WASHINGTON,
D.C.– Congress continued to struggle with passage
of FY2008 appropriations measures with the Senate focusing on
the farm bill and confirmation hearings of Attorney General
nominee Michael Mukasey and the House directing it s attention
to free trade and tax extenders.
Appropriations
and Budget –An update on the status of FY08 appropriations
bills and an early peak at how some members are beginning to
try to influence the FY09 budget.
Higher
Education – With little progress made another extension
for the Higher Education Act is enacted and the Department of
education releases final rules for student loan programs.
Homeland
Security – Recent developments on the Department’s
dangerous chemicals inventory program.
NASA
– The agency rolls out a revised lunar exploration architecture
and a boost to astronomy research.
National
Institutes of Health – Updates on agency guidelines
for grant funding under a FY08 Continuing Resolution and recent
changes at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Research
– The National Research Council releases a report entitled
focusing on the importance of balancing scientific openness
with security concerns.
Taxes
– House Ways & Means Chairman Charles Rangel introduces
tax reform legislation that includes provisions affecting higher
education.
Odds
and Ends – Miscellaneous items of interest.
Comings
and Goings – Resignations, appointments, deaths.
STATE
OF OHIO
Electric
Utility Re-regulation – Senate passes S.B. 221, a
comprehensive energy regulation plan, that moves to the House
for consideration.
Higher
Education – Board of Regents Chancellor Eric Fingerhut
begins to reveal hints about Ohio’s master plan for higher
education.
Comings
and Goings – Resignations, appointments, deaths.
Locally
– Professor David Matthiesen testifies before the Ohio
Senate Committee on Energy and Public Utilities and the Fifth
Annual Louis Stokes Leadership Symposium featuring California
Congresswoman Maxine Waters will be held on November 26.
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