On July 11 , 2011 , the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS ) opposed in a letter to the House Appropriations Committee , to reduce funding for the NSF Directorate for Social , Behavioral , and Economic Sciences , stating , as an example , that the work of social scientists had been part of the development of geographic information systems that could be used in responses to disasters such as the September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope