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<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Election Day Approaching: Remember to Vote</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

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Participate in U.S. democracy by voting on Tuesday, November 3<sup>rd</sup>.<br>

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In addition to the presidential race, all members of the House of Representatives and one-third of Senators are up for re-election.  There are also many state and local races on the ballot.<br>

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The next Congress and President must address many significant environmental and public health challenges, including impacts of the coronavirus pandemic and climate change.<br>

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Contact your state board of elections to find your polling location or to learn about early voting opportunities.<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Relief Negotiations Remain Unfruitful</span></strong><br>

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Negotiations continue between the White House and congressional leaders over the next emergency relief package in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with disagreements persisting over the price tag of the measure. <br>

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Earlier in October, the House passed a <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=ba744c0a65&e=6708ed45cf">

$2.2 trillion package</a> – a pared-down version of the $3.4 trillion <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a1115408a5&e=6708ed45cf">

Heroes Act</a> that the chamber passed in May.  The revised proposal includes nearly $3 billion in emergency funding for the National Science Foundation as well as $11.9 billion for higher education institutions.  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has expressed

 unwillingness to go below $2.2 trillion.  The White House was initially willing to go up to $1.6 trillion, but later proposed a slightly larger $1.8 trillion relief measure with additional funding for state and local governments and direct stimulus checks. 

 There is some Republican support for the White House proposal, but many GOP Senators criticized the spending as too high.<br>

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Last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) forced a vote on a $500 billion relief measure, which included $100 billion for school safety, an extension of expanded employment benefits, funds for testing and tracing, and funding for vaccine development

 and distribution.  The bill also included liability protections for businesses – a provision that Democrats called a “poison pill.”  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said the bill was “not a serious attempt at pandemic relief” and just “another

 attempt at giving Republicans political cover before the election.”  The bill failed to pass in the Senate.  McConnell conceded this was a messaging exercise. “We wanted to make the point to the American people that Senate Republicans believe another package

 is important,” he stated.<br>

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It appears unlikely that a stimulus deal will be reached before the elections.  According to

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">E&E News</span></em>, Senator McConnell has been discouraging the White House from finalizing an agreement with the Democrats prior to Election Day. <br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Report Urges Increased Investments in U.S. R&D</span></strong><br>

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A new report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Perils of Complacency: America at a Tipping Point in Science & Engineering</span></em>, urges significant action and research funding to ensure

 that the United States does not lose its leadership position in innovation.<br>

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The report offers a five-year update to the Academy’s <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=60793d60a2&e=6708ed45cf">

2014 report</a>, <em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Restoring the Foundation: The Vital Role of Research in Preserving the American Dream</span></em>, which called for annual U.S. investments in research and development (R&D) to equal 3.3 percent

 of gross domestic product (GDP). <br>

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“China is projected to become the world’s largest economy when measured by GDP by 2030. By 2026, the 250th anniversary of the United States, China’s strategic plan calls for it to be well on its way to becoming the unchallenged world leader in science, technology,

 and innovation,” reads the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=bddc1f9848&e=6708ed45cf">

new report</a>. “These developments are perilous for America, which today, 50 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing, is at a tipping point in R&D,” the report warns.<br>

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The report notes that the United States gained global leadership by prioritizing innovation and cautions that falling behind in science and technology R&D funding, even for a few years, can have “grave consequences for a country’s economy, job creation, standard

 of living, and national security.”<br>

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The latest report reaffirms the recommendations offered in the 2014 report, including increasing federal funding for basic research at a sustained growth rate of at least 4 percent per year and appropriating U.S. R&D budgets on at least a two-year cycle, rather

 than annually.  In addition, the report offers new recommendations focused on strengthening U.S. STEM education and the American workforce.<br>

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“The nation’s pre-K–12 public education system has been in crisis for decades,” notes the report.  The authors call for implementing the recommendations laid out in the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s 2005 report,

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Gathering Storm</span></em>, which included creating 10,000 federally funded four-year scholarships annually in STEM fields to be competitively awarded to U.S. citizens in exchange for a commitment to teach

 STEM in a public school for at least five years after graduating.  The authors also recommend that states “return to, and then sustain or increase, pre-Great Recession levels of public university funding, as measured per full-time equivalent (FTE) student.”

