President’s Budget Request for Science in FY2020 – First Look (Ugh)
President Trump released an overview of his FY 2020 Budget Request and it contains deep requested cuts to some key Federal science agencies.
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Final FY2019 Appropriations Wrap-up – Science does OK.
/In: FY19 Appropriations, General, Policy /by Peter HarshaThere were unfinished funding bills, there was an impasse over a wall, there was a 35-day government shutdown, there was a 3 week interregnum when government reopened and leaders sought to find a way ahead, and then there was final passage and resolution of the FY 2019 appropriations process — one that ended on a […]
Department of Energy FY 2019 Request: Good for Computing but with Some Asterisks
/In: Funding, FY19 Appropriations /by Brian MosleyLast month, President Trump released his budget request for Fiscal Year 2019. As we have done in years past, the CRA Policy Blog will be doing a series of posts on the assorted agency budgets that are important to the computing research community. In this post we highlight the Department of Energy (DOE).
Budget Deal for FY18 and FY19 In Sight; Waiting for it to Cross the Finish Line
/In: Funding, FY18 Appropriations, FY19 Appropriations /by Brian MosleyBig news out of Washington today is that there is a new budget deal that could provide much needed relief to Federal science research agencies. Similar to the deals from 2013 and 2015, this agreement would suspend the budgetary caps imposed in the 2011 Budget Control Act for two years.
First Look: President Trump’s FY18 Budget Request is Rough for Science
/In: Funding, FY18 Appropriations, Policy /by Peter HarshaToday President Trump released a more detailed budget request for FY 2018, a follow up to the “skinny” budget released in March, and science agencies fare pretty poorly (as do a lot of other government programs), though U.S. efforts to develop “exascale” computing capabilities were prioritized. Here are some quick details: The National Science Foundation would see a cut […]
Budget Round-Up: NSF, Defense, and NIST Budget Requests Show Mixed Bag for Research
/In: Funding, FY17 Appropriations /by Brian MosleyTo round out the President’s 2017 (FY17) Budget Requests for key science research accounts, which were released in February, we wanted to cover the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). Combined these three accounts cover the vast majority of the Federal government’s investment in IT and computing research.
Department of Energy FY 2017 Request: Mixed Bag for Computing
/In: Funding, FY17 Appropriations /by Brian MosleyOn Tuesday, February 9th, President Obama released the last budget request of his administration. As we have done in years past, the CRA Policy Blog will be doing a series of posts on the assorted agency budgets that are important to the computing research community. In this post we highlight the Department of Energy (DOE).
President Releases a Disappointing Budget Request for Science
/In: Funding, FY17 Appropriations /by Peter HarshaPresident Obama on Tuesday released his final Budget Request to Congress, a $4.1 trillion request for FY 2017 that some in the science community have called “aspirational,” which might be a nice way of saying disappointingly unrealistic.
News Catch-up: Congress Avoids Shutdown; Boehner Quits; Budget Still Unsettled
/In: FY16 Appropriations, People, Policy /by Peter Harsha[Update (10/8/15: 12:40 pm): Well, that was quick. McCarthy has apparently withdrawn from the Speaker race and the leadership election has been postponed… ] [From this month’s Computing Research News] A last-minute agreement hammered out September 30th between the House and Senate, just hours before the start of the new Federal fiscal year, averted a government […]
NSF’s Budget Request Flat for FY15
/In: Funding, FY15 Appropriations /by Peter HarshaGiven the relatively austere budget caps for FY2015 the President and Congress agreed to as part of last December’s budget agreement, the President’s relatively flat budget request for the National Science Foundation in FY2015 isn’t unexpected. In fact, the President’s request for NSF would have the agency grow just 1 percent over FY14 (to $7.3 billion), […]
