Last week, the debt ceiling bill was passed by both the House and the Senate and signed by President Biden on Saturday lifting the debt ceiling until January 2025, narrowly missing the deadline for default on the country’s debt. The agreement caps non-defense spending at FY23 levels and allows for only a 1% increase in FY2025. Now that the caps have been set, appropriators will determine the specific levels of funding for agencies and programs. As always, we will track progress on our appropriations tracker found here.
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Reviewed 9/22
OSTP Virtual Public Listening Sessions on Open Science
This week and next week, the White House Office of Science & Technology (OSTP) is hosting a series of live sessions aimed at listening to the perspectives of early career researchers on open science. OSTP is seeking input from undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows as well as those involved in training and capacity building, including librarians, educators, and administrators. Participants will have the opportunity to speak during the session and should indicate their interest in doing so in the registration form.
Please visit the links below to register for any of the four upcoming virtual listening sessions. The listening sessions are as follows:
- Open Science Possibilities for Lowering Barriers to Entry: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers on Engaging in Open Science on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
- Who: The public, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers
- Open Science Possibilities for Equitable Participation and Access: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers at Emerging Research Institutions on Monday, June 5, 2023 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
- Who: The public, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers from emerging research institutions, including Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Community Colleges, and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions
- Open Science Possibilities for Career Advancement: Perspectives from Early Career Researchers on Opportunities and Challenges in Career Progression and Trajectory on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 3:00 – 5:00 pm EDT
- Who: The public, including undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers
- Open Science Possibilities for Training and Capacity Building: Perspectives from the Early Career Researcher-Supporting Community on Monday, June 12, 2023 at 1:00 – 3:00 pm EDT
- Who: The public, including trainers, librarians, college and university administrators, or any other staff supporting the early career researcher community in capacity building for open science
For more information on the sessions, click here.
House Appropriations Committee Begins FY24 Spending Bill Markups
Last week, the House Appropriations Committee began the markup process for their FY24 spending bills. The subcommittees met last week and held markups on four bills — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; Legislative Branch; Homeland Security; and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies. The full House Appropriations Committee is expected to hold markups for these four bills on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
On the Senate side, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee Patty Murray and Vice Chair Susan Collins stated that they plan to begin their markups of their spending bills in June.
Registration Open for UW Federal Relations Spring Town Hall — 6/1
The Office of Federal Relations is hosting a Virtual Town Hall on June 1st at 11am-12pm PST. The Town Hall will address ongoing federal legislation, appropriations, UW priorities, and other federal updates followed by Q&A. The Town Hall is open to all members of the UW community. To join, please register here.
President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Dr. Bertagnolli as NIH Director
President Biden announced today his intent to nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Dr. Bertagnolli is currently the Director of the National Cancer Institute and was previously the Richard E. Wilson Professor of Surgery in the field of surgical oncology at Harvard Medical School, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a member of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment and Sarcoma Centers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Read more about Dr. Bertagnolli and President Biden’s statement here.