  Furthermore, the report calls for repealing the tax placed on earnings of endowments of private universities.<br>

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The report was prepared by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and a committee comprising notable players in the U.S. innovation ecosystem, including Norman Augustine, former chairman and CEO of Lockheed Martin; Neal Lane, former director of

 the National Science Foundation and the Office of Science and Technology Policy; Steven Chu, former Secretary of Energy; and Bart Gordon, former chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. <br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Work Begins on National Climate Report after Concerns over Delay</span></strong><br>

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After public outcry over a months-long delay, the Trump Administration has moved ahead with the fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) by soliciting nominations for authors and technical input.<br>

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The National Climate Assessment report is congressionally mandated to be prepared every four years by scientists from 13 federal agencies. The fourth installment, which was published in 2018, was written by more than 300 authors, including Federal and State

 government scientists as well as scientists from the private sector.  President Trump rejected the findings of the last assessment, which concluded that “Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization, primarily

 as a result of human activities.”<br>

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<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">E&E News</span></em> reported earlier this month that the Trump Administration was holding up progress on the next report.  Donald Wuebbles, a climate scientist at the University of Illinois and co-lead author

 on the first volume of the fourth National Climate Assessment, raised concerns that the Administration was late in issuing a call for authors for the report – a key step in the developing the assessment.  “It's not being approved to go out, so therefore they're

 just sitting on it. And I don't know if it's [the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] or the White House, but somebody's sitting on it, so that's just holding up getting up the NCA 5 going,” said Wuebbles.<br>

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2020 U.S. Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden also criticized the delay. “Climate change is already here, and ignoring science won't make it go away,” stated Biden.  “If we give the Trump Administration another four years, we'll lose irreplaceable time

 to combat it.”<br>

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Following reports of concerns over the delay, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) issued a

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Federal Register</span></em> notice on October 15 on behalf of the U.S. Global Change Research Program seeking nominations for lead authors and researchers for the assessment.  The report is now expected to

 be published in 2023, a year later than previously planned.<br>

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Author nominations and scientific/technical inputs for NCA5 must be submitted electronically by November 14, 2020 at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c95e4dd863&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.globalchange.gov/notices</a>.  More information about this solicitation can be found at:

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=447e3382e7&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-15/html/2020-22729.htm</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Trump Establishes Trillion Trees Interagency Council</span></strong><br>

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On October 16, 2020, President Trump signed an Executive Order establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council and increasing U.S. involvement in the global Trillion Trees Initiative in an attempt to boost his environmental credentials ahead of the

 election.  <br>

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The goal of the Trillion Trees Initiative, launched earlier this year at the World Economic Forum, is to plant, grow, conserve, and restore one trillion trees around the world by 2030 to sequester carbon.<br>

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According to the White House, the <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=142aee196f&e=6708ed45cf">

Order</a> “promotes healthy and resilient forests and rangelands by actively managing them through partnerships with States, tribes, communities, non-profit organizations, and the private sector.”  The directive establishes the United States One Trillion Trees

 Interagency Council – composed of representatives from 14 federal agencies – which will be responsible for coordinating the US government’s interactions with the global initiative. <br>

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The panel will be co-chaired by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, and will include Economic Adviser Larry Kudlow, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Mary Neumayr, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew

 Wheeler, and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought.  White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump will also serve on the council.<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">NSF Soliciting Future Topics for Convergence Accelerator</span></strong><br>

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a Request for Information (RFI) on Future Topics for the NSF Convergence Accelerator.  With this RFI, NSF is seeking input from industry, institutions of higher education (IHEs), non-profits, government entities,

 and other interested parties on potential NSF Convergence Accelerator tracks for fiscal year (FY) 2022.<br>

 <br>

Proposed topics must have the potential for significant national-scale societal impact. Topic ideas may also relate to Industries of the Future (IotF) and/or NSF's Big Ideas. Ideas submitted in response to this RFI must be broad in scope to support and identify

 a set of challenges to complex problems that would be best addressed by multiple teams working together as a cohort.<br>

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The responses to this RFI must be submitted by November 9, 2020. More information can be found at:

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=41dc760f49&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2021/nsf21012/nsf21012.jsp</a><br>

