Executive Branch and Administration
- On 2/19 President Trump signaled tentative support for legislation to improve federal background checks for prospective gun buyers. The bi-partisan legislation...
- On 2/15 HHS Secretary Alex Azar opened the possibility of having the CDC engage in federal gun violence research. Sec. Azar believes...
US Department of Education Activities
- On 2/15 news broke of the Department of Education’s proposal for a significant overhaul of its organizational structure. The proposal would...
Congress
- House appropriators are being asked by leadership to finish their FY18 appropriations bills by 3/14 to provide nine days of cushion before the current appropriations authority runs out on 3/23.
- On 2/15 the Subcommittee on Research and Technology (House Science, Space and Technology Committee) held a hearing on Mentoring, Training, and Apprenticeships for STEM Education and Careers. Committee members and witnesses discussed three prominent themes...
- On 2/15 a bipartisan group of Senators introduced the “Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act (ALERT Act)”. The bill would...