Federal Intel/Update

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report In this report:

The 2025 Military Health System Research Symposium (MHSRS), the Department of Defense’s (DOD) premier medical research meeting, recently released a call for abstracts to present at its annual symposium. The joint symposium offers a unique opportunity for interested researchers to engage with program managers and DOD officials, who are often hard to reach virtually without a prior connection, on military biomedical and health-related research topics. Thematic tracks and discussion topics range broadly. This year, focus areas include combat casualty care, traumatic brain injury (TBI),...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released their Decadal report, The Next Decade of Discovery in Solar and Space Physics: Exploring and Safeguarding Humanity's Home in Space, providing key themes and recommendations in the field of solar and space physics. This Decadal report represents scientific consensus and is intended to guide federal investments at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) over the...

Lewis-Burke has provided campus with a report about the conferenced version of the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA authorizes programs and establishes policies that advance U.S. national security programs across the government, including the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Energy (DOE). The NDAA is generally considered an annual “must-pass” bill, given its substantial impacts on national security and the U.S. military.

The...