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Smithsonian limits gallery closures to 3 museums

Tags: sequestration , furloughs , National Museum of African American History and Cu , Hirshorn Museum

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Smithsonian to close galleries due to budget cuts

Tags: Wayne Clough , budget , sequestration , National Archives

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Smithsonian curators scout for Obama artifacts

Tags: National Museum of African American History and Cu , Barack Obama , Inauguration 2013 , people

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Cool Jobs: The Spacesuit Conservator

Lisa Young is the objects conservator at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. She discusses the challenges of preserving spacesuits as part of Federal News Radio's Cool Jobs in Government series.

Tags: Lisa Young , Air and Space Museum , NASA , Cool Jobs in Government , Jolie Lee

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Cool Jobs: The National Zoo Lion Trainer

Kristen Clark is an animal keeper at the National Zoo, one of two who trains the lions — including the adult male, two lionesses and seven cubs. Federal News Radio interviews her as part of our Cool Jobs in Government series.

Tags: National Zoo , lion cubs , Kristen Clark , Cool Jobs in Government , Jolie Lee

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Smithsonian's new Zoo director highlights a tough week

The Smithsonian has lost millions of dollars in equipment, paid hundreds of thousands more to settle an asbestos whistleblower suit, has lots of room for improvement when it comes to contracting and financial reporting... and has named a new director for the National Zoo.

Tags: mngt , contracting , National Zoo , Dennis Kelly

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Smithsonian uses innovative collaboration tools to reach out to public

The Institution is using collaborative tools to help develop its Web 2.0 strategy quickly.

Tags: Michael Edson , collaboration , technology

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Smithsonian changing its image to appeal to younger Americans

Director Wayne Clough explains how.

Tags: newscast , management , Wayne Clough , government 2.0 , Dorothy Ramienski

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Federal R&D efforts could get boost

NSF, NIST and Energy continue to receive increases on way to doubling budget by 2017. Overall, R&D across government increases only slightly. OSTP will create a dashboard to measure effectiveness of federal R&D efforts.

Tags: technology , John Holdren , Aneesh Chopra , White House , OSTP , NASA , NSF , Energy , NIST , USDA , Education , research and development , R&D dashboard , budget , FY 2011 budget

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Morning fire and a fuel spill slow D.C. feds

A building near the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum caught fire Monday morning, emitting a large plume of black smoke.

Tags: Federal Drive , newsstand , Adam Tuss , White House , Suzanne Kubota

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