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 […]

CLIMATE: THE RACE IS ON…AND OTHER NEWS

October 2, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in felony, marine reserve | tagged animal cruelty, BLM, chemicals, climate, climate change, democrats, energy, EPA, extinction, fbi, felony, flooding, fracking, GOP, HORSE, house science committee, interior, keystone, marine reserve, omb, pacific ocean, republicans, senate, wolf, wolves, world wildlife, wyoming | Leave a comment

The (Not So) New Spending Bill

January 14, 2014 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged Agriuclture, appropriations, ARPA-E, clean water act, conservation, department of energy, department of interior, DOE, eere, EPA, fish & wildlife, forest service, funding bill, fy2013, fy2014, greenhouse gas emissions, house, interior, nasa, national park service, national science foundation, noaa, NRCS, nsf, science, senate, sequester, sequestration, weather service | Leave a comment

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees produced a bill that covers spending for the rest of FY2014, avoiding another government shutdown. Both the House and Senate Committees released political statements on the bill, as well as a brief and detailed summary. Overall, the bill retains the status quo, but with a bit of additional funds, […]

SENATE SHUFFLE: IMPACT ON ENERGY, CLIMATE, FORESTS & MORE

December 30, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "coal ash", alaska, appropriations, Arctic, bald eagles, baucus, BLM, boxer, budget, climate, climate action plan, confirmation, deep horizon, department of interior, energy, EPA, epw, finance committee, forest, gao, greater sage grouse, house energy committee, hydro, interior, International Students, izembek, keystone, landrieu, national forest, natural gas, nevada, nuclear, oil spill, permits, renewable fuels, renewables, royalties, sage grouse, secretary jewell, senate, senate energy committee, senate environment, tax, turbine, usgs, WIND, wind power, wyden | Leave a comment

Welcome to Federal Policy Week, a blog that covers activities impacting federal policy in the areas of conservation, energy, environment, animal welfare, and natural resources. For education policy issues, please visit my new blog Fed Ed Policy. To subscribe for Federal Policy Week enter your email address under the “Follow” label at the upper left section […]

SOMETHINGS IN THE AIR: THE CAA, METHANE RATES; BIRDS (DYING)

December 16, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged administrator mccarthy, agriculture, antibiotic, bald eagles, beauvois, chicken, clean air act, climate change, conagra, corn-based ethanol, delta air lines, dupont, eagles, electricity, energy, EPA, ethanol, exxon, fda, FEDERAL AGENCIES, fuel economy, golden eagles, interior, john podesta, keystone, koch industries, livestock, methane, microsoft, national forest, nuclear waste, Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2013, obama, pipeline, renewable fuels, repository, RFS, senate energy committee, senator cardin, senator coburn, senator feinstein, senator wyden, small modular reactor, smr, tea party, transport rule, vitter, wilson center, yucca | 1 Comment

THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING HERE. WHAT IT IS AIN’T EXACTLY CLEAR

November 25, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "competency based", agriculture, america invents act, bird, BLM, charter, common core, duke energy, education, edX, energy, energy efficiency, evolution, farm policy, federal policy, federal programs, gainful employment, gao, gas, Goodlatte, interior, keystone, leahy, mooc, moocs, NRC, nuclear, offshore, oil, oil & gas, patent, revenue, STEM, teach, teachers, teaching, tech, texas school board, troll, turbine, WIND, women & stem, yucca mountain | 2 Comments

Federal Policy Week, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday and Congressional recess, will not publish next week, but return again on approximately December 8, 2013. Have a great holiday. 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 […]

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 […]

AND IT GOES ON AND ON, WATCHING THE (MESSY) RIVER RUN

November 6, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged "America Competes", "chairman rodgers", "Chairman rogers", "coal ash", "College Value", "competency based", "federal policy week", "FIRST ACT", "Fischer v. University", "fugitive methane", "house schedule", "indirect costs", "patent troll", "The Frontier in Innovative Research, "The Sun Also Rises", affirmative action, agriculture, and Technology", antiquities act, Aviation, Beloved, budget, Chairman Goodlatte, chamber of commerce, climate, coal, college ratings, committee, common core, COMPETES, courts, defense, democrat, denham, diesel, education, Einstein, energy, energy efficiency, environment, EPA, federal government programs, federal policy, fracking, Goodlatte, GOP, higher education act, humanities, immigration, innovation, interior, James Hansen, jewell, mikulski, mooc, nasa, NextGen, nominations, nuclear, nuclear power, obama, PATENTS, renewables, RFS, Rubio, science, scientific community, Senator Cornyn, Senator Hatch, sequestration, technology, Twilight, university, yucca | 2 Comments

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 […]

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