WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for countermeasures against chemical threats research centers of excellence. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The mission of the CounterACT program is to foster and support research and development of new and improved therapeutics for chemical threats. Chemical threats are toxic chemicals that could be used  more ST

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Education announced that it expects to award up to three cooperative agreements for educational technologies to improve results for children with disabilities. The agency description of the cooperative agreement states: "The purposes of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program are to improve results for children with disabilities by: (1) promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology more ST