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	<title>COMPUTING RESEARCH POLICY BLOG &#187; CRA</title>
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		<title>Computing Community Takes Case to Hill</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/09/computing-community-takes-case-to-hill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a busy day on Capitol Hill yesterday for members of the computing research community as they worked to make the case to Congress of the importance of the federal investment in research from a couple of different angles. From one direction, a panel of current and former CRA board members joined the head [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Want You! &#8211; CRA is Hiring!</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/08/we-want-you-cra-is-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/08/we-want-you-cra-is-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at CRA World HQ, we&#8217;re looking for a Program Manager. Below is the official notice. If you or someone you know might be interested, please apply! Send applications and inquiries to employment@cra.org. The position will remain open until a suitable applicant is found! Program Manager This posting will expire on December 31, 2011. Organization/Institution: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calling for 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows &#8211; Applications Due May 31</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/05/calling-for-2011-12-computing-innovation-fellows-applications-due-may-31/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/05/calling-for-2011-12-computing-innovation-fellows-applications-due-may-31/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 20:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Crossposted with the CCC Blog!) Today, the Computing Community Consortium, a standing committee of the Computing Research Association, is pleased to announce a call for 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows (CIFellows). The CIFellows Project, established in 2009 with support from the National Science Foundation, offers recent Ph.D. graduates in computer science, computer engineering, information science, or a closely related field an exciting opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CCC Announces Science Policy Institute for Computing Researchers</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/04/ccc-announces-science-policy-institute-for-computing-researchers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2011/04/ccc-announces-science-policy-institute-for-computing-researchers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/?p=978</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, if you&#8217;re a regular reader of this blog, you&#8217;re probably someone who&#8217;d be interested in CRA&#8217;s most recent effort to increase science policy literacy amongst the computing research community. Today CRA&#8217;s Computing Community Consortium is putting out a Call for Nominations for participants in a workshop hosted by the new CCC Leadership in Science [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Value of a Computer Science Education</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/11/on-the-value-of-a-computer-science-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/11/on-the-value-of-a-computer-science-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:40:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computing Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[computational thinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chronicle of Higher Education has a great piece today describing the importance of an education that includes computational thinking, and lamenting the fact that more students aren&#8217;t becoming computer scientists. The whole piece is worth reading, but here&#8217;s a great snippet from the conclusion, which encapsulates much of the message groups like Computing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is CS Education Running on Empty?</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/10/is-cs-education-running-on-empty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/10/is-cs-education-running-on-empty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaNorr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACM and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) today released an exhaustive report on the state of CS education at the K-12 level and their conclusion is&#8230;well, it&#8217;s not good. The computing community used the occasion to announcing a new coalition, called Computing in the Core, targeted at addressing the problem. My colleague Erwin Gianchandani [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Computer Science Education Act Introduced in House</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/07/computer-science-education-act-introduced-in-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/07/computer-science-education-act-introduced-in-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MelissaNorr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HR 5929, the Computer Science Education Act, was introduced in Congress today by Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO). CRA, the Association for Computing Machinery, the Computer Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Women and Information Technology, the Anita Borg Institute, Microsoft, Google, Intel and SAS are all organizations that support this bill to address the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex-CRA Chair Peter Lee to Leave DARPA for Microsoft Research</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/07/ex-cra-chair-peter-lee-to-leave-darpa-for-microsoft-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/07/ex-cra-chair-peter-lee-to-leave-darpa-for-microsoft-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Lee, current head of DARPA&#8217;s innovative Transformational Convergence Technology Office (TCTO), will leave the agency in September to run Microsoft Research&#8217;s Redmond Lab. Before joining DARPA, Lee was Chair of the computer science department at Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Chair of CRA (and head of CRA&#8217;s Government Affairs Committee). In a press [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACTION ALERT: Urge Your Rep *NOW* to Support COMPETES</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/05/action-alert-urge-your-rep-now-to-support-competes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/05/action-alert-urge-your-rep-now-to-support-competes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:21:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINAL UPDATE: (5/28/10 3:05 pm) COMPETES passes, sans troublesome MTR language: 262 &#8211; 150 with 17 Republicans in support. Now, on to the Senate! UPDATE: (5/28/10) &#8211; It looks like Rep. Gordon got creative with a solution to the COMPETES Act logjam. In a surprise move, he&#8217;s brought the original bill back to the floor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COMPETES Reauthorization on Floor Today; CRA Endorses Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/05/competes-reauthorization-on-floor-today-cra-endorses-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cra.org/govaffairs/blog/2010/05/competes-reauthorization-on-floor-today-cra-endorses-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 06:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Harsha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two weeks after the House Science and Technology Committee approved it, the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 will get consideration from the whole House today. The bill, which we&#8217;ve discussed previously, would extend funding authorizations through 2015 for a few key science agencies at levels that would double their budgets over ten years, in [...]]]></description>
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