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A copy of the letter sent by Crime Lab Directors Jens Ludwig and Harold Pollack and Crime Lab Affiliates Anthony Braga, Philip Cook and Andrew Papachristos to Vice President Biden and the Gun Control Commission.

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Link[1] 100 Sign Petition Calling for Gun Violence Research

En citant: Eliot Marshall (ScienceInsider)
Publication info: 11 January 2013
Cité par: (Del)V Jas 4:46 AM 13 January 2013 GMT
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http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/01/100-sign-petition-calling-for-gu.html

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"We recognize that a lot of the gun‑policy debate in Washington, D.C. will hinge on how different people value the tradeoffs associated with different policy approaches," said Jens Ludwig, director of the Crime Lab and a co-author of the letter, in an e-mail to ScienceInsider. "Right now the research community is hampered in its ability to inform policymakers about the expected benefits and costs of different policy approaches because of politically‑motivated limits on data access, and substantial federal under‑funding of research on gun violence."

Link[2] Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY2012 Notice Number OD-12-034

En citant: National Institutes of Health
Publication info: 20 January 2012
Cité par: (Del)V Jas 8:30 AM 13 January 2013 GMT
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http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-od-12-034.html

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"Purpose

The FY 2012 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74) signed into law on December 23, 2011 provides funding to NIH for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. The intent of this Notice is to provide information on the following statutory provisions that limit the use of funds on NIH grant, cooperative agreement, and contract awards for FY2012. The Notice of Legislative Mandates for FY2011 was published on May 4, 2011, NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-11-072.

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Additional Legislative Mandate in effect is as follows:

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(11) Gun Control (Section 218)
“None of the funds made available in this title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.” "

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