Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. August is the sleepiest month in Washington, but don’t let the slow pace fool you. The fall funding fights are already taking shape. Last week, the House Freedom Caucus issued an official position in favor of passing a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend existing government funding levels into early 2025, and to pair that...
July 25, 2024From: Isaac Brown, Legislative CounselVol. 24:03 Today, the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2025, which includes an increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of $2 million, to $209 million. We appreciate the Senate’s continued support and will be working with members of both...
The Emergency Medical Services Planning and Building Committee will pay a Greenwich-based architect to design the new Easton Emergency Management Service building, effectively ensuring after decades of waiting that a new headquarters will be built. The building committee on June 18 gave the go ahead to pay Alloy Design Studio of Greenwich $188,000 to lead the design...
First, we heard that researchers could make better use of seed funding if it arrived in time to enable work during the summer — a crucial season for students, faculty, and interns. To address this need, NASA is shifting the submission and review process to earlier in the year. The planning start date for CSSFP investigations for this next round is now May 1, 2025...
November 16, 2023 Following earlier passage in the House of Representatives, the Senate voted last night to approve a short-term appropriations bill that will extend current funding for the National Endowment for the Arts until February 2, 2024. Passage of this legislation came just two days before funding for all federal agencies was set to expire. With the...
July 2, 2024 The U.S. Congress is out of session this week for the July 4th holiday. Before members left town, we saw a flurry of activity related to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Specifically, the long-awaited fiscal year 2025 funding proposal from the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee was released, calling for the NEA’s...
Good afternoon from Capitol Hill. Shona tova to all those observing Rosh Hashanah. The House and Senate are both in session this week and are up against a federal funding deadline on September 30. The forthcoming Continuing Resolution is rumored to fund the government until December 16th. I say “rumored” because, of course, no one has seen the text, least of all the...
Coronavirus Emergency Response: First Nations Awards $635,000 in Grant Funding to Help Native Communities on the Front Lines of COVID-19 LONGMONT, Colorado (April 21, 2020) – In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating effects on Native communities, First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced it is directing $635,000 in immediate...
May 1, 2024 As this column goes to press, Congress is finally beginning the process of passing appropriations bills for fiscal year 2025. Its delay in doing so is not due to a lack of interest, but rather the result of the extended time it took Congress and President Biden to reach an agreement on the FY2024 bill. As you know, that legislation was ultimately...
First Nations Pivots Funding to Support Native Youth-Serving Organizations through the Pandemic LONGMONT, Colorado (July 1, 2020) – First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) today announced that 23 organizations and tribal programs will receive grants of up to $18,250 to continue to serve their youth and communities during the coronavirus pandemic. The...