Budget Battles Research Articles

After Two Years of Budget Battles on Capitol Hill, Clinton's R&D Plan for 1998 Gets Surprising Support

After Two Years of Budget Battles on Capitol Hill, Clinton's R&D Plan for 1998 Gets Surprising Support

Research Knows No Season As Budget Cycle Goes Awry

The ongoing budget battle between President Clinton and the Republican Congress has postponed release of the president's 1997 budget, left many agencies with temporary budgets for the current year, and disrupted the normal pattern of business in Washington. Research advocates are growing fearful that science may get lost in the shuffle

Physicists Learn from Budget Battle at City College of New York

Physicists Learn from Budget Battle at City College of New York

When Federal Science Stopped

The budget battle that shut down much of the federal government for 3 weeks—compounded by the “Blizzard of '96,” which shut down Washington for another 3 days—has left an impact on science programs that could linger for months. Grants from NIH and NSF have been delayed, federal officials are faced with a mountain of paperwork, and many critical peer review and planning meetings have been postponed. NIH alone could take 6 to 9 months to get back on track.

NIH and CDC seem safe as US budget battle drags on

NIH and CDC seem safe as US budget battle drags on

Budget Battles Leave Wounds on R&D that Are Likely to Fester for Years

Budget Battles Leave Wounds on R&D that Are Likely to Fester for Years

Medicaid divide drives US budget battle

Medicaid divide drives US budget battle

Turmoil at NASA, and numerous funding announcements

Since the last issue of this column six months ago, there have been many interesting program announcements, some of which have already passed deadline. We'll go over these announcements anyway, with the hope that they can get the readers better prepared for future funding opportunities. But first, we'll talk about the continuing budget battle at Congress, and the recent turmoil at NASA.

Keeping the Books: Federal Budget Battle Continues; Outlook for Occupational Health and Safety Remains Uncertain

Keeping the Books: Federal Budget Battle Continues; Outlook for Occupational Health and Safety Remains Uncertain

Budget Battles: Strategies of Local Government Officers during Recession

: This study of Florida cities, counties, and school districts shows that coping strategies adopted during periods of recession vary somewhat from those adopted following more permanent, statute imposed fiscal shortfalls. Expenditure reductions are far more common than revenue raising strategies. Across-the-board cuts are more popular than deep programmatic cuts or abolishments, reflecting the perception that cuts during a recession do not have to be as deep because the shortfalls are temporary. However, cities, counties, and school districts react differently to the same fiscal stimulus primarily because they differ in their functional responsibilities, revenue raising powers, and revenue reliance patterns. Nonetheless, their reactions to recession generally have paralleled those of the private sector, in spite of the contrary opinion held by the public at large.

R&D Projects Cut In Budget Battle

R&D Projects Cut In Budget Battle

NIH budget up 9% but some spending "on ice"

Fiscal 1992 funding for the National Institutes of Health is up 9% to just over $9 billion in the budget given final approval by Congress earlier this month. On a percentage basis NIH didn't do as well as the National Science Foundation or the Department of Energy in the 1992 budget battle, but it is still the largest supporter, by far, of nondefense R&D. Its nearest competitor, the National Aeronautics & Space Administration, has a fiscal 1992 R&D budget of $6.4 billion (C&EN, Nov. 4, page 26). However, Congress put a special twist on NIH's budget this year. It told the agency that it cannot spend $563 million, or 6%, of its current budget until the final day of the fiscal year—Sept. 30, 1992. The institutes with the highest percentage increases also have the largest percentage deferrals. For example, the National Cancer Institute, whose funding is up 16% to just under $2 billion, cannot spend ...

Mental health crisis in California.

Over the last 30 years, California dejure (legislated) mental health policy has been based on deinstitutionalization and outpatient care through community mental health systems. But by the end of the 1970s, there was a growing concern over whether deinstitutionalization had successfully occurred, whether community mental health systems had failed and whether mental health systems had ever been adequately funded. In a national study released in 1990, California was named one of four states where mental health delivery has regressed in the past two years. A review of current California mental health policies indicates dejure and defacto policies are not the same. Most mental health dollars are going to state hospitals and community acute inpatient facilities. Budgets for community mental health have been steadily eroded, and the current mental health system is in crisis. Implementation of mental health policy is dependent on intergovernmental financing, and each level of government tries to avoid costs. Definitions of which clients are to be served remain unclear while pressures for more social control mount. Mental health remains segregated from physical health policy-making and continues to operate at a political disadvantage in general fund budget battles.

AAAS Colloquium

In a American Association for the Advancement of Science colloquium held recently in Washington, D.C., D. Allan Bromley, Director of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, asked the scientific community for its support in upcoming budget battles. He also described the Bush Administration's policy‐making apparatus for science matters and discussed the inadequate financial support for small science. Also at the meeting, Sandra D. Toye, Controller for the National Science Foundation, provided information that should be of interest to NSF grant recipients.

The FIRRE Act and Housing for Low-Income Families

During the 1980s, federal government real, direct expenditures for low-income housing increased modestly, budget authority for future housing spending fell dramatically, and subsidies shifted from primarily construction to tenant aid. These changes reflect the delicate balance struck between Reagan's decentralized federalism as it applied to low-income housing and the much more pro-active, centralized positions often advocated by the Congress. Although Congress did not win the budget battle, it did add new resources to low-income housing in less direct ways. One of those less direct initiatives is the low-income housing programs contained in FIRREA, which add both money and institutions to the delivery of housing services for the poor. This article evaluates these new FIRREA programs in expanding the supply of housing for the poor. The article concludes that their success will largely depend on the ability of the low-income housing delivery system to integrate these new institutions and join with them in an active partnership to make efficient use of these new housing resources.

MARKETING MEGATRENDS

A number of fundamental, and mostly irreversible, demographic and technological changes are taking place right in front of our eyes. Unfortunately, many marketing practitioners don't see them, even though they are living through them; this is partly because these changes are evolutionary rather than revolutionary and partly because of their preoccupation with tactical operations, annual budget battles, and continual reorganizations.

Budget battle pits domestic vs. military spending

A major battle is shaping up again year between President Reagan and Congress over the budget. The first salvo was Reagan's veto late last month of a $14.1 billion supplemental appropriation, or funding, bill for fiscal 1982. In his veto message to Congress, Reagan said that this bill would bust the budget by nearly a billion dollars. It provides an unacceptable total of $918 million in unrequested and unwarranted increases in domestic spending programs. The excess $918 million includes $217 million for grants to college students and $148 million in educational programs for the disadvantaged. But actually the vetoed bill does not exceed the amount requested by the Administration for the supplemental appropriation. The problem is that Congress, which does have the responsibility for setting and allocating federal spending levels, decided to fund domestic programs at a higher level than requested, and military programs at a lower level. The bill contained only ...

Congress works on amidst budget battle

It's inevitable that the annual battle of the budget is once again occupying a lot of attention on Capitol Hill. Negotiations between Congress and the White House have been going on for some weeks, but, unlike last year, even Republicans can't reach an agreement with the Administration on how to curb the deficit. Several areas of general agreement have emerged—holding discretionary federal spending, which includes R&D funding, at fiscal 1982 levels for the next three years and a surcharge on the taxes paid by those who earn more than $45,000 per year—only to be rejected by one or another of the negotiating teams. The best bet now is that the negotiators will come up with only a general outline of how budget savings are to be achieved, leaving it up to the normal budget process to decide on specifics. That would put Congress squarely behind the eight ball. Committees already are far behind the ...

Battle of the Budget

Battle of the Budget

More Shots in the Budget Battle

More Shots in the Budget Battle