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US Science, Technology Priorities for FY 2017 Budget Released by Obama Administration
The Obama Administration released on July 9, 2015, a memorandum outlining “Multi-Agency Science and Technology Priorities for the FY 2017 Budget” (PDF). The priorities include investments in R&D, STEM education...
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ARL Joins 252 Groups, 10 Business Leaders in Call to Action for American “Innovation Imperative”
Following the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (AAAS) report Restoring the Foundation: The Vital Role of Research in Preserving the American Dream, ARL today joined scores of other organizations...
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IMLS Releases Annual Report for 2014
The US Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has released its 2014 Annual Report (PDF), which presents the federal agency’s accomplishments during the year. The report reviews the impact...
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US House Budget Proposal Calls for Elimination of IMLS
The US House of Representatives Budget Committee has released the FY 2016 Budget Resolution, “A Balanced Budget for a Stronger America.” The resolution provides a blueprint for how appropriations committees...
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President Obama Releases FY 2016 Federal Budget Proposal
On February 2, President Obama released his proposed FY 2016 Budget of the US Government, which focuses on “middle-class economics.” This budget would increase federal spending for many higher education...
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Close the Innovation Deficit—ARL, Coalition Write Letter to Congress
Today, November 12, 2014, ARL—along with more than 130 other higher education, scientific, and business organizations in the US—sent a letter to Congress (PDF), urging lawmakers to close the nation’s...
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Closing the Innovation Deficit: Some Progress but Much More Needed
One year after they launched a campaign to urge the US Congress and the President to close the nation’s innovation deficit, a group of prominent higher education, scientific, and business...
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ARL Joins Coalition in Urging Senators to Close Innovation Deficit
On April 29, 2014, the US Senate Appropriations Committee conducted a hearing on the “innovation deficit” in which the heads of the nation’s major research agencies jointly testified on the...
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Appropriations Bill Restores Some Funding, Requires Public Access to Federally Funded Research
The US House of Representatives and the US Senate on January 16, 2014, approved the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, which will fund the federal government through FY 2014. President Obama...
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Letter to Congress Urging to End Sequestration
On Wednesday, December 4, ARL joined 469 national organizations in urging the US Congress to replace sequestration with a bipartisan, balanced approach to deficit reduction, citing that "Nondefense discretionary (NDD)...