|
President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond
Date: 2004-06-16
Creator: President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond
Description: The mission of the Commission shall be to provide recommendations to the President on implementation of the vision outlined in the President's policy statement entitled "A Renewed Spirit of Discovery" and the President's Budget Submission for Fiscal Year 2005 (collectively, "Policy"). The Commission shall examine and make recommendations to the President regarding: a) science research agenda to be conducted on the Moon and other destinations as well as human and robotic science activities that advance our capacity to achieve the Policy; b) The exploration of technologies, demonstrations, and strategies, including the use of lunar and other in situ natural resources, that could be used for sustainable human and robotic exploration; c) Criteria that could be used to select future destinations for human exploration; d) Long-term organization options for managing implementation of space exploration activities; e) The most appropriate and effective roles for potential private sector and international participants in implementing the Policy; and f) Methods for optimizing space exploration activities to encourage the interests of America's youth in studying and pursuing careers in mathematics, science, and engineering; and g) Management of the implementation of the Policy within available resources.
> more info
|
| |
|
President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Date: 2003-07-22
Creator: President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
Description: President George W. Bush established the Presidents New Freedom Commission on Mental Health in April 2002 as part of his commitment to eliminate inequality for Americans with disabilities. The President directed the Commission to identify policies that could be implemented by Federal, State and local governments to maximize the utility of existing resources, improve coordination of treatments and services, and promote successful community integration for adults with a serious mental illness and children with a serious emotional disturbance.
> more info
|
| |
|
Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the US
Date: 2001-03-31
Creator: Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States
Description: To present a thorough historical record of the collection and disposition of the assets of Holocaust victims that came into the possession or control of the Government of the United States.
The Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States (PCHA), established by the U.S. Holocaust Assets Commission Act of 1998 (P.L. 105-186), is charged with conducting original research into the fate of assets taken from victims of the Holocaust that came into the possession of the U.S. Federal government; reviewing research done by others regarding assets that came to private collections and non-Federal government organizations (especially state governments and financial institutions); and advising the President on policies that should be adopted to make restitution to the rightful owners of stolen property or their heirs. The primary goal is to develop an historical account of those valuables that came into the hands of the Federal government. Original research is conducted in the areas of art and cultural property, gold, and non-gold financial property by teams of researchers headed by experts Jonathan Petropoulos, Marc Masurovsky and Helen Junz.
> more info
|
| |
|
Public Interest Obligations Advisory Committee Home Page
Date: 1999-01-04
Creator: Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters
Description: By Executive Order No. 13038, President Clinton established the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters (PIAC). The Committee studied and recommended the public interest responsibilities that should accompany the broadcasters' receipt of digital television licenses. NTIA serves as the Secretariat for the Advisory Committee.
> more info
|
| |
|
Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents
Date: 2000-12-20
Creator: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents
Description: The Special Oversight Board shall provide advice and recommendations based on its review of Department of Defense investigations into possible detections of, and exposures to, chemical or biological weapons agents and environmental and other factors that may have contributed to Gulf War illnesses.
> more info
|
| |
|
The Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals Homepage
Date: 1997-12-19
Creator: Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals
Description: Effective March 19, 1999 the Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals completed its business and ceased operations.
> more info
|
| |
|
The Creation of the Science Commission
Date: 2003-01-07
Creator: Smithsonian Institution Science Commission
Description: For 155 years, the Smithsonian Institution has had as its mission "the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Given the important questions facing the scientific world today, the existing level of institutional financial and physical resources, the strengths of the Institution's people and its collections, how should the Smithsonian set priorities for scientific research in the years ahead and, in general, carry out its historic mission more effectively? 1) How should scientific research be organized to optimize the use of the Institution's human, physical and financial resources? 2) How should the performance of scientific research by individuals and research departments be evaluated? 3) How can the relationship between research and public programming be enhanced? 4) What suggestions, of any type might the Science Commission have to strengthen research at the Smithsonian? 5) What should be the qualifications of those chosen to lead key scientific research units of the Smithsonian? 6) What should be done to enhance public recognition of Smithsonian science?
> more info
|
| |
|
U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Date: 2001-02-15
Creator: U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century
Description: The USCNS/21 is charged with thinking comprehensively and creatively about how the United States should provide for its national security in the 21st century.
> more info
|
| |
|
U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission
Date: 2001-12-13
Creator: U.S. Trade Deficit Review Commission
Description: The purpose of the Commission is to study the nature, causes, and consequences of the United States merchandise trade and current account deficits.
> more info
|
| |
|
United States Commission on Ocean Policy
Date: 2005-02-18
Creator: United States Commission on Ocean Policy
Description: On September 20, 2004, the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy fulfilled its mandate to submit recommendations for a coordinated and comprehensive national ocean policy to the President and Congress. The Commission's final report, "An Ocean Blueprint for the 21st Century," contains 212 recommendations addressing all aspects of ocean and coastal policy. The 16 members of the Commission call on the President and Congress to take decisive, immediate action to carry out these recommendations, which will halt the steady decline of our nation's oceans and coasts.
> more info
|
| |
![[RSS 2.0 feed for this search]](/gfx/icons/feed.gif "RSS 2.0 Feed for this search"){kind=icon}
