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Senators Support Behavioral Research at NIGMS
When NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences was created in 1962, Congress specifically mandated the institute to support basic behavioral science. Forty years later, the Institute commits no funds to such research. For the
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Congress Passes ’03 Budget as Bush’s ’04 Arrives
The White House released its budget proposal for fiscal year 2004 in early February. Problem was, Congress hadn’t quite finished the 2003 budget. The situation was ameliorated when Congress approved a 2003 fiscal year omnibus
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Bringing Science and Technology Back to Congress
Holt Congress needs better scientific and technological advice. It is nearly impossible to find issues on the legislative agenda that are not in some way linked to science and technology. For example, members of Congress
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Privacy Protection or Poor Policy? Some things you may not know about the ESEA
For the first three quarters of 2001, only two pieces of legislation received much attention on Capitol Hill. The first was the president’s budget – no surprise there. The second was the Elementary and Secondary
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Y2K+1: Support for NIH Remains Strong Despite Legislative Turmoil
2001 was a year to look forward to: No more Y2K problems. No more hanging chads. No more special prosecutors. Just a nice, simple year in which everything could get back to normal. Unfortunately, “normal”
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Protection Money: Human Subjects Research Legislation
Quick, name the largest group dedicated to protecting human subjects in research… Okay, time’s up. Does ‘the United States Government’ ring a bell? The federal government has thousands of pages in legislation and regulations aimed
