The Secure World Foundation has released a report -- "The NORAD Experience: Implications for International Space Surveillance Data Sharing" -- that examines the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) relationship and experience, then draws from those lessons for sharing space situational awareness (SSA) information.
Sara Rosenbaum from The George Washington University is available to comment on the recent decision (Commonwealth of Virginia v Sebelius) regarding Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Ron Kendall will testify to U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on dispersant use in the Gulf of Mexico.
A University of Texas at Austin political scientist joined several other constitutional scholars to advise the Kenyan leaders who recently drafted a new national constitution that voters there will have the chance to ratify this Wednesday (Aug. 4).
The Wildlife Conservation Society applauded today’s Senate passage of H.R. 1454, the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act. Its passage has been a major legislative objective of WCS and represents a victory for supporters of wildlife and fiscally responsible governance.
Given the controversy and the fact the U.S. government is a party challenging the law, it makes sense that a federal court would put the Arizona immigration law on hold so the legal and constitutional questions can be discussed and pondered in a measured way, according to Rick Su, an expert on immigration law and local government at the University at Buffalo Law School.
The nation awaits Missouri’s August 3 vote on Proposition C, a federal health care law opt-out described as a ‘last-ditch’ political measure by a Washington University in St. Louis expert.
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) has granted Secure World Foundation special consultative status.
Brian F. Carso, Jr., J.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of history and director of the pre-law and Government, Law & National Security programs at Misericordia University, is an expert on treason and is available to discuss WikiLeaks and the war in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 and now included in America COMPETES is support for the development of research, science and technology parks.
Researchers investigated whether geographic variations in utilization of health services and spending differed between Medicare and the private sector.
Hailed as the Bill of Rights for people with disabilities, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) has fulfilled much of its promise since it went into effect 20 years ago, according to an online survey of disability leaders, released today. But the findings also uncover new challenges.
A comprehensive study by an intellectual property law expert published in the journal 'Science' may guide global climate change and other scientific policy-makers in developing rules for research data release.
Experts are available to speak about immigration law and policy, healthcare and cultural and political history.
As Americans continue to debate immigration reform, border enforcement and Arizona's recent legislation, experts from The University of Texas at Austin are offering their views on these issues through a series of online videos.
U.S. military operations to protect oil imports coming from the Middle East are creating larger amounts of greenhouse gas emissions than once thought, new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows.
Twenty years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, there is finally a “tool kit” for non-experts to measure whether public facilities are in compliance.
Community Remote Sensing is a new field that combines remote sensing with citizen science, social networks, and crowd-sourcing to enhance the data obtained from traditional sources. It includes the collection, calibration, analysis, communication, or application of remotely sensed information by these community means.
Robert C. Hockett, professor at the Cornell University Law School and an expert on financial law and economic globalization, comments on historic financial regulation reform legislation passed today by the U.S. Senate.
“Cowboy Conservatism: Texas and the Rise of the Modern Right” explains the process of political shifts.
Dr. Paul Lipkin is among six Robert Wood Johnson Foundation® Health Policy Fellows chosen in 2010.
Decision-makers and senior experts on disaster-risk management met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to focus on Africa's use of space-based applications and solutions.
Erin Sember, technical assistance coordinator of the Northeast ADA Center at Cornell University, comments about the influence of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on the workplace and public spaces.
A future look into the unrealized potential of remotely sensed data for disaster scenarios, including what is becoming known as community remote sensing, or cloud computing.
Using “13 Keys” system, American University professor predicts outcome of presidential election.
The U.S. Justice Department lawsuit filed July 6 against Arizona’s controversial new immigration law will likely see partial success, according to a Washington University in St. Louis law professor. But he predicts the legal battle will extend beyond Arizona.
Expert is available to discuss constitutional issues in the latest development in the suit filed by pharmacists who have conscientious objections to stocking and dispensing “morning-after pills.”
Indiana University professor Christopher Craft says the doom-and-gloom predictions for the Gulf oil spill's effects on coastal wetlands are premature.
Indiana University dean John Graham, a former administrator in the White House OMB, says it may be too late for bipartisan support of immigration reform.
For expert comment on the nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, I offer you Dr. Bruce Peabody, Chair of the Department of Social Sciences and History and associate professor of American Politics and the Judicial Process at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ.
President Obama will deliver remarks on the need to fix the nation’s broken immigration system through comprehensive immigration reform at American University’s School of International Service on Thursday, July 1.
The Arms Control Association and Secure World Foundation invite you to attend a Thursday July 1, 2010 special panel discussion on the Obama Administration’s release of its National Space Policy.
President Obama's new National Space Policy calls for greater international cooperation in outer space activities and opens the door for potential international agreements to enhance the sustainability and stability of outer space.
Robert Byrd, the longest serving member of Congress in history, often credited the law degree he earned in 1963 from American University’s Washington College of Law with instilling in him a new level of confidence.
The U.S. Senate lost one of its staunchest defenders and most influential leaders with the death Monday, June 28, of long-serving Democratic Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia, says Steven S. Smith, a congressional expert at Washington University in St. Louis.
Experts are available to comment upon the White House release of a new U.S. National Space Policy (NSP) - one that establishes an overarching national policy that governs the conduct of U.S. civil, commercial and military use of space.
The Secure World Foundation (SWF) participated in the Fifty-third session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), highlighting a number of issues, such as the threat from orbital debris and other space sustainability topics.
Faculty experts from the University of Maryland School of Law will be available to comment on the hearings, and on what Kagan’s confirmation (or rejection) might mean.
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Cornell University Professor of Law and an expert in environmental law, comments on the recent court decision to lift a federal embargo on deep-water oil drilling.
The current tension between President Obama and Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is nothing new in the presidency, says military historian Dr. John C. McManus.
ADA has transformed the workplace, architecture and urban planning, according to Susanne Bruyere, associate dean and Professor of Disability Studies, director of the Employee Disability Institute at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relation.
Paid sick leave is a benefit prized by American workers but frequently missing on the job — a situation that leads to serious consequences. A new study found about one in three working Americans does not have paid sick leave, and that nearly one in six people lost their job for taking time off to deal with a personal or family illness.
Electronic health record systems likely will soon become a fixture in medical settings. Although benefits of bringing information technology to health records can be substantial, EHR systems also give rise to increased liability risks for health care providers due to possible software or hardware problems or user errors.
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representative are working toward a final version of the financial reform bill, which is expected be on the desk of President Barack Obama by July 4. Securities law expert Hillary A. Sale, JD, professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis, says that is coming at a good time for the Securities & Exchange Commission.
A new study conducted by the Institute for Homeland Security Solutions (IHSS), a research consortium led by RTI International, recommends faith-based and secular community organizations be more closely integrated with formal emergency response networks.
Reports that focus solely on technology transfer offices established by colleges and universities tend to underestimate the commercial activity resulting from academic research, according to a study by Indiana University researchers.
Increasing pressure from the international community may be the catalyst needed to ensure fossil fuel subsidy reform is high on the climate change agenda of the G20 summit in Toronto this month.
The University of Oregon's Climate Leadership Initiative, in partnership with the Oregon Coalition of Local Health Officials and public health organizations around the state, have issued two new guidebooks aimed at helping health-related agencies and organizations cope with climate change.
A research team led by the University of Illinois at Chicago has advised the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency to phase in green infrastructure requirements for better and cheaper control of stormwater in all new development and redevelopment.
Government data shows that more than 40 million U.S. workers do not have paid sick days. How many have gone to work with a contagious illness? How many send sick children to school? The results of a new survey conducted by the National Opinion Research Center that answers these and other pressing questions will be released at an audio news conference Monday.
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