House Hearing on Administration's STEM Restructuring Proposal, June 2013
The House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on June 4, 2013 about the Obama Administration’s proposal to restructure U.S. government programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. Under the proposal, many NASA education and public outreach activities would be terminated or transferred to other agencies. Witnesses were:
- John Holdren, President’s Science Adviser and Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- Joan Ferrini-Mundy, National Science Foundation (NSF) Assistant Director for Education and Human Resources
- Leland Melvin, NASA Associate Administrator for Education
A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing was published on June 5, 2013.