The Senate will consider a bill to impose new regulations on the credit card industry. Later in the week, the House is expected to vote on bills to overhaul the Pentagon’s acquisition system, to provide school construction and modernization, and a fiscal 2009 war supplemental appropriations bill. Continue reading “The Week at a Glance May 11-15”
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NSF Releases Recovery Act Procedures
The National Science Foundation has taken the step, already completed by most agencies, of releasing procedures for Recovery Act funding. The NSF Recovery terms and conditions are availabe here.
APLU Provides Preliminary Analysis of FY10 President’s Budget Request
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) has prepared a preliminary analysis (below) of the higher education components of President Obama’s FY10 Budget Request. Additional information will be provided as the UW Office of Federal Relations and various higher education associations examine the budget request. In the Federal Budget section of this website, budget briefing materials from the federal agencies are available for review. Members of the UW community are encouraged to provide feedback to the Office of Federal Relations on specific components of the budget request that impact their programs.
In the coming days, UW will provide recommendations on the President’s Budget Request (PBR) to the state of Washington congressional delegation.
Preliminary APLU Analysis of FY10 PBR Continue reading “APLU Provides Preliminary Analysis of FY10 President’s Budget Request”
NOAA FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials
NOAA has requested a total of $4.5 billion in FY 2010, which is an increase of $110M over the FY 2009 enacted level. The Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) requests a total of $404.6 million which is an increase of $3.7 million over the FY 2009 enacted level.
In summary, OAR requests:
$209.8 million for Climate Research
$63.9 million for Weather and Air Quality Research
$107.4 million for Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes Research
$13.1 million for Information Technology, R&D, and Science Education, and
$10.4 million for Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction.
DOD FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials
DOD FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials
Press Release
DoD Releases Fiscal 2010 Budget Proposal
President Barack Obama today sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $663.8 billion for fiscal 2010. The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $533.8 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $130 billion to support overseas contingency operations, primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The proposed DoD base budget represents an increase of $20.5 billion over the $513.3 billion enacted for fiscal 2009. This is an increase of 4 percent, or 2.1 percent real growth after adjusting for inflation. Continue reading “DOD FY10 Budget Request Briefing Materials”