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August 11, 2011
Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: Timeline & Deadlines
Timeline August 16, 2011: members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to be appointed. September 16, 2011: Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction must hold its first meeting. September 22, 2011: Congress must consider a resolution of disapproval for first tranche ($900 billion) of debt limit increase. October 1-December 31, 2011: the House…
August 1, 2011
NSF Launches New Innovation Program
The National Science Foundation (NSF) on July 28 launched a new program to help develop basic scientific and engineering discoveries into new technologies, products, and processes. The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is a public-private partnership among the NSF, Kauffman Foundation, and Deshpande Foundation. The goal of the program, according to the NSF press release,…
July 28, 2011
Senate Holds Hearing on Department of Ed FY12 Budget
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing yesterday on the Department of Education’s FY12 budget. Secretary Duncan was the witness. In his opening remarks, Duncan expressed concern that America has gone from being a world leader in education to now being “middle of the pack”. He…
July 26, 2011
Competing Debt Proposals Released
The Senate Majority Leader has released draft legislation last night that would raise the debt ceiling through 2012 while trimming the deficit by $2.7 trillion over 10 years. The package would boost the debt limit by $2.4 trillion immediately, would not include any new revenues (taxes), and would not affect Medicare, Medicaid, or Social Security…
July 21, 2011
DOD’s Minerva Initiative Calls for New Round of White Papers and Funding Proposals
University consortia and individual investigators are encouraged to submit white papers and full funding proposals to the Minerva Initiative, the Department of Defense’s competitive, university-based social science basic research program. Because of a delay in release of the funding solicitation, program managers have extended the deadline for white paper submissions to Friday, September 16, 2011,…
DOE Announces $120 Million to Support Development of Innovative Manufacturing Processes
As part of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership launched last month by President Obama, the Department of Energy is offering an investment of up to $120 million over three years to develop transformational manufacturing technologies and innovative materials. The Advanced Manufacturing Partnership is a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to invest in emerging…
July 8, 2011
ED Launches New Round of Promise Neighborhood Grants
On July 6, the Department released the application for the next phase of the Promise Neighborhoods program, including a second round of planning grants and new implementation grants, totaling $30 million. Institutions of higher education are eligible to apply for funds to develop or execute plans that will improve educational and developmental outcomes for students…
July 6, 2011
Patent Reform Bill Remains Stalled in Senate
The Senate has been unable to quickly vote on the House-passed version of Patent Reform, and it now looks increasingly likely that votes will have to be allowed on a couple of controversial amendments to the bill which could cause further problems. One of the House adopted amendments would recalculate the filing period for patent term extension…
June 29, 2011
DREAM Act Hearing in Senate
Although immigration reform remains a controversial topic in an increasingly volatile political environment, yesterday the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security held a hearing on the Development, Relief, and Education for Minors (DREAM) Act of 2011 (S 952). Several hundred “dreamers” attended and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, and…
June 24, 2011
Department of Education releases Fiscal Year 2011 Grants Forecast
The document lists virtually all programs and competitions under which the Department of Education has invited or expects to invite applications for new awards and provides actual or estimated deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these programs. The lists are in the form of charts — organized according to the Department’s principal program offices —…
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