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FY 2014 Federal Landscape August 7, 2012. Kevin O’Neill, Jessica Pung-Monahan, & Dana Weekes. FY 2014 Federal Landscape. Political Environment 112 th Congress Election Lame Duck Federal Appropriations Process October 1 – September 30 (ideally) Continuing Resolution FY 2013.
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FY 2014 Federal LandscapeAugust 7, 2012 Kevin O’Neill, Jessica Pung-Monahan, & Dana Weekes
FY 2014 Federal Landscape • Political Environment • 112th Congress • Election • Lame Duck • Federal Appropriations Process • October 1 – September 30 (ideally) • Continuing Resolution • FY 2013
FY 2014 Federal Landscape • Sequestration • Budget Control Act • $1.2 trillion in cuts over 10 years (2012-2021) • Non-Defense Cuts: • 8.4% cut across the board • $54.7 billion in 2013 • Defense Cuts: • 7.5 % cut • $54.7 billion in 2013 • Includes Defense-related research funding
FY 2014 Federal Landscape • Immediate Impacts of Sequestration • Pell Grants are EXEMPT • Cuts to research programs (NSF, NOAA, etc.) • Examples of Impact on AK (Harkin Report - LHHS) • $933,150 cut to Improving Teacher Quality State Grants • 984 fewer teachers in AK, serving 16,029 students, receive professional development • $33,224 cut to Federal Work Study Program • 15 fewer students in AK will receive financial assistance
FY 2014 Federal Landscape • Sequestration Issues • 1 year of cuts squeezed into 9 months • Delay in first/second quarter grant processes likely • Will there be any programs/agencies that get hurt less or more by sequestration
FY 2014 Federal Landscape • Future Impacts of Sequestration • Even if sequestration is delayed, Congress will move closer to fiscal judgment day • Universities face special risk due to domestic/defense exposures
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