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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">The White House Office of Science & Technology Policy recently issued a new <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp_memo_scientific_collections_march_2014.pdf">government-wide
policy on the management of scientific collections</a>, accompanied by </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D">a <a href="http://wh.gov/lVJf8">White House blog</a> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">and a <a href="https://twitter.com/whitehouseostp/status/446654289864187905">White
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black">Some very interesting reading…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Andy Bentley<br>
Ichthyology Collection Manager<br>
University of Kansas<br>
Biodiversity Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Dyche Hall<br>
1345 Jayhawk Boulevard<br>
Lawrence, KS, 66045-7561<br>
USA<br>
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Tel: (785) 864-3863<br>
Fax: (785) 864-5335 <br>
Email: <a href="mailto:abentley@ku.edu"><span style="color:blue">abentley@ku.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu/"><span style="color:blue">http://ichthyology.biodiversity.ku.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-AU" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">SPNHC President-Elect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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