More than a dozen education programs--including high-profile efforts focused on literacy, teaching, and learning--face the prospect of a permanent federal funding loss after they were chopped from a stopgap spending measure signed into law by President Barack Obama last week. The temporary spending law, intended to keep the government running…

Reviews the projected 1979 federal budget for Research and Development. A detailed presentation of projected budgets by major agency is provided. (SL)

The federal government's budgeting process for allocating resources to research and development (R&D) is described. The report includes: (1) a review of the genesis of the FY 1978 budget; (2) a brief look at the overall budgets for FY 1978; (3) a description of the policies underlying the R&D budgets for FY 1978; (4) a discussion of the future…

The federal government's budgeting process for allocating resources to research and development (R&D) is described. The report includes: (1) a review of the FY 1979 R&D budget; (2) a statistical overview of the budget and a critique of the administration's policies on R&D; (3) a general picture of R&D in industry; and (4) a discussion of some of…

The colloquium examined the strengths and limitations of budget planning and formulation for R&D in the Executive and Legislative Branches of the federal government. Discussions and prepared remarks were presented on: (1) perspectives on the 1977 R&D budget; (2) problems in R&D budgeting; (3) budgeting for basic research; (4) budgeting for…

This conference presented a discussion of problems related to federal budgeting for research and development (R&D). It was organized around three working sessions. The first session considered the 1977 budget for R&D and the future outlook for R&D. The second session was devoted to the Congressional role in R&D budgeting. The third session…

Included in this report on the third conference on federal research and development (R&D) budgeting are the texts of the prepared presentations and summaries of the discussions that followed. Opinions and recommendations are presented on topics such as the level and focus of R&D in industry, the rate of innovation in the United States, the U.S.…

Reports congressional action on the projected FY 1977 National Science Foundation (NSF) budget, the background and need for a federal science education policy, and probable emphasis in future NSF projects based upon the current proposed appropriations. (SL)

Provides an overview of the congressional budget appropriation process. Focuses on the problems encountered when eliciting support for the National Endowment for the Arts in order to inform arts educators and administrators of the purposes of the neglected federal support for the arts. (CMK)

Described is the federal government's budgeting process for allocating resources to research and development (R&D). The report includes: an overview of R&D in context of the total budget, a review of R&D budget data, identification of recurring issues and issues concerning the analysis of R&D budgets, an analysis of the FY 1977 budget, and a…

Describes tentative federal budget cuts affecting science education in the National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Energy, National Institutes of Health, and the specific areas these budget cuts will affect. (DS)

Tertiary education in Australia, organized in three sectors (universities, colleges of advanced education, and technical and further education) have three main levels of planning--institutional, state, and commonwealth. Financial planning in tertiary education is discussed including inputs and outputs, information systems, resource planning, and…

The Federal Government will spend an estimated $1.5 billion in fiscal year 1986 for the production and publication of statistical data. This estimate represents the expected obligations for statistical activities of over 70 agencies or departmental units reporting outlays of at least $500,000 for such activities in their budgets for any of fiscal…

The federal government's budgeting process for allocating resources to research and development (R&D) is described. The report includes: The FY 1980 Budget and R&D; R&D Policies in the FY 1980 Budget; The Budget Statistics for R&D; Agency R&D Trends; R&D in Industry; and International Aspects of R&D. (MK)

Presents text of the testimony on March 3, 1981 of the President of the National Science Teachers' Association to a Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives regarding the the Reagan Administration's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed cuts in the science education budget of the National Science Foundation. (CS)