Science agencies are slated for significant funding increases in the nine fiscal year (FY) 2022 spending bills released by Senate Democrats last week.

A coalition of 132 agricultural research stakeholder groups has called on House and Senate leadership to prioritize and protect the vital investments in agricultural climate research, agricultural research infrastructure, and agricultural innovation included in the ‘Build Back Better’ infrastructure package.

A broad coalition of 111 stakeholder organizations have sent a letter to congressional leadership in support of robust funding for NSF in pending infrastructure legislation.

The Department of the Interior has launched a new course of action to restore protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and is inviting ideas to develop a new permit system that aims to protect migratory birds while authorizing some accidental bird deaths.

The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.

The Public Policy Report has been released. The report provides analysis and communication on important issues in the scientific community.

The House has passed a stopgap funding bill along party lines to keep the government operational at level-funding until December 3, 2021. The bill also includes a measure to suspend the U.S. debt ceiling through December 2022 and provide more than $26 billion in emergency aid for natural disasters.

The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which coordinates science and technology policy across the federal research and development agencies, has released a new report describing best practices for strengthening diversity and inclusion in the federal STEM workforce.

A new report by the National Science Board suggests that the U.S. federal government remains the largest funder of academic research and development and that health, biological, and biomedical research at academic institutions continue to be the largest beneficiary of federal research funds.

President Biden issued an Executive Order on September 13 to expand the maximum size of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) from 26 to 32 members. Last week, he announced the names of 30 panel members who would constitute the “most diverse PCAST in U.S. History.”