MAKING A FEDERAL CASE FOR COMPUTING (DOES SCIENCE POLICY STILL MATTER?) Peter Harsha CRA Director of Government Affairs Early Career Researcher Symposium 2018
CRA GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Brian Mosley Me Policy Analyst Amita Shukla Tech Policy Fellow
CRA COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS Stephanie Forrest, Arizona State University — Chair Greg Hager, Johns Hopkins — Co-Chair Ed Lazowska, Washington — Co-Chair Sarita Adve, Illinois Margaret Martonosi, Princeton David Bader, GeorgiaTech Andrew Moore, CMU David Ebert, Purdue Dan Reed, Iowa Joel Emer, NVIDIA and MIT Bobby Schnabel, Indiana Dan Grossman, Washington Fred Schneider, Cornell Jeff Hollingsworth, Maryland Marc Snir, UIUC and Argonne Farnam Jahanian, CMU Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue John King, Michigan David Tennenhouse, VMWare
STANDARD VERSION OF THIS TALK • Why does CRA do policy? • How do we do it? • What have we done? • What do things look like now?
WHY DO WE “DO” POLICY?
CRA MISSION CRA's mission is to enhance innovation by joining with industry, government and academia to strengthen research and advanced education in computing.
COMPUTING POLICY COMMUNITY • USACM • EDUCAUSE • Code.org • AAAI • IEEE-CS/IEEE-USA • NCWIT • SIAM • Industry Groups • CASC • EFF, EPIC, CDT…
“ENSURING THE HEALTH OF THE R&D ECOSYSTEM” • Access to Talent • Impediments to Research • Research Funding and Priorities
DOES SCIENCE POLICY STILL MATTER?
YES. YES IT DOES.
by Coral Davenport, June 9, 2018 �12
• First President since 1941 without science advisor • No Chief Scientist at State Department • No Chief Scientist at USDA • Disbanded Climate Science Advisory Committees at Interior and NOAA • Disbanded Food Advisory Committee at FDA • Named a climate change skeptic head of NASA • A whole series of issues with EPA �13
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WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY • Advise the President on the impacts of S&T on domestic and international affairs; • Lead inter-agency efforts to develop sound S&T policies and budgets; • Work with the private sector to ensure economic prosperity, environmental quality, and national security; • Build strong partnerships between governments and the scientific community; • Evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of Federal S&T;
Source: Congressional Research Service, “The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues �16 for Congress,” January 13, 2014
T N A C A V T N A C A V T T T T T N N N N N A A A A A C C C C C A A A A A V V V V V Source: Congressional Research Service, “The President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Issues �17 for Congress,” January 13, 2014
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ADMINISTRATION “MISSTEPS” • Travel Ban • Restrictions on Chinese Graduate Students • Restrictions on Researchers who have received support from Chinese Companies • H.R. 1 - House Republican Tax Reform
DOES SCIENCE POLICY STILL MATTER? YES. YES IT DOES.
