Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
H.R. 1271--the Family Privacy Protection Act of 1995
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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United States Congressional Serial Set Catalog
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 684
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The New Know-nothings
Author: Morton Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135147863X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In recent years, political, religious, and other special-interest groups have waged war on behavioral and social research projects that threaten their interests and values. They have hounded researchers out of universities, cut off their funding through congressional and state legislative pressure, and harassed them with public demonstrations and picketing, all in the hope of forcing them to abandon their research. Formerly such unwanted involvement came from activists on the left. Now it comes from all across the political spectrum, as anti-science attitudes and techniques have diffused throughout society. In addition, conservative and religious forces lobby Congress and state legislatures against funding for major research projects of which they disapprove. This phenomenon represents a grave threat to both scientific freedom and the well-being of modern society.Morton Hunt gives us the first serious overview of this threat to behavioral and social science research. He illustrates precisely how scientific research has been subjected to political attack. The New Know-Nothings illustrates this phenomenon using in-depth case histories and background discussions of the conflicting social forces involved. It considers the prevalence of each form of opposition of research has been subjected to political attack. The New Know-Nothings illustrates this phenomenon using in-depth case histories and background discussions of the conflicting social forces involved. It considers the prevalence of each form of opposition to research, using interviews with expert observers in the sciences and government. Hunt reviews the nature-nurture debate, biological contributions to gender differences, conservative opposition to sex research in the schools, the debate over the controlled drinking approach to alcoholism, animal rights versus scientists' rights to use animals in research, the controversy over day care, anthropological research needs versus the Native American repatriation of re
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135147863X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In recent years, political, religious, and other special-interest groups have waged war on behavioral and social research projects that threaten their interests and values. They have hounded researchers out of universities, cut off their funding through congressional and state legislative pressure, and harassed them with public demonstrations and picketing, all in the hope of forcing them to abandon their research. Formerly such unwanted involvement came from activists on the left. Now it comes from all across the political spectrum, as anti-science attitudes and techniques have diffused throughout society. In addition, conservative and religious forces lobby Congress and state legislatures against funding for major research projects of which they disapprove. This phenomenon represents a grave threat to both scientific freedom and the well-being of modern society.Morton Hunt gives us the first serious overview of this threat to behavioral and social science research. He illustrates precisely how scientific research has been subjected to political attack. The New Know-Nothings illustrates this phenomenon using in-depth case histories and background discussions of the conflicting social forces involved. It considers the prevalence of each form of opposition of research has been subjected to political attack. The New Know-Nothings illustrates this phenomenon using in-depth case histories and background discussions of the conflicting social forces involved. It considers the prevalence of each form of opposition to research, using interviews with expert observers in the sciences and government. Hunt reviews the nature-nurture debate, biological contributions to gender differences, conservative opposition to sex research in the schools, the debate over the controlled drinking approach to alcoholism, animal rights versus scientists' rights to use animals in research, the controversy over day care, anthropological research needs versus the Native American repatriation of re
Interim Report of the Activities of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 898
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Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments
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Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Issue Update on Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788124914
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Update of the 1994 report "Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments". Updates and develops issues in three areas: national cryptography policy, guidance on safeguarding unclassified information in federal agencies, and legal issues and information security, including electronic commerce, privacy, and intellectual property. Appendix includes: U.S. Export Controls on Cryptography, and Federal Information Security and the Computer Security Act. Charts and tables.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788124914
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Update of the 1994 report "Information Security and Privacy in Network Environments". Updates and develops issues in three areas: national cryptography policy, guidance on safeguarding unclassified information in federal agencies, and legal issues and information security, including electronic commerce, privacy, and intellectual property. Appendix includes: U.S. Export Controls on Cryptography, and Federal Information Security and the Computer Security Act. Charts and tables.
Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Testimony of members of Congress and other interested individuals and organizations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1440
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Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations for 2000
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1478
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1478
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