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Federal Agencies Influencing Resilience Policy

Similar to the ‘Alerts’ page, this page helps to ground resilience theory and concepts with news and current events related to some of the Federal agencies influencing resilience policy. Short excerpts from RSS news feeds are updated every two hours. The following agencies are included:

  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • DHS: Department of Homeland Security
  • DoT: Department of Transportation
  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NIEH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Click the tabs and scroll the pages to review the excerpts. Click on the ‘Read More’ link for more detailed information and to access a link to the source website. Please contact us to recommend other agencies influencing resilience policy.

NSF

National Science Foundation

Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries

Conserving the White Oak Tree: Critical for timber and distilling industries

A group of researchers from the University of Kentucky, The University of Tennessee and Indiana University, including those supported by the U.S ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Ultrathin conductor developed for nanoelectronics could be better than copper

Ultrathin conductor developed for nanoelectronics could be better than copper

With multiple grants and research infrastructure provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers have shown that a newly developed material, niobium ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Conserving the white oak: Critical for timber and distilling industries

Conserving the white oak: Critical for timber and distilling industries

Credit: Donald Cameron Leaves of the white oak (Quercus alba) U.S. National Science Foundation-funded researchers at Indiana University and Penn State have ...
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Chainmail-like polymer could be the future of body armor

Chainmail-like polymer could be the future of body armor

Researchers supported by grants and instrumentation provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation have created the first 2D polymer material that mechanically ...
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/ National Science Foundation
New method to keep protein-based drugs stable without refrigeration

New method to keep protein-based drugs stable without refrigeration

A team of researchers led by the recipient of a U.S. National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant has developed a ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Unique skeletal tissue may enable new regenerative medical treatments

Unique skeletal tissue may enable new regenerative medical treatments

Supported by multiple grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers have comprehensively characterized the properties of a unique type of skeletal ...
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/ National Science Foundation

CDC

DHS

CDC Travel

FEMA

NIEH

NIST