Streamlining the Federal Water Research Portfolio

Benchmarking the expected loss of a federal IT portfolio

After a stream of media attention about failing federal IT investments, their proper IT governance was put on the Dutch political agenda. Pending a congressional hearing, investigations were carried out, among which the publication of data on 73 large and IT intensive federal investments. Based on industry averages that we encapsulated in formulas for general use, we quantified that the expecte...

The federal government's role in basic research.

The Domino Effects of Federal Research Funding

The extent to which federal investment in research crowds out or decreases incentives for investment from other funding sources remains an open question. Scholarship on research funding has focused on the relationship between federal and industry or, more comprehensively, non-federal funding without disentangling the other sources of research support that include nonprofit organizations and sta...

A framework for streamlining research workflow in neuroscience and psychology

Successful accumulation of knowledge is critically dependent on the ability to verify and replicate every part of scientific conduct. However, such principles are difficult to enact when researchers continue to resort on ad-hoc workflows and with poorly maintained code base. In this paper I examine the needs of neuroscience and psychology community, and introduce psychopy_ext, a unifying framew...

Federal Communications Commission 47 Cfr Parts 0, 1, 2, Et Al. Radio Experimentation and Market Trials—streamlining Rules; Final Rule Radio Experimentation and Market Trials—streamlining Rules

SUMMARY: This document revises and streamlines the Commission rules to modernize the Experimental Radio Service (ERS). The rules adopted in the Report and Order updates the ERS to a more flexible framework to keep pace with the speed of modern technological change while continuing to provide an environment where creativity can thrive. To accomplish this transition, the Commission created three ...