Author: National Research Council

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces short-term and long-term challenges in selecting and recruiting an enlisted force to meet personnel requ...

Protection of the traveling public from terrorist threats involving explosives is a major goal of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)....

In January 2006, the President announced a new civilian space policy focusing on exploration. As part of its preparations to implement that policy,...

On October 25-26, 2005, the Chemical Sciences Roundtable held a workshop to explore issues involving those who use and contribute to chemical liter...

The usefulness of the U.S. decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, ...

Given current demographic trends, nearly one in five U.S. residents will be of Hispanic origin by 2025. This major demographic shift and its implic...

In response to a Congressional mandate, the National Research Council conducted a review of the SBIR program at the five federal agencies with SBIR...

Naval Analytical Capabilities assesses current Department of Defense initiatives and the Department of the Navy's progress in transitioning from a ...

The 1991 NRC decadal survey for astronomy and astrophysics included a project called the Millimeter Array (MMA). This instrument would be an array ...

Strengthening U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Recommendations for Action offers the consensus findings and recommendations of...

The International Space Station (ISS) is truly an international undertaking. The project is being led by the United States, with the participation ...

It has been clear for at least 50 years the disadvantages that small businesses face in competing for U.S. government contracts. The Small Business...

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the lit...

In 1997, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) formed the National Astrobiology Institute to coordinate and fund research into t...

For over a decade the Army has been carrying out a program aimed at the destruction of accumulated chemical weapons stored at several sites. While ...

How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are presen...

How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom builds on the discoveries detailed in the best-selling How People Learn. Now these findings are pr...

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) is responsible for the operational testing and evaluation of Army systems in development. ATEC req...

This new report provides a framework within which to assess compliance with core international labor standards and succeeds in taking an enormous s...

The return of the once-dormant economies of China and India to dynamism and growth is one of the most remarkable stories in recent history. The two...