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March 21, 2014
The President’s Budget Request: A Mixed Bag for Science
The President’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2015 (FY15) is a mixed bag for science. According to the White House, the FY15 budget request strives to build on the progress made by Congress with the recent omnibus passage, while continuing to cut the deficit in a balanced way. For Earth and space science, the proposed budget contains both good and bad news.
February 26, 2014
March Madness
The most recent budget showdown has just barely faded over the horizon. The president and Congress can finally talk about something that doesn’t involve the contentious issue of doling out funding for the government to stay open and operating. We can finally get back to focusing on setting policy – or can we?
February 3, 2014
State of the Union Takeaways
Now that sufficient time has passed to digest the President’s speech, it’s time to figure out how our State of the Union wish list fared. Below are our three big points we wanted to see mentioned, and the president’s response, if any.
January 22, 2014
Congress Passes, President Signs FY2014 Appropriations
Last week, Washington rejoiced as Congress passed and the president signed a bill that funds the entire Federal government through September 30, 2014. As there is with every bill whose magnitude and scope is so far-reaching, there are winners and losers.
January 17, 2014
Top 5 Science Policy Stories from 2013
From extreme partisanship in Congress and a historic typhoon to political climate change battles and the search for habitable planets, 2013 was never short of science policy news. In a year full of ups and downs for the Earth and space science research community, AGU Public Affairs has compiled a list of the top five Earth and space science policy stories from 2013.
October 29, 2013
Eos Interviews Reveal Impacts of the Government Shutdown
The recent shutdown of the U.S. government highlighted the critical role that government funding plays in supporting scientific research. This week’s edition of Eos, AGU’s newspaper covering Earth and space science, features an article assessing the impacts of the shutdown through interviews with AGU members in a variety of fields. The interviews reveal common concerns across the geosciences about losses of data, inability to make long-term plans, and worries about …
October 1, 2013
Science Shutdown
Today, 1 October 2013 marks the first shutdown of the United States’ Federal government since 1995. Unlike in 1995, zero appropriations bills have been passed for the current fiscal year. As a result, the effect of the shutdown will be much larger – more than 800,000 federal employees have been furloughed and numerous federally-funded services shutdown. Earth and space science is not immune to this crisis. Furloughs A number of …