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The NSF Convergence Accelerator is holding an ideation webinar on October 27, 2020 from 2:00–3:30 PM ET to bring awareness of this opportunity to accelerate NSF-funded research and discovery to further societal impact.  Join the webinar to learn about the program’s

 ideation process, specifically focusing on the RFI on future topics. Attendees will learn about the Convergence Accelerator’s model and fundamentals, designed to leverage a convergence approach to transition basic research and discovery into practice. To register,

 visit <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=a33a28a4da&e=6708ed45cf">

https://bit.ly/NSFCA_Oct27_RFIWebinar</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Webinar Series: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World</span></strong><br>

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Recognizing the rapid changes happening within museum communities and the efforts being made throughout the community to adapt to these changes, iDigBio is organizing a webinar series, entitled

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Adapting to COVID-19: Resources for Natural History Collections in a New Virtual World</span></em>.  The webinar series aims to help provide insight into how different groups and institutions are adapting to

 life in a quickly evolving world.  AIBS, the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), and the Natural Science Collections Alliance contributed to the planning of these programs. <br>

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The next two webinars will be held on October 27 and November 18 from 2:00–3:30 PM ET. All webinars will be recorded and held in Zoom.<br>

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<u>October 27: Virtual Project Management, Tips and Tools</u><br>

This webinar will focus on the basics of project management followed by lessons learned from the iDigBio community through managing multi-institution digitization projects (e.g. ADBC Thematic Collections Networks). Topics to include: organization, project tracking,

 communication strategies, and compiling and preparing reports. There will also be time for Q&A at the end of the webinar.<br>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Diego Barroso; Project Manager TORCH TCN, BRIT<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Jen Zaspel; Terrestrial Parasite Tracker Lead PI<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo2">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">David Jennings, Project Manager, iDigBio <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Zoom link:

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=f40ee4aa6f&e=6708ed45cf">

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99571640979?pwd=V0VwbDBySEtBYUptNUZ2L0RQNGh0UT09</a><br>

 <br>

<u>November 18: Engaging Public Participation in Collections Digitization</u><br>

Learn about opportunities to use the Zooniverse platform for collections digitization, including examples of Notes from Nature related to transcription and phenology scoring projects. There will be a demo of available project management tools for NfN, followed

 by a higher-level explanation of the technology behind the platform that makes it all possible.<br>

 <br>

Speakers: <o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Austin Mast; iDigBio, Florida State University<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Katie Pearson, Project Manager California Phenology TCN<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Zoom link:

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=7614de2096&e=6708ed45cf">

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99571640979?pwd=V0VwbDBySEtBYUptNUZ2L0RQNGh0UT09</a><br>

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Visit the webinar series page for more information: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=6d83059420&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.idigbio.org/content/webinar-series-adapting-covid-resources-natural-history-collections-new-virtual-world</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Deadline Extended: NSF’s Request for Information on STEM Education</span></strong><br>

 <br>

In coordination with the National Science and Technology Council’s (NSTC’s) Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Science Foundation (NSF) is soliciting input on the implementation

 of the Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan, Charting a Course for Success: America’s Strategy for STEM Education.<br>

 <br>

This Request for Information (RFI) addresses changes in education systems that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Information collected from this solicitation may be used to guide future Federal STEM education resource development.<br>

 <br>

The questions included in this RFI focus on the following elements of the Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan:

<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Future opportunities in STEM education;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Develop STEM education digital resources;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Engage students where disciplines converge;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Develop and enrich strategic partnerships;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Build computational literacy; and<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo4">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Community use and implementation of the Federal STEM Education Strategic Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">The deadline to submit comments has been extended to November 20, 2020. Comments can be submitted via email to

<a href="mailto:CoSTEM@nsf.gov">CoSTEM@nsf.gov</a>.  Further details about this RFI can be found at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=f900a71374&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-10-22/html/2020-23443.htm</a><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Short Takes</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Democratic lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill (<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=5a924dc09d&e=6708ed45cf">H.R. 8595</a>)

 that would nullify President Trump’s <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=f6be8dfad0&e=6708ed45cf">

Executive Order</a> on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping that directs federal agencies, the uniformed services, and government contractors to end “divisive” racial sensitivity trainings.  The order also prohibits federal grant funds to be used to promote

