Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

Chemistry World April 15, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Delayed US budgets finally agreed The Obama administration says it no longer plans to keep the budgets of the key physical science agencies on a trajectory to double between 2006 and 2016, but it is still vowing to provide them with 'strong investments'.
Chemistry World January 7, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US Science Budget Fails to Deliver Although the 2008 budget has proved disappointing to the US science community, a light is on the horizon.
Chemistry World March 7, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Obama's proposed science budget disappoints US researchers and science advocates are expressing significant disappointment at funding proposals for research agencies in President Obama's budget request for 2015.
Chemistry World February 2, 2010 Rebecca Trager	Science shines in Obama's budget proposal US science agencies would fare quite well under President Obama's newly unveiled budget proposal for fiscal year 2011, despite his plan to reduce the nation's trillion-dollar deficit by freezing non-defence discretionary spending.
Chemistry World November 17, 2010 Rebecca Trager	US science agencies poised for tough times Current political and economic conditions in the US could mean bad news for the nation's science agencies and the researchers.
Chemistry World September 25, 2009 Rebecca Trager	US budget bears good news for chemistry President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2010 - due to start 1 October - represents very good news for chemical science and for the general research community.
Chemistry World December 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies finally get their new budgets The US fiscal year 2016 appropriations, signed by President Obama on 18 December, provide $148.6 billion for federal research and development, an increase of 8.1% above current levels
Chemistry World February 4, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Obama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016 President Obama has outlined his ambition of growing R&D funding by 6%, to $146 billion in his 2016 budget proposal.
Geotimes January 2007 Erin Gleeson	Without a Budget, NSF Loses The new Congress does not intend to pass a 2007 National Science Foundation budget, and instead plans to run the federal government on a continuing resolution for all of fiscal year 2007.
Geotimes April 2003 Applegate & Baker	Geosciences Again Look to Congress to Restore Cuts And we're off! The fiscal year 2004 appropriations process is underway, with one bright spot and several large challenges ahead for geoscientists.
Chemistry World January 17, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Mixed US budget news for research The US Congress has passed a budget for 2014 that reverses some of the automatic 'sequester' cuts that went into effect in March 2013 and increases the budgets of most science agencies.
Chemistry World August 9, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US debt deal is a mixed bag for researchers It has become clear that the news is mixed for US science agencies and the researchers who depend on their funding.
Chemistry World July 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies get extra millions The US research community has won an extra $400 million for four science agencies, after successfully arguing that the nation's scientific enterprise is in a state of emergency.
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Obama Signs Off on Billions of Dollars for Research US president Barack Obama has signed into law a massive economic stimulus bill that contains an extra $21.5 billion ( 15 billion) in federal research and development support, impressing the scientific community.
Chemistry World November 11, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Chemical industry cautious about Obama presidency The chemical industry's guarded response to the election of Democrat Barack Obama as the 44th US president stands in stark contrast to the enthusiastic reception he received from chemists.
Chemistry World December 23, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies finally learn their fate US science agencies have finally received their 2015 budgets, more than two months after the start of the fiscal year, and the numbers drew a mixed response from science groups and the research lobby.
Chemistry World January 6, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Obama moves to protect research agency budgets President Obama has signed legislation to enable key US physical science agencies to enjoy consistent budget boosts over the next several years.
Geotimes August 2004 Sherwood Boehlert	Making an Impact on the Hill At a time of increased spending on defense and homeland security, the prospects for a significant increase in the National Science Foundation budget are dim.
Geotimes February 2007 Kathryn Hansen	Terrain Flat for '08 Budget Here's a look at where and how the budget for geoscience programs will shift under the new presidential budget request, and what some of the agencies' leaders have to say about those changes.
Chemistry World March 14, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Tight us Budget Hits Chemistry Research The disappointing budgets allocated to US government science agencies are beginning to cut into chemistry.
Chemistry World August 29, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Presidential candidates search for the right chemistry As the US prepares for a presidential election on 6 November, science and research groups appear to backing the current incumbent President Barack Obama.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Stephen Barlas	Crazy About Competitiveness The U.S. Congress and the White House look to boost science and technology education in the 2007 federal budget.
Chemistry World October 4, 2013 Rebecca Trager	US government shutdown hits science, chemical industry Researchers working at American universities and agencies are reeling after the US government shutdown on 1 October. The chemical industry has not escaped the effects of the political spat either.
Chemistry World October 3, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US research agencies in limbo Congress adjourned in September to campaign for the mid-term elections without passing a budget for any federal agency, and won't return to work until 12 November.
Chemistry World February 4, 2008 Rebecca Trager	EPA Rolls Out Nanomaterials Safety Drive The agency has launched a new voluntary program to glean more information about nanoscale materials in an effort to manage the risks posed by nanotechnology-enabled products.
Chemistry World October 12, 2007 Rebecca Trager	Leaked Memo Warns US Defense Research Spend 'Inadequate' The US Department of Defense's science and technology spending is 'inadequate' to address security threats, the department's own chief technologist has warned in an internal memo accidentally posted last month.
