Tag: policy
member name: Federation of American Scientists
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May 12, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
The Federation of American Scientists has added a fifth case study to our Dual-Use Research education series. This new case study focuses on the work of Dr. Stuart Levy of Tufts University School of Medicine . . .
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July 11, 2007 10:40 PM EDT --
FAS Statement on Recent Testimony by Surgeon General Carmona
The Federation of American Scientists is profoundly disturbed by the testimony of former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona at the July 10th . . .
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January 23, 2007 02:41 PM EST --
In a major foreign policy blunder, China reportedly has conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test. First reported in Aviation Week and Space Technology, China allegedly used a medium-range ballistic missile . . .
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May 23, 2008 11:37 AM EDT --
ScienceDaily (May 22, 2008) - The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has just launched Immune Attack TM, an exciting, fun and fast-moving video game that teaches the critical scientific facts of . . .
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September 07, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
Improving Our Understanding of Mesopotamian Civilization Through Learning Technology.
watch at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlqafevXOWY
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February 06, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
China's entire submarine fleet conducted only two patrols in 2006, according to information declassified by the U.S. Navy and obtained by the Federation of American Scientists under the Freedom of . . .
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February 22, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
There are a few different things going on. Wait times have become longer; backlogs of requests have grown; the standards under which information is released have in some cases become more restrictive. . . .
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January 25, 2008 10:14 AM EST --
PRESSURE GROWS TO LIMIT THE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE
A rising tide of criticism of the use of the state secrets privilege to derail litigation against the government has yielded new legislation . . .
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November 23, 2008 09:22 PM EST --
Audio
"Reducing Government Secrecy"
On 19 November 2008, Steven Aftergood spoke to FAS members on "Reducing Government Secrecy". He described how the rate of national . . .
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June 15, 2007 11:30 PM EDT --
LA Times
Dismantling fewer, not more, nukes June 11, 2007
This article would have benefited from scratching a little below the surface. The reported feat that the Department of Energy has . . .
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June 23, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
FAS opposes the so-called Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) and asks you to tell your Senator to vote against the funding for this new nuclear bomb. We urge you to visit the FAS petition at . . .
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April 01, 2008 05:11 PM EDT --
Today the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) launches an online compilation of more than 500 documents on the U.S. ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The Archive . . .
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July 01, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
COURT INVALIDATES DETAINEE'S "ENEMY COMBATANT" STATUS
A federal appeals panel found that the designation of a Chinese
detainee held in U.S. custody as an "enemy combatant" . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:20 PM EST --
The current state of scientific knowledge regarding the conduct of interrogation and related forms of intelligence gathering is limited by numerous gaps in theoretical and practical understanding, according . . .
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November 01, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
Yes, this is taking a slice out of the Public Television playbook...
Special Offer: FAS has republished “One World or None”; original essays by Albert Einstein, . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:29 PM EST --
With the war against Islamist fighters drawing to a close, Somalia's transitional government and its foreign allies now face several Herculean tasks: bringing to heel the warlords and militias that . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:35 PM EST --
Representatives Lowey (D-NY) and Emanuel (D-IL) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter to be delivered to the President asking him to update the Congress on the National Strategy on Pandemic Influenza. . . .
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July 06, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
FAS Researcher Discovers New Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine
WASHINGTON – Hans M. Kristensen, director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists . . .
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January 30, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
North Korea may have gotten all the attention, but all the nuclear weapon states were busy flight-testing ballistic missiles for their nuclear weapons during 2006. According to a preliminary count, eight . . .
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October 03, 2007 05:07 PM EDT --
The Federation of American Scientists, Vice President for Strategic Security, Ivan Oelrich proved to be an informative interview subject on a variety of current nuclear issues. Ivan . . .
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