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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting nominations for scientific experts for appointment to the EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB) and four SAB standing committees, namely the Agricultural Science Committee (ASC), the Chemical Assessment Advisory Committee, the Drinking Water Committee, and the Radiation Advisory Committee. Appointments are announced by the EPA Administrator. Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2020. For instructions on submitting nominations, visit: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-04-01/html/2020-06660.htm The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) has extended the comment period for its request for information on open access publishing. The deadline to submit comments is now May 6, 2020. With this solicitation, the OSTP is requesting recommendations on approaches for ensuring broad public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research. Details about the submission process can be found at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-31/html/2020-06622.htm. The National Science Board (NSB), the policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF), has released NSF's fiscal year (FY) 2018 Merit Review Digest. "Responding to NSB feedback, NSF has modernized its approach to reporting on merit review, making it easier to navigate and incorporating links to allow for easy downloading and exploration of the underlying data," r...
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