Geotimes February 2005	Budget battles For the first time in 13 years, Congress has cut the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), decreasing the federal agency's operating budget by 1.9 percent from 2004 levels.
Geotimes February 2006	Budget Blues and Bonuses In his State of the Union Address, President Bush gave the public a sneak-peak at his funding priorities for fiscal year 2007 in the sciences: In a nutshell... Renewable resources, alternative energy shifts... Other basic research... etc.
Chemistry World May 5, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US budget outlook concerns White House The spending plan for the fiscal year 2016 proposed by Republicans in Congress could harm America's scientific enterprise.
Geotimes March 2004 Larry Kennedy	Dim Prospects for Geosciences `05 Reflecting on my experiences as a congressional science fellow, here are my guesses regarding funding and policy decisions in 2004 that might have an impact on geoscience professionals.
Chemistry World September 27, 2010 Rebecca Trager	America's scientific lead remains on the brink An influential US National Academies committee that sounded an alarm five years ago about the precarious position of American leadership in science and technology has renewed its call to action.
Chemistry World September 19, 2011 Rebecca Trager	Senate looks to trim $162 million from NSF US Senators plan to cut the National Science Foundation's budget by 2.4 per cent to $6.7 billion ( 4.2 billion) in 2012, and this $162 million reduction has set alarm bells ringing throughout the research community.
InternetNews November 14, 2006 Roy Mark	U.S. Education, Competitive Edge Not Adding Up Declining U.S. science, math and engineering grad rates slowing America's global economic pace, new report says.
Geotimes November 2004	Open Access: Open Debate? Imagine any U.S. citizen having free and open access to research funded with tax dollars. That possibility could be closer to reality than ever before, but Congress must first address some important concerns
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John Rhea	Outlook Uneasy for Federal Science Support Given the current unsettled nature of the nation's economy, companies in the advanced-technology industries are going to have to do some serious scouting if they hope to maintain a healthy federal government business.
Chemistry World March 13, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Obama tightens reporting rules for chemical releases President Obama has reinstated stronger requirements governing the reporting of toxic chemical releases by American facilities to the US Environmental Protection Agency
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Roy Mark	Tech Embraces Bush Call For U.S. Competitiveness Praise rolls in for President Bush's new agenda focused on increased spending on innovation and education in the U.S.
Industrial Physicist Oct/Nov 2004 Eric J. Lerner	News Democrats & Republicans: What's the record on physical science?
Geotimes February 2005 Lubick & Sever	An Austere Budget for 2006 The overall winners in the Bush administration's budget proposal for next year were, once again, the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. For science agencies, it was a mixed bag, with global observation systems faring well, but with research in energy resources taking some hard hits.
Geotimes February 2004 Lubick & Sever	Homeland security tops Bush budget, again As the pundits decry President Bush's latest deficit spending, the geosciences have taken a hit.
Geotimes March 2006 Linda Rowan	Fueling America's Innovation Now Meeting America's energy needs represents a major component of the creeping crisis of a shrinking skilled workforce and dampened technological advances in the US and may be the Sputnik moment we need to gain necessary advancements in research and math and science education.
Chemistry World March 11, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Retreating from meetings? US government scientists and technical experts could soon find themselves unable to travel to scientific meetings now that the much-anticipated automatic budgetary cuts, known as sequestration, became effective in the US on 1 March.
Reason July 2005 Ronald Bailey	Censored Science Speaking out on stem cells: The Washington Post noted that even President Bush's handpicked NIH director, Elias Zerhouni, may not be on board with administration's stem cell policy.
Chemistry World March 19, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Split opens up on Capitol Hill over science funding Science advocates and researchers that depend on government grants are particularly worried now that Republicans control both chambers of Congress.
Geotimes February 2006 Kathryn Hansen	Bush addresses alternative energy Tucked between talk of U.S. heathcare reform and American economic competitiveness, the president rolled out his new Advanced Energy Initiative, which he said will help the United States can "move beyond a petroleum-based economy."
Information Today June 16, 2015	NIH Plans for the Future of the National Library of Medicine The National Institutes of Health's director, Francis S. Collins, approved the proposed strategic plan for the National Library of Medicine.
InternetNews February 3, 2004 Roy Mark	Bush Earmarks $60B for IT The administration, which wants government to learn from the private sector, cites nanotechnology and cyber-security among its priorities.
Geotimes December 2005 Linda Rowan	Now We Must Conserve Earth scientists must continue to make a concise, constructive and compelling case for conservative and consistent increases in science research and education funding in the U.S., to help mitigate natural hazards and sustain natural resources.
InternetNews April 19, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush Renews Competitiveness Agenda President Bush renewed his call Tuesday for a competitiveness initiative in the United States. In particular, he urged lawmakers to pass a permanent extension of the R&D tax credit.
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Bush May Pump Tech in State of the Union Address President Bush is expected to call for America to regain its flagging global leadership in IT.