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Appropriations Update: FY 2006 Science, Commerce, Justice, State

May 24, 2005/In: Funding, FY06 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Science, Commerce, Justice, State marked-up it’s FY 2006 appropriations bill earlier today and included increases for NSF and NASA. Details are a little sparse until we see the full committee print next week, but here are the early figures: NSF would increase 3.1% — $171 million over FY 2005, $38 […]

Appropriations Update: FY 2006 House Energy and Water

May 20, 2005/In: Funding, FY06 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday completed its markup of the FY 2006 Energy and Water Appropriation bill (HR 2419), which includes funding for the Department of Energy, approving increased funding for DOE’s Office of Science. The House bill would boost the Office of Science budget to $3.67 billion in FY 06, an increase of […]

House Passes Homeland Security Approps; Cyber Security Still Not a Priority

May 18, 2005/In: Funding, FY06 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

Despite a $213 million increase to the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate in FY 2006 and a report from a presidential advisory committee noting the dangerous lack of support for cyber security research at DHS, the House approved a cut to cyber security research activities at the agency as part of the […]