SENATE COMMITTEES – DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS & RANKING MEMBERS

January 10, 2015 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged AGRICUTURE, agricuture committee, barbara mikulski, bill nelson, commerce, debbie stabenow, democratic members, energy & natural resources, environment and public works, judiciary, patrick leahy, ranking members, science & transportation, senate appropriations, senate budget committee, senate committees | Leave a comment

The Democrats in the Senate released Committee assignments for the 114th Congress. Below are the assignments for key Committees. If I missed a Committee, you can find its membership list on the full list. The list is in order of seniority, with the Ranking Member identified as such. AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION & FORESTRY Patrick Leahy, Vermont […]

CROmnibus FY2015. The Good, the Bad, and the (lots of) Ugly

December 14, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged aphis, army corps of engineers, BLM, clean water act, commerce, congress, conservation programs, cromnibus, environment, eqip, esa, Fisha dn Wildlife Service, forest service, grazing, green climate fund, interior, nasa, national ocean policy, nmfs, NRCS, paoching, pelosi, president obama, riparian buffers, sage grouse, science, senator mikulski, wildlife, wolves | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in conservation, natural resources, wildlife, and animal welfare. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section of the page. You will receive a verification email to confirm your subscription. Thank you! Congress […]

DEAL OR NO DEAL – WILL THE BUDGET CONFERENCE SUCCEED (AND MUCH MORE)

November 17, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administration, affirmative action, agencies, agriculture, appropriations, budget, carbon capture, cellulosic ethanol, chimps, climate, coal, commerce, congress, education, energy, environment, EPA, ethanol, Fair Use, federal policy, for-profits, FTC, gainful employment, Grants, hearings, Higher ed, immigration, interior, International Students, jewell, military, mining, natural gas, nih, nominations, obama, oil, Online Ed, politics, post-9/11, renewables, research, science, sequester, STEM, textbooks, transmissions, tuition, us energy production, water, wrda, wrds | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers federal policy developments in education, research, science, agriculture, immigration, energy, environment, natural resources, and intellectual property. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section of the page. You will receive a verification email to confirm […]

CAN AMERICA COMPETE – THE LATEST ON AMERICA COMPETES & MUCH MORE

November 10, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "America Competes", "FIRST ACT", "The Frontier in Innovative Research, afl-cio, agriculture, ARPA-E, Carbon Sequestration, CCS, Charters, climate, CO2, coal, Coburn, commerce, Commerce Committee, committee, courts, cultural capital, digital footprint, education, energy, environment, EPA, ethanol, federal government programs, government, HELP Committee, immigration, innovation, keystone, Magnuson-Stevens, manufacturing hubs, mining, Natural Resources, NEAP, noaa, obama, OSTP, pipeline, political science, politics, renewables, RFS, science, senate calendar, senate schedule, Senator Alexander, Senator Warren, Social Sciences, student aid, taxes, technology transfer, trolls, tuition, turbine, WIND | 1 Comment

THE SHUTDOWN: COSTS AND IMPACT

October 3, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged budget, commerce, DOE, education, EPA, federal government, higher education, higher education, house, house republicans, interior, monuments, museums, nasa, nih, nsf, obama, omb, park, public opinion, reid, repurblicans, scientific community, senate, sequester, shutdown, shutdown plan, student loans, usda | 2 Comments

Below is a brief posting covering the current status of the shutdown, including information on the potential impacts the government shutdown may have on you personally and agencies that impact you or your work. Please click on the links for more detailed information. As the shutdown of the federal government unexpectedly continues, the costs and […]