Illinois Ipass
House Committee on Science
Although some originally suggested that IPASS could help reduce the backlog of visas, it now appears that the system will overlay and even incorporate some of the existing review systems - not replace them. Most colleges and universities are anxiously awaiting guidance on IPASS, and they are concerned that, if it is implemented incorrectly, the new system could further disrupt the basic workings of their research universities. Mostly, they are concerned that the criteria for the IPASS review could be expanded to include entire areas of study, rather than very specific research and development activities. They are also concerned that the system could apply new restrictions to students after they have begun to study at their institution, for which they were properly granted a visa. The final policy on IPASS, which will be implemented by the Department on Homeland Security, is pending further study. ... [Read More]
Clinical Trial: Safety of Civamide Cream 0.075% as a Treatment in Subjects with Osteoarthritis of the Knee(s)
NC Arthritis and Allergy Care Center, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27609, United States; Not yet recruiting Patricia Amend, SC 919-781-9633 amendp@ipass.net ... [Read More]
Dealing With Foreign Students and Scholars in an Age of Terrorism: Visa Backlogs and Tracking Systems
In May 2002, White House officials proposed a new international student and scholar screening program that would create a panel, the Interagency Panel on Advanced Science Security (IPASS), to screen some graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and scientists who apply for visas to study ''sensitive topics. . .uniquely available on U.S. campuses.'' The panel would include representatives from the major U.S. science agencies as well as the State, Justice, Commerce and Homeland Security Departments. IPASS could solve some of the problems and deficiencies in the current non-immigrant visa program. For example, an IPASS panel made up of individuals with scientific expertise could better evaluate the potential for technology transfer than a non-scientist consular officer who is relying on a broad, uninformative list of terms to make that decision. Secondly, by sending the most difficult or questionable applications to IPASS, consular officers could process ... [Read More]
Conducting Research During the War on Terrorism: Balancing Openness and Security
TOP OF DOC Segment 1 Of 2 The Administration will create an Interagency Panel on Advanced Science and Security (IPASS) to perform the enhanced review process. The IPASS co-chairs would be appointed by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, and the members would be drawn from the State Department, the INS, federal science and technology agencies, and the intelligence, counterintelligence, and law enforcement agencies. ... In addition, the IPASS will assess what uniquely available sensitive scientific knowledge is emerging, where it is available, and which terrorist groups or organizations might be trying to gain access to it. IPASS will work closely with U.S. educational institutions and scientific societies in this effort. ... [Read More]
All FS Research Publications In This Database
2004. An Evaluation of Multipass Electrofishing for Estimating the Abundance of Stream-Dwelling Salmonids Peterson, J.T., R.F. Thurow, and J.W. Guzevich ... 1989. Alaska IPASS database preparation manual McHugh, P.; Olson, D.; Schallau, C. [and others] ... [Read More]
Creating a Department of Homeland Security
MARBURGER. The existence of the new department should not effect any of the decisions that have been made about dealing with foreign students. I do expect the new department will have a great interest in these processes and will manage them in the future. But the agreements that have been made about IPASS in particular and the process by which students will be cleared for—— ... BOEHLERT. So that will guide the Director of—the Secretary of the new department? IPASS will be—— ... [Read More]
H.R. 4107, Assistance to Firefighters Reauthorization Act of 2004
TOP OF DOC But as I indicated, we're a long way from where we need to be. A comprehensive review of fire department capabilities conducted by NFPA in conjunction with the program found significant gaps. An estimated one-third of firefighters per shift are not equipped with self-contained breathing apparatus; nearly half of firefighters on a shift lack ''IPASS'' personal alert devices; only one-fourth of fire departments have thermal imaging cameras. I could go on and on and on, but those statistics illustrate the significant needs that have yet to be addressed. ... [Read More]
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