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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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FY21 Update: Senate Releases Numbers in Preparation for Budget Endgame in December

November 11, 2020/In: Funding, FY21 Appropriations /by Brian Mosley

When last we left the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget process, we were worried about a potentially stalled continuing resolution at the end of September. Luckily, no one wanted to shut down the government just before the November Election; a CR was passed and signed into law. The CR created a new deadline to get a permanent budget into place, which is December 11th. Now with the election behind us, and hoping to jumpstart the process, yesterday the Senate Appropriations Committee released its slate of appropriations bills. Let’s get into the details.

Update from CCC: NSF Advances Artificial Intelligence Research with New Nationwide Institutes

August 26, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

In case you missed it — the CCC Blog has coverage of National Science Foundation’s recently announcement “establishing new artificial intelligence institutes to accelerate research, expand America’s workforce, and transform society in the decades to come.” This move is in line with one of the recommendations in the CCC-led AI roadmap report, A 20-Year Community Roadmap for AI Research in the US. This is great news; and, when combined with the efforts in Congress to bolster AI research — including adding the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to the House National Defense Authorization Act, which is a piece of “must pass” legislation — signals that AI research is likely to stay a hot-topic in Washington for some time. Keep checking back for more updates.

Update on AI Bills in Congress; House Science Committee AI Initiative Act Added to Defense Policy Bill

July 30, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Policy, Research /by Brian Mosley

There has been a flurry of activity over the last few weeks on a number of AI related pieces of legislation in Congress.

House SS&T Committee Introduces Bipartisan AI Research Bill to Significantly Increase Research Authorizations

March 13, 2020/In: Artificial Intelligence, Computing Community Consortium (CCC), Funding, Policy, Research /by Peter Harsha

House Science, Space, and Technology Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) and Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-OK) yesterday introduced long-awaited legislation aimed at solidifying the U.S. leadership role in artificial intelligence research, education, and workforce development.

Roundup of FY2021 Research Agency Requests: NIST, NIH, and NASA, A Familiar Theme of Cuts

March 10, 2020/In: Funding, FY21 Appropriations, Research /by Brian Mosley

In our continuing series following the Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget request, we close out with a roundup of an assortment of Federal research agencies. These include the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and NASA. There’s a familiar theme to all of these accounts: cuts to […]

Final FY20 Appropriations: Mostly Increases for Research but There is Some Bad News

December 18, 2019/In: Funding, FY20 Appropriations, Research /by Brian Mosley

Just in time for the calendar year 2020, and almost three months after the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) began, Congress is finally finishing up its work on the Federal budget with two Minibuses of all the appropriations legislation. For the research community, it’s mostly good news but there are a few clouds in the sky: the National Science Foundation will see very modest increases under the bill, and the defense research accounts are essentially flat-funded.

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.

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.