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 […]

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, […]

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

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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

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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

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WATER, PATENTS, BUDGETS AND EDUCATION, OH MY

October 29, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, brain, budget, children, committee, darpa, defense, democrat, drilling, education, energy, EPA, FEDERAL AGENCIES, federal government programs, federal policy, genetics, government, immigration, judy blume, language gap, maya, nih, politics, polls, preschool, research, science, sequestration, spanking, tuition | 1 Comment

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THE CONFERENCE BEGINS: REQUESTS MOUNT

October 21, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, budget, chimp, climate, committee, courts, credit, degree, democrat, economic research, education, energy, environment, EPA, federal government programs, federal policy, Florida, ged, high school, immigration, mooc, nclb, nuclear, obama, politics, Poverty, renewables, republican, research, science, shutdown, southern, sports, Texas, tuition, tutor | 1 Comment

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TOENAIL FUNGUS, HEMORRHOIDS, AND DOG POOP

October 13, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, antarctic, budget, climate, committee, courts, debt, defense, democrat, dog poop, education, environment, EPA, federal government programs, federal policy, fungus, government, hemarrhoid, james webb, jewell, keystone, laureate, mooc, nasa, national park, nih, nist, noaa, NRC, nsf, nuclear, oil, polls, renewables, research, satellite, science, sequestration, shutdown, sonar, space, toenail, weather, whales | 2 Comments

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MOVING AHEAD WHILE SHUTDOWN

October 7, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged affirmative action, agriculture, american dream, arsenic, bank, budget, campaign, climate, college, commercial space, committee, COMPETES, courts, democrat, duncan, education, emissions, energy, environment, EPA, fda, federal government programs, federal policy, foreign language, gender, government, hanford, immigration, iss, keystone, liberal arts, moniz, nasa, nsf, nuclear, obama, politics, polls, R&D, renewables, republican, science, sequestration, shutdown, smr, space, STEM, supreme court, tuition | 1 Comment

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BUDGET BATTLES

September 27, 2013 · by Alison J Fox | in Uncategorized | tagged agriculture, antibiotics, brain, budget, chesapeake bay, climate, committee, cool, coral reef, courts, democrat, duncan, education, energy, environment, EPA, federal government programs, federal policy, government, HELIUM, immigration, keystone, laureate, mooc, nih, nuclear, nutrition, obama, oil, power plant, republican, research, science, sequestration, teens, tuition | 2 Comments

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