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The Computing Research Association (or CRA) has been involved in shaping public policy of relevance to computing research for more than two decades. More recently the CRA Government Affairs program has enhanced its efforts to help the members of the computing research community contribute to the public debate knowledgeably and effectively.

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Appropriations Update: Senate NSF Numbers are Out but the Endgame for FY20 is very, very complicated…

October 16, 2019/In: FY20 Appropriations, Research /by Brian Mosley

In our continuing series looking at Congressional actions on the Fiscal Year 2020 budget, we finally have a look at where the Senate Appropriations Committee stands on funding for some key sciences agencies, with the National Science Foundation being the most important. The basic synopsis is the Senate supplies positive numbers in their blueprint but they are not as generous as what the House of Representatives provided in May.

Appropriations Update: House Numbers for NSF, NIST, and NASA are out and they are quite good!

May 20, 2019/In: FY20 Appropriations /by Brian Mosley

Congress has begun the yearly appropriations process, divvying up tax-payer dollars to the assorted federal agencies. As is the norm, the House Appropriations Committee has begun its work first. The bill of most importance to the CS and IT research community is the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) bill; it contains the funding for the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and NASA. And there is good news: increases all around!

President’s Budget Request for Science in FY2020 – First Look (Ugh)

March 11, 2019/In: Artificial Intelligence, FY20 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

President Trump released an overview of his FY 2020 Budget Request and it contains deep requested cuts to some key Federal science agencies.

Final FY2019 Appropriations Wrap-up – Science does OK.

March 5, 2019/In: FY19 Appropriations, General, Policy /by Peter Harsha

There 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 […]

Appropriations Update: NSF, NIST, and NASA do well in FY19 Senate Bill

July 3, 2018/In: Funding, FY19 Appropriations /by Brian Mosley

Continuing CRA’s tracking of the Fiscal Year 2019 (FY19) appropriations process, we turn to the Senate’s Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations bill. The Senate Appropriations Committee marked up their version of the CJS bill on June 14th (by June 28th, the Committee finished marking up all 12 subcommittees’ bills, a 30-year record for timeliness). The CJS bill includes funding for NSF, NIST, and NASA, which are of the most concern to the computing community, along with funding for the Department of Justice. While the attention surrounding this bill has been dominated by immigration issues concerning the Department of Justice, science and computing research have fared relatively well.

President’s Budget Request Round-Up: NSF, NIST, NIH, and NASA Budgets Are All Cut

May 30, 2017/In: Funding, FY18 Appropriations /by Brian Mosley

President Trump released his annual budget request last week. As we have done in years past, the CRA Policy Blog will be doing a series of posts on the assorted budget requests for key science agencies, particularly highlighting the ones that are of importance to the computing community.

NSF, NIST Fare OK in First FY13 Spending Bill Drafts

April 19, 2012/In: Funding, FY13 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have just released their drafts (House – Senate) of the FY2013 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Bill, and the numbers look pretty decent for NSF and NIST. Short version: NSF would see an increase of 4.3 percent overall in FY13; NIST would see increases of $54-56 million to its core […]

Somewhat Surprisingly, NSF Fares Well in FY12 Final Approps Agreement

November 15, 2011/In: Funding, FY12 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

Update (11/17/11): The minibus was approved in both the House and Senate and will head to the President for his signature! Original Post: Congressional appropriators tonight filed the final conference report for the so-called “minibus” FY12 appropriations bill, representing the final agreed-upon spending numbers for FY12 for the Agriculture; Commerce, Justice, Science; and Transportation, Housing […]

Senate Minibus Cuts NSF, NASA and NIST

November 2, 2011/In: Funding, FY12 Appropriations, Policy /by Peter Harsha

Yesterday the Senate managed passage of its first so-called “minibus” appropriation bill — a combination of FY12 Agriculture Appropriation; Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriation; and Transportation-HUD Appropriations bills — and retained the cuts to the FY12 budget of the National Science Foundation budget we covered back when the bill was first approved by the Senate Appropriations […]

More Detail on Science Funding in House CJS Bill

July 13, 2011/In: Funding, FY12 Appropriations /by Peter Harsha

The full House Committee on Appropriations today approved its version of the FY 12 Commerce, Justice, Science appropriations bill, which includes funding for the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. We focused on some of the funding levels included in the […]