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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 16-308

Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Science

Subject Files, 2005-2015

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Science
Title:Subject Files
Dates:2005-2015
Quantity:7 cu. ft. (7 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 16-308
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of records documenting the administration of science museums, programs, and research centers at the Smithsonian Institution during the tenures of David L. Evans, Under Secretary, 2002-2007; Ira Rubinoff, Acting Under Secretary, 2007; Charles Alcock, Acting Under Secretary, 2008-2009; Scott E. Miller, Acting Under Secretary, 2009; Eva J. Pell, 2010-2014; and W. John Kress, Interim Under Secretary, 2014- . Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting agendas, notes, clippings, and other related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records documenting the administration of science museums, programs, and research centers at the Smithsonian Institution during the tenures of David L. Evans, Under Secretary, 2002-2007; Ira Rubinoff, Acting Under Secretary, 2007; Charles Alcock, Acting Under Secretary, 2008-2009; Scott E. Miller, Acting Under Secretary, 2009; Eva J. Pell, Under Secretary, 2010-2014; and W. John Kress, Interim Under Secretary, 2014- . Materials include correspondence, memoranda, reports, meeting agendas, notes, clippings, and other related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Use Restriction

Restricted for 15 years. until Jan-01-2031; Transferring office; 7/24/2002 memorandum, Johnstone to Reid; Contact reference staff for details.

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This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

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Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 16-308, Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for Science, Subject Files

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Container List

Box 1

"Perspectives on Limits to Growth: Challenges to Building a Sustainable Planet," March 1, 2012 (electronic records)

Box 1 of 7

"Regents: Strategy, Innovation, and Technology," January 14, 2015

Box 1 of 7

"Shipwrecked" Exhibition, 2011

Box 1 of 7

18th Inuit Studies Conference, October 24-28, 2012

Box 1 of 7

Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, 2005-2007

Box 1 of 7

Academy of Sciences Cuba, 2011

Box 1 of 7

Advancement Committee, 2011-2013

Box 1 of 7

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 2007

Box 1 of 7

Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC) and Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) Semi-annual Reports, 2011

Box 1 of 7

Annual Goals, 2010-2012

Box 1 of 7

Anthropocene, 2013 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 7

Appropriations, 2011

Box 1 of 7

Appropriations, 2012

Box 1 of 7

Arts and Industries Building/Smithsonian Castle, 2007-2010 (2 folders)

Box 1 of 7

Arts and Industries Campaign Plan, 2010

Box 1 of 7

Asia Trail II, 2006-2007

Box 1 of 7

Astrobiology Universe Consortia, 2013

Box 1 of 7

Australian National University, 2008, 2011

Box 1 of 7

Awards Committee, 2011-2012

Box 1 of 7

Best Practices, 2010

Box 1 of 7

Biodiversity, 2010-2012

Box 1 of 7

Bio-Genomics, 2013

Box 1 of 7

Box 2

Bio-Genomics, 2014 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 7

Board of Regents, 2015

Box 2 of 7

Branding, 2011 (includes electronic records)

Box 2 of 7

Budget, 2011-2014

Box 2 of 7

Budget, FY 2015 - FY 2017, 2015

Box 2 of 7

Cabinet Meeting, July 30, 2013

Box 2 of 7

Cabinet, 2013

Box 2 of 7

Cabinet, 2015

Box 2 of 7

Campus Master Plan, 2012-2013

Box 2 of 7

Capital Planning Board, 2006-2011

Box 2 of 7

Capital Planning Board, 2011

Box 2 of 7

Capital Planning Board, 2010-2012

Box 2 of 7

Citizen Science at the Smithsonian, undated

Box 2 of 7

Clippings, 2010

Box 2 of 7

Collections Space Steering Committee, 2011

Box 2 of 7

Collections, 2006-2010

Box 2 of 7

Collections, 2015

Box 2 of 7

Conflict of Interest Policy Review, 2015

Box 2 of 7

Consortia, 2010

Box 2 of 7

Consortia, 2010-2012 (2 folders)

