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OPAR develops policy bulletins for areas of interest to GTRI researchers. Bulletins cover a broad range of categories including legislation, agencies and general technology policy issues. If you would like to request a bulletin on a specific topic, please email a policy analyst at policy_analyst@opar.gtri.gatech.edu.

Community Wireless Initiatives: Georgia (November 2008)
A look at the community wireless initiatives within Georgia.

Georgia Legislative Analysis: Biotechnology (November 2008)
A brief look at the legislative activity surrounding Biotechnology in Georgia.

Georgia Legislative Analysis: Innovation (November 2008)
This bulletin surveys how states characterize innovation in legislation.

US Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards (November 2008)
A brief look at the differences in Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards around the US.

Virtual Worlds and Education (November 2008)
Examines how virtual worlds are currently being used within the educational arena with special attention on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) areas.

Science and Technology in the Virtual World (June 2008)
This presentation shows the results of a survey of S&T activities in Second Life.

Science and Math Education (November 2007)
This bulletin explores the state of science and math education in Georgia and the US.

Cyber Safety for Children (November 2007)
This bulletin discusses such issues predation, child pornography, cyberbullying, gambling, plagiarism, copyright infringement, and others are real threats that youth face when they are exposed online.

Alternative Energy (November 2007)
This bulletin discusses trends of alternative energy policy in the US.

Biotechnology (November 2007)
This bulletin discusses the emerging biotechnology sector in Georgia.

Plasma Waste Processing for Power Generation (August 2007)
Plasma is a new technology that may offer a sustainable process to disintegrate municipal waste while producing useful materials, fuels, and electricity.

Federal Enterprise Architecture (June 2007)
This bulletin explains the Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), a concept related to the proficient management of federal government agencies? Information Technology (IT) resources.

Health Information Technology Standards (June 2007)
This bulletin discusses the current state of health IT standards with regard to types of standards and the organizations involved in the development process.

Identity Theft (March 2007)
This bulletin is a survey of the various agencies working against identity theft.

National Nanotechnology Initiative (March 2007)
This bulletin analyzes the NNI, which oversees federal funding for R&D of nanotechnology.

Nanotechnology in Georgia (November 2006)
This briefing surveys current legislative, academic and industrial activity in the area of nanotechnology in the state of Georgia.

Electronic Health Records (November 2006)
This briefing gives a high-level overview of EHR activity nationwide.

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