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Multiple Announcements: USGS Jobs, USGS Applied Earthquake Research and Monitoring Awards, CRS Analyst Position

Date: 04/10/2020

Dear SCEC Community,

Please see below for the following announcements:

1. USGS Research Geologist position (Golden, CO)
2. USGS Announces Awards for 2020 Applied Earthquake Research and Monitoring in the U.S.
3. Congressional Research Service, Seeking Analyst in Science and Technology Policy

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1. USGS Research Geologist position (Golden, CO):
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Dear SCEC community,

The US Geological Survey (USGS) seeks a Research Geologist to work on the geologic aspects of probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA). Duty station is Golden, Colorado. The job announcement can accessed with the keyword DEN-2020-0214 at usajobs.gov or viewed at this link https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/564514700

Sincerely,
Ryan Gold, USGS

2. USGS Announces Awards for 2020 Applied Earthquake Research and Monitoring in the U.S.
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The U.S Geological Survey announces that the agency will award more than $20 million in 2020 for applied earthquake research, seismic and geodetic monitoring activities in moderate- to high-risk areas nationwide. More than 40 universities, state geological surveys, and private institutions are the recipients of grants and cooperative agreements in 2020. Furthermore, additional funding for the west coast ShakeAlert earthquake early warning system will be awarded later this year.
Research grants funded in 2020 include:
• Using a machine-learning approach to investigate ground-motion alerts for earthquake early warning.
• Evaluating outer-rise earthquake hazards from the Puerto Rico trench.
• Improving deformation and fault compatibility using earthquake simulators and next-generation hazard models.
• Determining temporal characteristics of aftershock sequences in the Intermountain West.
• Determining earthquake-hazard implications and deformation rate recorded by marine terraces above the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
• Investigating the distribution of fault creep on San Francisco Bay area faults.
USGS will also provide funds for applied earthquake research through a cooperative agreement with the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), a university research consortium that supports research and education in seismology, tectonic geodesy, earthquake geology, computational science, and many interdisciplinary studies in earthquake science in Southern California and elsewhere.
Funds are also being provided for earthquake monitoring through cooperative agreements with several regional seismic and geodetic networks of the USGS Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). The ANSS is a cooperative effort to collect and analyze seismic and geodetic data on earthquakes, issue timely and reliable notifications of their occurrence and impacts and provide data for earthquake research and the hazard and risk assessments that are the foundation for creating an earthquake-resilient nation.
External research supports important work such as mapping seismic hazards, developing earthquake planning scenarios, defining the prehistoric record of large earthquakes, investigating the origins of earthquakes, and improving methods for predicting earthquake effects.
For a complete list of funded earthquake projects, and reports of previously funded work, visit:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/external/
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/cfusion/external_grants/networks.cfm

3. Congressional Research Service, Seeking Analyst in Science and Technology Policy:
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The Congressional Research Service would like to share this career opportunity with you and your network.

Analyst in Science and Technology Policy
Open and Close Dates: 4/3/2020 to 5/4/2020
Salary: $102,663.00 to $133.465.00

The Congressional Research Service (CRS), Resources, Science and Industry Division is seeking an Analyst in Science and Technology Policy. The analyst will cover information and communication technology policy, including policies addressing federal Internet and telecommunications subsidies, regulations, programs and initiatives. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of policies and positions of major stakeholders and demonstrate the ability to develop expertise in new areas.

The analyst will cover information and communication technology policy, including policies addressing federal Internet and telecommunications subsidies, regulations, programs and initiatives. These policies include those of the Federal Communications Commission, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and interagency entities. The ideal candidate will have working knowledge of policies and positions of major intergovernmental and private sector stakeholders and demonstrate the ability to develop expertise in new areas.

This position requires the ability to utilize analytical methods and techniques to analyze policy issues for the U.S. Congress. Applicants should be comfortable with quantitative approaches in research and familiar with information and communication technology policy, including policies addressing federal Internet and telecommunications subsidies, regulations, programs and initiatives. Strong writing and presentation skills, including the ability to synthesize complex analyses into easy-to-understand language for a non-technical audience, are required.

CRS works exclusively for the United States Congress, providing policy and legal analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of party affiliation. As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS has been a valued and respected resource on Capitol Hill for more than a century. CRS is well known for analysis that is authoritative, confidential, objective, and nonpartisan. Its highest priority is to ensure that Congress has immediate access to the nation's best thinking on legal and public policy issues of interest to its Members and Committees.

CRS is fully committed to workforce diversity. Interested applicants must apply online at USAjobs https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/564713600.

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