Box 2 of 7

Cousteau Collection, 2013

Box 2 of 7

Cryogenics, undated

Box 2 of 7

Deforestation, 2007

Box 2 of 7

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Barcoding, 2007

Box 2 of 7

Box 3

Designated Agency Safety Health Official Meeting, FY 2012

Box 3 of 7

Development, 2012

Box 3 of 7

Digitization, 2010

Box 3 of 7

Digitization, 2014

Box 3 of 7

Directors Advisory Group, 2011-2013

Box 3 of 7

Directors Retreat, December 10, 2010

Box 3 of 7

Diversity Committee, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Diversity Committee, February 11, 2013

Box 3 of 7

Earthquake Remediation, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Education and Access Retreat, February 13, 2012

Box 3 of 7

Education, 2012

Box 3 of 7

Endowment, 1996-2001

Box 3 of 7

Facilities Revitalization, 2007

Box 3 of 7

Federal Information Security Management Act, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Fellowship Committee, 2010-2011

Box 3 of 7

Fellowships, 2006-2007

Box 3 of 7

Fossil Management, 2013

Box 3 of 7

Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ), 2011

Box 3 of 7

Gamboa, 2007, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Georgetown University, undated

Box 3 of 7

Goals-at-a-Glance, 2008

Box 3 of 7

Government Accountability Office, 2007

Box 3 of 7

Grand Challenges Awards, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Grand Challenges Consortia, 2012

Box 3 of 7

Gulf Spill, 2010

Box 3 of 7

Hawaii, 2013

Box 3 of 7

Hirsch, Leonard, 2007-2010

Box 3 of 7

Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), April 26, 2011

Box 3 of 7

IARPC, June 1, 2012

Box 3 of 7

IARPC, June 1, 2012

Box 3 of 7

IARPC, November 7, 2011

Box 3 of 7

IARPC, February 19, 2013

Box 3 of 7

IndiGEO, 2011-2012

Box 3 of 7

Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, 2005-2007, 2010

Box 3 of 7

Integration of Science and Technology for Sustainability, September 14, 2011

Box 3 of 7

Box 4

International Fellowships, 2011-2013

Box 4 of 7

International Programming Working Group, 2011-2012

Box 4 of 7

James Smithson Society, 2011

Box 4 of 7

London, 2015

Box 4 of 7

Management Evaluation and Technical Review (METR), 2011

Box 4 of 7

MarineGEO, 2011

Box 4 of 7

Marine Science, 2010-2011

Box 4 of 7

Meeting Notes, 2013-2015

Box 4 of 7

Memoranda, 2010

Box 4 of 7

Metrics, 2011

Box 4 of 7

Miami Science Museum, 2012

Box 4 of 7

Museum 21, 2012

Box 4 of 7

Museum Conservation Institute (MCI), 2010

Box 4 of 7

MCI, 2015

Box 4 of 7

National Air and Space Museum (NASM), 2015

Box 4 of 7

National Arboretum, 2008

Box 4 of 7

National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), 2007

Box 4 of 7

National Institutes of Health (NIH), 2011

Box 4 of 7

National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), 2015

Box 4 of 7

National Park Service, 2010-2011

Box 4 of 7

National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), 2005-2008 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 7

NSTC, 2010-2011

Box 4 of 7

NSTC, 2010-2013

Box 4 of 7

National Science Foundation (NSF), 2010-2011

Box 4 of 7

NSF, 2005-2011 (2 folders)

Box 4 of 7

NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Competition, 2011

Box 4 of 7

National Science Resources Center (NSRC), August 23, 2010

Box 4 of 7

Box 5

National Zoological Park (NZP), 2015

Box 5 of 7

Next Generation Sequencing, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Notes, April 22, 2010 - August 23, 2010

Box 5 of 7

Notes, April 26, 2011 - August 29, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Notes, August 24, 2010 - December 20, 2010

