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House Budget Chair Releases FY2015 Budget Resolution
Earlier this week A۰P۰L۰U’s Congressional and Governmental Affairs Office sent the following summary of the FY2015 Budget Resolution released by U.S. House of Representatives Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI). House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released his FY2015 Budget Resolution<http://budget.house.gov/fy2015/> this morning. The House Republican budget cuts spending by $5.1 trillion over the next ten years. […]
Federal Budget Update
The Government Relations team at the Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) shared an update on the Federal Budget earlier today. Below is an excerpt with several links for additional information. Budget Update On March 4, 2014, President Obama released his proposed FY 2015 Budget. The President proposes expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit […]
APLU-AAU-ACE Send Letter to Appropriators on FY2015 302(b) Allocations
Click here to download a letter from the presidents of the American Council on Education (ACE), the Association of American Universities (AAU) and APLU that was recently sent to the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations leaders regarding the FY15 302 (b) allocations. The letter urges appropriations leaders to make research and higher education programs a […]
Chronicle: Budget Agreement Would Give NIH and Pell Grants a Boost
Chronicle of Higher Education January 14, 2014 By Kelly Field Washington Federal lawmakers reached agreement late Monday on a long-overdue spending bill for the 2014 fiscal year that would provide an additional $1-billion for the National Institutes of Health and raise the maximum Pell Grant by an estimated $85, to $5,730. The omnibus spending bill, […]
McClatchy Washington Bureau: Unless D.C. finds alternative, N.C. faces new budget cuts
By Renee Schoof McClatchy Washington Bureau November 25, 2013 When Congress returns to Washington after Thanksgiving, budget negotiations will be getting down to the wire on a deal for next year’s federal spending. Without an agreement in December, North Carolina and the nation could be facing a second round of the automatic spending cuts […]
Post-Government Shutdown Information from UNC General Administration
By Melanie Baucom, UNC General Administration, Office of Federal Government Relations After 16 days of a partial government shutdown, Congress passed a temporary Continuing Resolution (CR) to re-open the government and extend the debt ceiling. The agreement is temporary and leaves unresolved full FY14 spending levels and whether automatic spending cuts, known as sequester, will […]
Defense Research Agency Hunts for Biotech Innovators
Kelvin Ma for The Chronicle Donald Ingber (right), a Harvard scientist supported by Darpa, looks over a prototype of his “organ on a chip” biometric cartridge. By Paul Basken Donald E. Ingber, a professor at Harvard University, has combined advanced electronics and biology to create a “lung on a chip,” a breakthrough device that could […]
Battle Over Science Funding
By George Cahlink, Editor www.CQ.com The weeks ahead will bring debate on funding for the largest federal research programs, including the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation. Democrats are planning to use action on spending bills in the Senate and House in coming weeks to make a clear case on differences with Republicans on […]