson

Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing: Next Generation Computing and Big Data Analytics
Committee: House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Subcommittee on Technology & Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses: Dr. Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Directorate, National Science Foundation; Dr. David McQueeney, Vice President, Technical Strategy and Worldwide Operations, IBM Research; Dr. Michael Rappa, Director, Institute for Advanced Analytics, Distinguished University Professor, North Carolina State University
Webcast: TBD
OLPA Staff Contact: Karen Pearce

Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing: An Overview of the National Science Foundation Budget for Fiscal Year 2014
Committee: House Committee on Science, Space and Technology; Subcommittee on Research
Witnesses: Dr. Cora Marrett, Acting Director, NSF; Dr. Dan Arvizu, Chairman, NSB
Webcast: http://science.house.gov/hearing/research-subcommittee-hearing-overview-national-science-foundation-budget-fiscal-year-2014
OLPA Staff Contact: Karen Pearce

Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Location: H-309 U.S. Capitol
Hearing: Oversight Hearing: National Science Foundation and Youth Violence Research
Committee: House Committee on Appropriations/Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Witnesses: Panel 1: The Honorable Subra Suresh, Director, National Science Foundation; Panel 2: Dr. Brad J. Bushman, Professor, Ohio State University, Youth Violence Research
OLPA Staff Contact: Tony Gibson

Date: Thursday, February 28, 2013
Time: 10:00 A.M.
Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing: Top Challenges for Science Agencies: Reports from the Inspectors General, Part 1
Committee: Subcommittee on Oversight of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology
Witnesses: Ms. Allison C. Lerner, Inspector General, NSF; Mr. Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, NASA; Mr. Dave Smith, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce
Webcast: http://science.house.gov/hearing/subcommittee-oversight-top-challenges-science-agencies-reports-inspectors-general-part-1
OLPA Staff Contact: Tony Gibson

See also: Hearings - Testimony and Summaries from the 112th Congress, Second Session (2012) and NSF & Congress Archive.