Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued budget guidance for FY2014 to federal departments and agencies.  It asks agencies to provide FY2014 budget submissions at levels five percent below the net discretionary total provided to each in the Administration’s 2013 Budget. Memo from OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients to the Heads of […]

by David Rogers of Politico.com The Export-Import Bank won a new lease on life from Congress on Tuesday, as the Senate approved a House-passed bill extending the bank’s charter through September 2014 and raising its loan exposure cap to $140 billion — a 40 percent increase. The 78-20 vote ends months of haggling over the […]

On April 25, the UNCG Teaching Fellows  hosted a forum on local foods, as part of NC Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Steve Troxler’s Speakers Series on Local and Sustainable Agriculture. The forum, free and open to the public, began at 6:30 p.m. in the Elliott University Center Auditorium and was preceded by a  reception before the forum […]

by CQ.com and Lauren Smith As Republicans blasted a Democratic plan to pay for a student loan interest rate break by closing a corporate tax loophole, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., took to the floor Wednesday to announce a new bill. Alexander proposed an alternative that would draw upon money helping fund the new health care law (PL 111-148, PL […]

 Senate CJS Appropriations Subcommittee On April 17, the Senate Appropriations Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee approved by a vote of 17-1 their FY2013 spending bill providing $51.9 billion in discretionary budget authority. It includes a 3.3 percent or $240-million budget increase over FY12 levels for the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a total of $7.27 billion. […]

From Campus Weekly – On April 11, the new members of the UNC Board of Governors visited UNCG, meeting with students and members of the administration, faculty and staff. Chancellor Linda P. Brady welcomed the board members to campus and told them of our university. Jorge Quintal and Mike Byers as well as students gave them a […]

The NSF Director released notice last week of the plan for implementation of recommendations of National Science Board to revise the NSF Merit Review Criteria. The recommendations would essentially leave the merit review criteria unchanged, but further articulate the underlying principles. NSF plans to publish a Federal Register Notice this month that will contain information […]

by Josh Boak of  Politico The White House and Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to find funds to stop an expected doubling of student loan interest rates this summer, arguing that they’re heading off another potential blow to the economy. But the new House GOP budget doesn’t include the $6 billion needed. The Democratic strategy consists […]

by CGA – The United for Medical Research released new economic data last week that showcases the fundamental impact of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding on U.S. job growth in the health and life sciences industries. The update finds that NIH funding directly and indirectly supported more than 432,000 jobs in 2011 alone […]

By Erik Wasson of thehill.com The House Budget Committee approved Chairman Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget resolution on Wednesday night in a close 19-18 vote. Two conservative Republicans voted against the Ryan plan, which cuts spending by $5.3 trillion over 10 years, because they said it did not cut the budget fast enough. Reps. Justin Amash […]