 “race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating.”  The legislation, introduced by Representative Joyce Beatty (D-OH), currently has 24 co-sponsors.  “Diverse organizations are more profitable, pose less regulatory risk and strengthen our economy,” Beatty said.  “That

 is why I strongly oppose Trump's divisive attempt to cement racism as the practice and policy of the Federal government and call on all Americans to join me in this effort because this executive order is antithetical to the values we hold so dear as a nation.”<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced on October 14 that Dr. John Graham, who previously led the White House Office of Information and Regulatory

 Affairs under President George W. Bush, will serve as the next Chairman of the agency's Science Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Graham, a professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, was first appointed to the board in 2017 by former EPA

 Administrator Scott Pruitt.  The SAB is charged with providing independent advice and peer review to the EPA Administrator on scientific and technical aspects of environmental issues.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Board on Life Sciences is seeking nominations of experts for a workshop on

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Quantum Science Concepts in Enhancing Sensing and Imaging Technologies: Applications for Biology</span></em>.  This workshop will facilitate a better understanding of current and future applications of quantum-enabled

 sensing and imaging technologies on different fields of biology.  Six committee members from academia, government, industry, and other sectors, with expertise in biological imaging or sensing, quantum biology, biological physics, cell and molecular biology,

 microbiology and other relevant life, physical, and engineering fields, are sought.  The workshop committee will plan talks, panels, and discussions with the goal of bringing together experts working on state-of-the-art quantum-enabled technologies.  Nominations

 can be <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=d4cca48786&e=6708ed45cf">

submitted</a> until October 30, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is soliciting experts to serve on a Synthetic Biology Roundtable for exploring synthetic biology and the associated

 science, policy, and industry capabilities. The objective of the Roundtable is to improve coordination among the U.S. Army's research and development stakeholders and to increase awareness in the broader open science community of current and future capabilities.

  Nominations are sought for 8–10 committee members within government, military, industry, and academia with expertise in synthetic biology science and technology, laboratory infrastructure management, policy development and administration, battlefield medicine,

 human performance, and biosphere ethics and regulation. Nominations will be accepted until November 2, 2020 at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=c3e750f8fc&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/5941980/U-S-Army-Synthetic-Biology-Roundtable</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo5">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s (NASEM) Gulf Research Program is holding a webinar,

<em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Planning and Decision-Making Frameworks for Ecosystem Restoration</span></em>, on October 29, 2020 from 12:00–1:00 PM ET.  The webinar will focus on the decision-making frameworks and implementation of ecosystem

 restoration and economic recovery.  Register at: <a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=401d131329&e=6708ed45cf">

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/planning-and-decision-making-frameworks-for-ecosystem-restoration-tickets-123509202349</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">From the Federal Register</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

 <br>

The following items appeared in the Federal Register from October 12 to 23, 2020. For more information on these or other recent items, please visit the AIBS Federal Register Resource at

<a href="https://aibs.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a2886d199362c2554974f78af&id=df40159175&e=6708ed45cf">

www.aibs.org/federal-register-resource/index.html</a>.<br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Week Ending October 23, 2020</span></strong><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Commerce</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Aquaculture Opportunity Areas<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Public Meeting of the Great Lakes Advisory Board <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Health and Human Services</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Meeting of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo8">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">National Toxicology Program Board of Scientific Counselors; Announcement of Meeting; Request for Comments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo8">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Information and Comments on Fostering Research Integrity and the Responsible Conduct of Research<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Information Collection: NASA STEM Better Together: For Stakeholder Success<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">National Science Foundation</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Awardee Reporting Requirements for the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) Research Infrastructure

 Improvement Programs<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l16 level1 lfo10">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Information; Extension of Public Comment Period<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Week Ending October 16, 2020</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>

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<strong><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Commerce</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Request for Comment; Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Ocean Mapping, Exploring, and Characterizing the United States Exclusive Economic Zone<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Environmental Protection Agency</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Safe and Sustainable Water Resources Subcommittee Meeting—October 2020; Correction<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#333333;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo12">

<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee; Notice of Public Meeting <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

<p style="line-height:150%"><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Executive Office of the President</span></strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>

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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Executive Order—Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>

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