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Washington Update

Washington Update. Sue Fratkin Public Policy Consultant. Educause. Setting the Context. Bush Administration 1st Budget Keeping Election Promises Education - “Leave No Child Behind” Tax Cut Increase Federal Budget for all discretionary programs - 4%. Priorities.

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Washington Update

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  1. Washington Update Sue Fratkin Public Policy Consultant. Educause

  2. Setting the Context • Bush Administration 1st Budget • Keeping Election Promises • Education - “Leave No Child Behind” • Tax Cut • Increase Federal Budget for all discretionary programs - 4%

  3. Priorities • Major Investments in NIH & DOD • Double NIH budget - additional $2.8B - 14% increase • Major increase in DOD budget - increase of $14B - more pending • Technology - provide permanent tax credit for R&D • Education - additional $ 4.6B - 11.5% increase

  4. Non-Priorities • De-emphasis on science • No White House Science Advisor • Excluding NIH, Basic Research declines 1.0% • NSF bare increase of .1% • DOE decrease of 3.3% • Dept of Commerce decrease of 6.1% • Basic & Applied Research falls 1.5%, a loss of $357M

  5. Realities • More money to the States • Eliminate redundancy, paperwork, regulations & provide flexibility • Networking and Information Technology R&D budget across Agencies to increase 2.1% to $1.969B (NSF,DOD, Energy, HHS,NASA, Commerce,EPA)

  6. Agency Specifics • NSF • Advanced Networking Research • FY’02 request $80.2M; down $800,000 infrastructure, $300,000 research • ITR - in CISE Directorate • FY’02 request $155.48M - flat • EPSCoR • FY’02 request $100M - flat • New - Math & Science Partnerships • FY’02 request $200M (states &local School districts w/H.Ed)

  7. Department of Education • No Technology Advisor • All 9 Tech programs collapsed into One Performance based Educational Technology State Grants program • Formula driven - targeting rural & high-poverty schools • FY’02 request 817.1M; down from $872.1M (inc. one time $55M) in FY’01

  8. Challenge • To work with Congress and the Agencies developing guidelines to administer these programs • To focus on the budget planning that commences for FY 2003

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