Box 5 of 7

Notes, August 30, 2011 - January 27, 2012

Box 5 of 7

Notes, December 20, 2010 - April 25, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Notes, January 27, 2012 - June 6, 2012

Box 5 of 7

Notes, January 8, 2010 - April 21, 2010

Box 5 of 7

Notes, June 26, 2012 - November 15, 2012

Box 5 of 7

Notes, May 20, 2013 - October 8, 2013

Box 5 of 7

Notes, November 26, 2012 - May 20, 2013

Box 5 of 7

Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2013

Box 5 of 7

Ocean Hall, 2007

Box 5 of 7

Office of Equal Employment and Minority Affairs (OEEMA), 2015

Box 5 of 7

Office of Facilities and Engineering (OFEO), 2015

Box 5 of 7

Office of Management and Budget, 2007

Box 5 of 7

Office of Sponsored Projects, 2007-2008

Box 5 of 7

Office of the Under Secretary for Science (OUSS) Team Notes, 2014-2015

Box 5 of 7

OUSS Notes, 2010-2012

Box 5 of 7

Olympicopolis, 2014

Box 5 of 7

Pan-Institutional Ideas Meeting, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Patents, 2010

Box 5 of 7

Patents, 2012

Box 5 of 7

Presentations, 2010-2013 (2 folders)

Box 5 of 7

Publications, 2007

Box 5 of 7

Rancheria Island, Panama, 2008, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Rapideye, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Redesign, 2011

Box 5 of 7

Redesign, 2012

Box 5 of 7

Regents Strategic Planning Committee, 2013

Box 5 of 7

Box 6

Science Campaign, 2011

Box 6 of 7

Science Executive Committee, 2015

Box 6 of 7

Scientific Literacy, 2010

Box 6 of 7

Secretary's Distinguished Lecture Series, 2011

Box 6 of 7

Senate of Scientists, 2007

Box 6 of 7

Shell, 2010-2011

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Institution (SI) Bargaining Initiative, 2011

Box 6 of 7

SI Campaign, 2010-2011

Box 6 of 7

SI Guide, 2005-2006

Box 6 of 7

SI Guide, 2005, 2009

Box 6 of 7

SI Scholarly Press, 2005-2007 (3 folders)

Box 6 of 7

SI Science Visiting Committee, 2005

Box 6 of 7

SI Science Visiting Committee, March 23, 2007 (2 folders)

Box 6 of 7

SI Senior Management, 2015

Box 6 of 7

SI-Omics, 2012

Box 6 of 7

SI-Omics, 2013

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Advisory Board Task Force, 2007

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), Soon, 2015

Box 6 of 7

SAO, 2015

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), 2015

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Enterprises, 2015

Box 6 of 7

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC), 2015

Box 6 of 7

Box 7

SI Strategic Plan, 2007, 2010-2011

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observations (SIGEO), 2007

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian Institution Libraries (SIL), 2015

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian Leadership Development Program, 2011-2012

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian National Board, 2007-2008

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian National Board, 2010-2011

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian National Board, 2013

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian On Demand, 2007-2008

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian Think Tank, 2008

Box 7 of 7

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), 2015

Box 7 of 7

Social Media, 2011

Box 7 of 7

Society of Environmental Journalists, 2011

Box 7 of 7

Tropical Forest Science, 2013

Box 7 of 7

United States Congress, 2010

Box 7 of 7

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 2010

Box 7 of 7

USDA, Indigo Grant, 2012

Box 7 of 7

United States Department of State, 2011-2012

Box 7 of 7

United States Department of the Interior, 2007

Box 7 of 7

University of Maryland, 2010

Box 7 of 7

Veolia Environmental, 2010-2011

Box 7 of 7

Web Strategy, 2008

Box 7 of 7

White, Lee, 2010

Box 7 of 7

Wildlife Toxicology, 2007

Box 7 of 7

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