H.R. 2146: DATA Act Coming Up For Vote Soon
On Wednesday, April 18, 2012, the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released a discussion draft of the manager’s amendment to H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and...
View ArticleH.R. 2146 On Next Week House Agenda
So it seems that H.R. 2146, DATA Act, will be on the House Agenda next week. H.R. 2146 has been listed by the House Majority Leader to be considered next week. In addition to the video clip below, you...
View ArticleH.R. 2146 DATA Act Passes U.S. House
H.R. 2146, DATA Act, passed on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in the U.S. House of Representatives. On Monday, April 23, 2012, I posted the schedule of legislation for the week of April 23, 2012. You will...
View ArticleH.R. 2146 DATA Act House Passage
Here are some video clips in case you missed the House passage of H.R. 2146 DATA Act on Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
View ArticleH.R. 2146: Amendments to DATA Act
So let’s talk about the amendments in H.R. 2146 DATA Act that passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. H.R. 2146 DATA Act was introduced into the House in June 2011. There has...
View ArticleOMB Memo: Use of Evidence & Evaluation in FY 2014 Budget
The OMB released guidance to Federal departments and agencies on the use of evidence and evaluation in FY 2014 Budget today. Agencies were directed to demonstrate the use of evidence in their FY 2014...
View ArticleH.R. 2146 DATA Act: The OMB as a Consultant?
I was reading “OMB Not Enamored of House-passed Data Transparency Measure” by Charles Clark in Government Executive on Monday, June 25, 2012. The article is pretty interesting and it triggered research...
View ArticleWhere is H.R. 2146 DATA Act?
So I have been asked where is H.R. 2146 DATA Act as it passed the U.S. House on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. The bill was sent over to the U.S. Senate after it passed the U.S. House. It was referred to...
View ArticleH.R. 2146 DATA Act vs S. 1222 DATA Act
I published “Where is HR 2146 DATA Act?” on Monday, July 16, 2012. I talked about two scheduled Senate Hearings: Show Me the Money: Improving Transparency of Federal Spending – July 18, 2012 Assessing...
View ArticleContinuing Resolution for FY 2013
H.J. Resolution 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution 2013, passed the House on Thursday, September 13, 2012 by recorded vote 329 to 91. It has been placed on the Senate floor schedule for Friday,...
View ArticleOMB Report on Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012
As I stated in “Continuing Resolution for FY 2013“, there is the matter of the automatic cuts. So the OMB released “OMB Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012” recently. The...
View ArticleS. 3600: Another DATA Act Bill??
On Friday, August 24, 2012, I published “H.R. 2146 DATA Act vs S. 1222 DATA Act“. I told you that Senator Mark Warner was going to re-introduce the DATA Act without the FAST Commission. On Thursday,...
View ArticleNIH Operates Under CR
NIH along with the rest of the Federal government is operating under a Continuing Resolution (CR) until March 27, 2013 at the FY 2012 level plus 0.6 percent. NIH will issue non-competing research...
View ArticleH.R. 8: Sequestration Averted…….Well Temporarily Averted
Congress voted on H.R. 8 – American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012- on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 to avert sequestration and address a number of other issues (.i.e.,capital gains and dividends tax, payroll...
View ArticleLeaving Money on the Table
As a practicing research administrator, there are things that make me scratch my head. I just finished reading NSF’s FY 2012 Agency Financial Report. I have a perplexed expression on my face as I am...
View ArticleSequestration Order Issued
Dear Colleagues, On Friday, March 1, 2013, the POTUS (President of the United States) issued the Sequestration Order pursuant to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 and the Budget and Control Act...
View ArticleHigh Quality Research Act Discussion Draft
Well this is pretty interesting. On Wednesday, April 17, 2013, the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a Full Committee Hearing on A Review of the President’s FY 2014 Budget...
View ArticleDATA Act 4.0
So I was watching “Murder, She Said” with Margaret Rutherford playing Miss Marple on Friday evening. I was catching up on emails and news and came across the Discussion Draft of another Data Act bill...
View ArticleH.R. 2061: DATA Act of 2013
DATA Act 4.0 has officially been introduced. On Tuesday, May 21, 2013, H.R. 2061, Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA) Act of 2013, was introduced in U.S. House of Representatives and...
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