“ENSURING THE HEALTH OF THE R&D ECOSYSTEM” • Access to Talent • Impediments to Research • Research Funding and Priorities
CHALLENGES
Amistad America Discovery Science Center Miami Project to Cure Paralysis An Achievable Dream Inc Duane Morris Government Affairs Michigan Research Institute Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation Duluth Children's Museum Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Dist Appalachia Service Project ECMC Group Military Child Education Coalition Aquarium of the Pacific Envision Missouri Botanical Garden Arison Family Trust Families of Flight 93 Missouri Public Transit Assn # of Lobbyists (FY17) Arizona Science Center Federation of State Humanities Council Monterey Bay Aquarium Asphalt Green Fermi Research Alliance Mote Marine Laboratory Assn for Homeowners Across America Field Museum Muscular Dystrophy Assn Assn of Critical Care Transport Figge Art Museum Museum of Flight Assn of Fundraising Professionals Fight Crime: Invest In Kids Museum of Latin American Art Attic Correctional Services First Candle Museum of Science & Industry 11,529 August Wilson Cntr/African Amer Culture Folger Shakespeare Library Museum of the City of New York Austin Hill Country Conservancy Fort Wayne Allen County Economic My Turn Inc Benetech Initiative Foundation for a Better Oregon Mystic Marine Life Aquarium Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America Fraternal Order of Eagles Mystic Seaport Museum Bipartisan Advocacy Center Friends of Charities Assn National Aquarium in Baltimore Bipartisan Policy Center Friends of the Griffith Observatory National Aviary Bipartisan Policy Ctr Advocacy Network Friends of the World Food Program National Building Museum Lobbying Expenditures Boston Museum of Fine Arts From the Top National Center for State Courts Boston Museum of Science Future of Music Coalition National Center for Victims of Crime Boy Scouts of America GAVI Fund National Coalition for History Boys & Girls Clubs of America Georgian Bay Forever National Community Action Foundation Boys & Girls Town of Missouri Girl Scouts of the USA National Community Renaissance $3.37 billion Boysville Go for Broke National Education Center National Down Syndrome Society Brooklyn Botanical Garden God's Love We Deliver National Fire Protection Assn California Academy of Sciences Goodwill Industries International National Geographic Society California Center for Land Recycling Goodwill Industries/metro Chicago National Middle School Assn California Science Center Foundation Grammy Foundation National Museum of Industrial History CARE Action Now Great River Economic Development Fdtn National Museum of Women in the Arts Care Coalition Green for All National Safety Council Career Gear Greenway Foundation National Women's History Museum Working “S&T” Carnegie Institute Guardian Angel Holdings National Young Farmers Education Assn Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Habitat for Humanity International Natl Assn Exchange of Industrl Resources Center for Civic Education Harbor Heritage Society Natl Assn of Foster Grandparents Center for Individual Freedom Healey Family Foundation Natl Assn of Local Housing Finance Agenc 304 Center for Inquiry Heartland Family Service Natl Assn/Univ Forest Resource Programs Center for Rural Affairs Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village Natl Cltn for Women with Heart Disease Center for Science in Public Interest Hillside Family of Agencies Natl Commodity Supplemental Food Program Certified Financial Planner Brd of Stds Homeownership Preservation Foundation Natl Conf of Cmsrs on Uniform State Laws Chabot Space & Science Center HONOReform Natl Immigration Forum Action Fund Chadd Inc Houston Advanced Research Center Natl Museum of American Jewish History Chicago Botanic Garden Houston Zoo Natl Underground Railroad Freedom Center �24 Chicago Zoological Society Immunodeficiency Foundation Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose Independent Sector Nehemiah Corp of America Children's Museum of Houston Institute for Student Achievement New Detroit Science Center
FY 2019 FEDERAL BUDGET $4.4 TRILLION
FY 2019 FEDERAL BUDGET MANDATORY SPENDING $2.79 TRILLION INTEREST DISCRETIONARY SPENDING $363 BILLION $1.31 TRILLION
FY 2019 FEDERAL BUDGET DISCRETIONARY SPENDING $1.31 TRILLION
FY 2019 FEDERAL BUDGET DISCRETIONARY SPENDING $1.31 TRILLION Agriculture Interior and Environment CJS Labor/HHS/Education Defense Legislative Branch Energy and Water Military/Veterans Financial Services State/Foreign Ops Homeland Security Transportation/HUD
APPROPRIATIONS IS A ZERO-SUM GAME Commerce, Justice, and Science Bill • National Science Foundation • NIST • NOAA • NASA • FBI / Dept. of Justice • Census
NSF, COPS OR SPACESHIPS?
LONG-TERM FISCAL CHALLENGES
Growth in Mandatory Spending vs. Discretionary Discretionary Mandatory Net Interest 7000 5250 3500 1750 0 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Source: Congressional Budget Office projection
ATTITUDES HAVE CHANGED
THIS POLARIZATION HAS CHANGED ATTITUDES ABOUT SCIENCE
SO THE CHALLENGES ARE DAUNTING
AND WE HAVE A MUCH MORE LIMITED TOOL BOX…
FORTUNATELY, WE’VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD STORY
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