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"HARC helps us get information into the hands of the people who need it. Their expertise with interactive mapping applications like the oak wilt information system and support hosting information resources like www.texasinvasives.org has made them an invaluable contributor to our partnership."
Damon E. Waitt, Ph.D.
Senior Botanist
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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Core Competencies
HARC's competencies support its mission, positioning and operating niche. Its professional staff brings together scientific, business, information technology and research management expertise to provide service to its clients.
Stakeholder Engagement
HARC can provide skills needed for convening stakeholders and managing the organizational, communications and reporting functions that are essential for many technological and public policy initiatives.
Research Management
HARC has experience in managing the complex logistics of large, multiyear research efforts, acting as a central coordinator serving one or more sponsors and managing the work of a multitude of subcontractors.
Project Management
HARC strives to execute projects on time and on budget and to deliver services that meet or exceed the expectation of the client.
Information Management
HARC integrates scientific information to assess and communicate policy- relevant facts. HARC employs information management specialists and innovative IT systems as part of a strategy to increase the level of understanding of regional sustainability issues. Key tools include relational databases, geographic information systems, visualization systems and Internet applications.
Technology Development & Assessment
HARC has twenty-plus years experience developing technologies in a diversity of areas: lasers, superconductors, magnets, wood products, biomedical devices, signal processing software, databases, and Web applications. While HARC maintains niche technology development programs, its core strength is in partnering with third party developers to test, evaluate, and demonstrate promising environment-friendly technologies.
Policy Analysis
HARC has experience and competence in policy analysis, offering a multidisciplinary team structure, an intermediary positioning between the academic community and society, access to the science underlying sustainability challenges, and hands-on experience with technology solutions. HARC provides analysis in a transparent manner to all interested parties.
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"We hired HARC four years ago to assist our organization with research management. HARC is a key reason that the Texas Environmental Research Consortium is recognized as one of the best air science and policy programs in the country. HARC knows how to form bridges between scientists and policy makers and has the back-office systems to support our work."
John Hall, Executive Director
Texas Environmental Research Consortium
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