Eddie Bernice Johnson

Type: Person

Name: Eddie Bernice Johnson

Title: Congressman - Texas (USA)

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

STEM laboratory projected by next summer

MILLEDGEVILLE — A former Drug Enforcement Administration laboratory director wants Milledgeville to become a hub for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. With the Central State Hospital Local Redevelopment Authority’s (CSHLRA) ... [Published Union Recorder - May 17 2013]

Entities: US Drug Enforcement Administration, Forensics, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Paul Broun

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

FASEB speaks out in support of peer review and basic research in letter to House Science Committee

Bethesda, MD Yesterday, the (FASEB) President Judith Bond, PhD, sent a letter to House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith and Ranking Member Eddie Bernice Johnson expressing FASEB's strong opposition to the proposed "High Quality Research Act." In ... [Published EurekAlert! - May 17 2013]

Entities: Peer Review, Basic Research, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Lamar Smith

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Local Student Crystal Hernandez Receives Congressional Award

Dallas Weekly Staff Reports The Dallas Weekly | 0 commentsPosted on May 15, 2013Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that Crystal Hernandez, a junior at Skyline High School, was selected as the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition ... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 15 2013]

Entities: Dallas (Texas, United States), Eddie Bernice Johnson, Grand Prairie (United States), Canterbury (United States), Booker T. Washington

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Republican Party (US)

NSF's Peer-Review Process on GOP Radar

Congressional Republicans are broadening attempts to exert more control over the peer-review process for the National Science Foundation, in a move that could chill research into politically controversial education topics.House Science, Space, and Technology ... [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Education, National Science Foundation, Lamar S. Smith

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lawmaker to judge: Consider 'anguish' of Jackson Jr.

Sentencing of ex-congressman set for July 1 As former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. awaits sentencing for looting his campaign treasury of more than $750,000, a Texas congresswoman has asked the judge in Jackson's case to consider "all the anguish he has experienced ... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 14 2013]

Entities: Sandi Jackson, Sentencing, Eddie Bernice Johnson

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Lamar Smith

Draft Bill Would Change Long Established Peer Review For NSF Research

Draft legislation is being circulated by new House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) which would require all research funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be certified to “advance the national health, prosperity, or welfare” ... [Published American Society of Civil Engineers - May 14 2013]

Entities: Lamar Smith, Peer Review, Basic Research, Eddie Bernice Johnson

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Twitter profile: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (@RepEBJ)

Welcome to Texas on the Potomac’s feature profiling the social media usage of every member of the Texas congressional delegation. Today, we analyze the tweets of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Dallas.| InfographicsCategories: Eddie Bernice JohnsonTags: ... [Published Houston Chronicle - May 13 2013]

Entities: Eddie Bernice Johnson, Twitter, Profiling

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi Lauds Congresswoman Johnson

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson with House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi(Left) Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson accompanied by House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (Center) and others By Jonathan Frederick Matts, For The Dallas Weekly The Dallas Weekly ... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 09 2013]

Entities: Nancy Pelosi, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Dallas (Texas, United States), Sojourner Truth, Susan B Anthony

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Former Speaker Lauds Congresswoman Johnson

House Minority leader Nancy PelosiHouse Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Students of Irma Rangel Young Women’s Leadership School By Jonathan Frederick Matts The Dallas Weekly | 0 commentsPosted on May 2, 2013House Minority leader ... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 03 2013]

Entities: Nancy Pelosi, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Sojourner Truth, Dallas (Texas, United States), Leadership

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to research funding

Republicans in Congress, long skeptical of the value of some taxpayer-supported research, have taken aim at the National Science Foundation with a bill that seeks to limit the scope of its grants.A draft bill by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar ... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 01 2013]

Entities: Lamar Smith, Dan Arvizu, John Holdren, Peer Review

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Surprise! Republican bill adds politics to science funding

'Forget peer review, let's get the experts at Congress involved'The chairman of the US House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, Lamar Smith (R-TX), is planning new legislation that would limit the scope of the National Science Foundation (NSF), ... [Published The Register - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Lamar Smith, Peer Review, Eddie Bernice Johnson, Paul Broun, Legitimate Rape

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Receives “I Am Empowered” Award

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice JohnsonCongresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Dallas Weekly Staff Reports The Dallas Weekly | 0 commentsPosted on April 22, 2013The National Urban League awarded Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson the “I Am Empowered” Award ... [Published Dallas Weekly - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Eddie Bernice Johnson, National Urban League, Dallas (Texas, United States)

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STEM laboratory projected by next summer [Published Union Recorder - May 17 2013]
FASEB speaks out in support of peer review and ... [Published EurekAlert! - May 17 2013]
Local Student Crystal Hernandez Receives Congre... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 15 2013]
NSF's Peer-Review Process on GOP Radar [Published Individual.com - May 15 2013]
First Reading: Budget conferees ready to 'put a... [Published Austin American Statesman - May 15 2013]
Letters To Jackson Jr. Judge A Bizarre Mix Of A... [Published Huffington Post - May 15 2013]
Lawmaker to judge: Consider 'anguish' of Jackso... [Published Chicago Tribune - May 14 2013]
Draft Bill Would Change Long Established Peer R... [Published American Society of Civil Engineers - May 14 2013]
Lawmaker writes judge about Jackson's 'anguish' [Published Chicago Tribune - May 13 2013]
Twitter profile: Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (@R... [Published Houston Chronicle - May 13 2013]
AIP FYI: Eighteen Former NSF Assistant Director... [Published SpaceRef - May 10 2013]
House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi Lauds Congre... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 09 2013]
Not Safe for Funding: The N.S.F. and the Econom... [Published New Yorker - May 09 2013]
DC Report: Chain reaction [Published Tulsa World - May 05 2013]
Politicians Want to Tell Scientists What to Res... [Published Care2 - May 03 2013]
Former Speaker Lauds Congresswoman Johnson [Published Dallas Weekly - May 03 2013]
Rep. Smith defends changes to research funding [Published South Florida Sun-Sentinel - May 02 2013]
Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to r... [Published Hampton Roads Daily Press - May 01 2013]
Rep. Lamar Smith defends tentative changes to r... [Published Los Angeles Times - May 01 2013]
Why is Our Government Attacking Science? [Published Slate Magazine - May 01 2013]
House Republicans Are Trying To Play Politics W... [Published Think Progress - May 01 2013]
Politics of Public Research Funding [Published Science-Based Medicine - May 01 2013]
Mexico's Independence Day Cinco de Mayo is inte... [Published Pegasus News - Apr 30 2013]
SOPA's daddy is now in charge of government sci... [Published Boing Boing - Apr 30 2013]
Lysenkoists on the march [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Apr 30 2013]
Surprise! Republican bill adds politics to scie... [Published The Register - Apr 30 2013]
House chair wants congressional guidelines to r... [Published The Verge - Apr 29 2013]
Nasa: we're capturing an asteroid because Moon ... [Published Wired.co.uk - Apr 25 2013]
House Space Subcommittee Reviews NASA's FY 2014... [Published SpaceRef - Apr 24 2013]
Prepared Statement by Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnso... [Published SpaceRef - Apr 24 2013]

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House Republicans Are Trying To Play Politics W... [Published Think Progress - May 01 2013] Members of the House science committee want to gain greater control of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) decision making process, in hopes they can influence how the federal agency awards its funds. Earlier this month, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), ...
Politics of Public Research Funding [Published Science-Based Medicine - May 01 2013] A great deal of science is funded by the US government. The total research funding for 2009 was 54.8 billion dollars (much more if you include all R&D). A breakdown by agency of total R&D shows that the NIH (National Institutes for Health) funding ...
SOPA's daddy is now in charge of government sci... [Published Boing Boing - Apr 30 2013] Lamar Smith (R-TX) is the goon who brought SOPA to the nation. Now he's in charge of science funding in the House, and he's got some spectacularly stupid ideas for science as a whole. Stuart sez, "The new chair of the House of Representatives science ...
Lysenkoists on the march [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Apr 30 2013] Truth gets in the way too much. Especially when you’re from Texas or Oklahoma. http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/04/us-lawmaker-proposes-new-criteri-1.html U.S. Lawmaker Proposes New Criteria for Choosing NSF Grants The new chair of ...
NASA on asteroid defense: If it’s coming in thr... [Published EarthSky - Mar 21 2013] Many captured video or photographs of the asteroid that exploded over Russia February 15, 2013. On February 15, a small asteroid exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, generating shock waves that shattered windows and injured some 1,500 people. On that ...