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Audacious Goals in Eye Research
Posted by on May 15, 2013 at 4:26 PM EDTThe National Eye Institute (NEI) launched the Audacious Goals Initiative last year to drive innovation in vision research for the next decade and beyond. To encourage the broadest possible range of ideas and participants in this Initiative, the NEI held a prize competition to identify “Audacious Goals in Vision Research and Blindness Rehabilitation,” open to submissions from August through November 2012.
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Combating Climate Change: City by City
Posted by on April 30, 2013 at 9:55 AM EDTKimberly Hill Knott shares how she became involved with climate issues in her community.
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DOE Vehicle Data Challenge Fuels Innovation
Posted by on April 11, 2013 at 4:51 PM EDTLast week, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the Apps for Vehicles Challenge. The competition challenged developers and entrepreneurs to demonstrate how the open data available about most vehicles can be used to improve vehicle safety, fuel efficiency, and comfort. Prizes like the Apps for Vehicles Challenge are now a standard tool for open innovation in every Federal agency’s toolbox.
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College for All: Affordable, Accessible, Attainable
Posted by on March 28, 2013 at 3:37 PM EDTValerie Jarrett spoke at the Department of Education's Higher Education Program Project Directors' Meeting, an event that gathered thousands of people who are working tirelessly to ensure a better education for all.
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What Is the Sequester?
Posted by on February 22, 2013 at 7:30 PM EDTHave questions about what the sequester is, and why American families and our national economy face the threat of harmful budget cuts? Check out this explainer for some background.
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Honoring Rosa Parks on the 100th Anniversary of her Birth
Posted by on February 4, 2013 at 7:04 PM EDTThe release of a postage stamp honoring Rosa Parks on the 100th anniversary of her birthday commemorates the courage and legacy of the American civil rights icon.
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A Record Year for the American Wind Industry
Posted by on January 30, 2013 at 6:08 PM EDTThe Obama Administration has made extraordinary progress in developing a clean energy economy and protecting our environment for years to come.
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Transportation Safety Leader Prioritizes Drugged Driving Prevention
Posted by on January 30, 2013 at 3:28 PM EDTThe National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that substance impaired driving is an advocacy priority for 2013.
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Roll Up Your Sleeves, Get Involved, and Get Civic-Hacking
Posted by on January 22, 2013 at 2:39 PM EDTThis summer, citizens in cities across the Nation will join together to improve their communities and governments as part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. Civic Hacking Day is an opportunity for software developers, technologists, and entrepreneurs to unleash their can-do American spirit by collaboratively harnessing publicly-released data and code to create innovative solutions for problems that affect Americans.
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Largest Survey of Youth Drug Use Released Today
Posted by on December 19, 2012 at 11:00 AM EDT
