<div dir="ltr">For those of you interested in US science policy, especially about IT and computation, this is not to be missed:<br><br>U.S. lawmakers unveil bold $100 billion plan to remake NSF<br><a href="https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/us-lawmakers-unveil-bold-100-billion-plan-remake-nsf">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/us-lawmakers-unveil-bold-100-billion-plan-remake-nsf</a><div><br></div><div>It's just a senate proposal for now, but it looks like it has legs. </div><div><br></div><div>While I was caught off guard by the SCOPE of what they are proposing, the SHAPE is unsurprising to me, and looks a much like the NSF may be reorganized according to what I've been writing about recently as '<a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312719849709">the logic of domains</a>': a vast and empowered new 'technology' directorate orbited by the various domains, with a support role articulated for social science. Too soon to say for sure, but it sure smells like it. </div><div><br></div><div>Regardless, it may of interest to members of this list, and I'd be curious if anyone knows more. I'll be following closely. <br><br>Here is another article, and then the somewhat inscrutable Senate doc itself:<br><br><a href="https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/05/27/100b-plan-submitted-for-massive-remake-and-expansion-of-nsf/">https://www.hpcwire.com/2020/05/27/100b-plan-submitted-for-massive-remake-and-expansion-of-nsf/</a><br><br><a href="https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/images/fyi/pdf/endless-frontier-act-as-introduced-in-senate-2020.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6VXFV,1D9MBU,RNJDJ,1">https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/images/fyi/pdf/endless-frontier-act-as-introduced-in-senate-2020.pdf?utm_medium=email&utm_source=FYI&dm_i=1ZJN,6VXFV,1D9MBU,RNJDJ,1</a></div><div><br>--<br>David Ribes<br>Associate Professor<br>Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE)<br>University of Washington<br><a href="http://davidribes.com">http://davidribes.com</a></div></div>