<![CDATA[The University of Texas System Office of Federal Relations - News]]> http://www.utsystem.edu/ofr/rss.htm Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Notice of President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Meeting ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Administration Proposes Student Aid Rules to Protect Borrowers and Taxpayers; Key Elements of Gainful Employment on a Separate Track ]]> <![CDATA[Sestak Says White House Contacted His Brother ]]> <![CDATA[Boehner: Members May Face Penalty Even Without Breaking Rules]]> <![CDATA[House Energy and Commerce Committee passes bill to require 'black boxes' in cars ]]> <![CDATA[Bill on jobless benefits, state financial help scaled back ]]> <![CDATA[Big Gains for Young People in Health Law ]]> <![CDATA[House Takes Up Bill Under Veto Threat ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Defends White House Spill Response ]]> <![CDATA[Blue Dogs Make Demands On Extenders Bill ]]> <![CDATA[ Boehner: Oil Spill Highlights Need for GOP Pro-Drilling Plan]]> <![CDATA[Pelosi Predicts Climate Change to Obama’s Desk ‘Pretty Soon’ ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Issues Deadline to Finish Financial Reform ]]> <![CDATA[FIPSE'S Freefall Continues ]]> <![CDATA[ U.S. Commerce Department, NIH, NSF Announce "i6 Challenge" to Bring Innovative Ideas to Market]]> <![CDATA[Latest CBO Figures Show Higher 'Doc Fix' Price Tag]]> <![CDATA[Clean Energy Conferences Sprout in Spring and Early Summer ]]> <![CDATA[President to Outline His Vision for NASA ]]> <![CDATA[Texas Kills Its TeleCampus ]]> <![CDATA[Clearing a Path for Latino Scientists ]]> <![CDATA[New healthcare law is full of unknowns ]]> <![CDATA[Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal, Officials Say ]]> <![CDATA[States Skeptical About ‘Race to Top’ School Aid Contest ]]> <![CDATA[Department of Energy to Invest Nearly $18 Million for Advanced Biofuels User Facility ]]> <![CDATA[New York Is Denied Grant of $700 Million for Schools ]]> <![CDATA[Seeking to Help Budding Researchers With a Click of the Mouse ]]> <![CDATA[A Law School Raises Every Grade ]]> <![CDATA[Electric Cars Aren't 'Zero Emission,' New Rules Say ]]> <![CDATA[A message for Washington on schools: Don't mess with Texas ]]> <![CDATA[‘Cap and Trade’ Label Vanishes From Senate Climate Bill Negotiations ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Announces Offshore Drilling Expansion ]]> <![CDATA[DOE to Provide $37.5 Million for U.S.-Chinese Clean Energy Research ]]> <![CDATA[Republicans Push ‘Repeal and Replace’ Strategy ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Emphasizes ‘Landmark’ Education Changes in Reconciliation Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Hutchison to Stay in Senate ]]> <![CDATA[GOP challenges send health bill back to House ]]> <![CDATA[China trouncing U.S. in clean energy investing ]]> <![CDATA[Hoyer Expects House to Revote on Reconciliation Thursday Afternoon ]]> <![CDATA[Earmarks Still Alive for GOP]]> <![CDATA[GOP Leaders Expand Earmark Ban to Include Military Projects ]]> <![CDATA[The 3-Year M.D. ]]> <![CDATA[Recovery Act Funding Boosts FY 2009 Federal R&D to an Estimated $157 Billion, 12% over FY 2008 Total ]]> <![CDATA[DOE Cites Recovery Act Benefits for Small Clean Energy Businesses ]]> <![CDATA[Coburn Amendments Aim to Put Democrats in a Pickle ]]> <![CDATA[Kerry Woos Skeptics of Climate Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Senate Heads Toward Late Afternoon Vote-a-Rama ]]> <![CDATA[House GOP Still Requesting Earmarks ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Confident Reconciliation Will Pass Quickly and Unchanged ]]> <![CDATA[Health Care and Higher Ed ]]> <![CDATA[Stanford seeks to create new breed of engineer ]]> <![CDATA[Chiefs Press Education Secretary on ESEA Issues ]]> <![CDATA[Student Loan Bill Scorecard ]]> <![CDATA[Landmark Health Bill Goes to Obama's Desk ]]> <![CDATA[Student Loan Bill Poised to Pass in Health Vote ]]> <![CDATA[Legal and Political Fights Loom for Democrats ]]> <![CDATA[Stanford Medical School to Expand Ethics Rules ]]> <![CDATA[Parliamentarian Weighing GOP Challenge to Reconciliation Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Republicans Line Up Bills to Repeal Health Care Reform ]]> <![CDATA[GOP Leaders on Panels Split on Earmarks ]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Gets Poor Grades in Nurturing STEM Diversity ]]> <![CDATA[Health care bill to cost $940 billion ]]> <![CDATA[Barriers Found to College Degrees for Hispanics ]]> <![CDATA[Language Posted And Score In Hand, Sunday Vote Looms ]]> <![CDATA[States launch their own health care cost assaults ]]> <![CDATA[Bill Proposes Increased Aid to the Needy for College ]]> <![CDATA[Dismantling of Saudi-CIA Web site illustrates need for clearer cyberwar policies ]]> <![CDATA[Student loan reform shares health care fate ]]> <![CDATA[Utilities in California and Ohio Test New Power Storage Technologies ]]> <![CDATA[Immigration Plan Would Give Green Cards to STEM Grad Students ]]> <![CDATA[ESEA Plan Draws Bipartisan Praise—and Questions ]]> <![CDATA[Parliamentarian Expands on Health Bill Ruling ]]> <![CDATA[Clyburn Predicts Stupak Will Support Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Abortion Language Likely to Remain Unchanged ]]> <![CDATA[Senate GOP Split Over Earmarks ]]> <![CDATA['New Paradigm' for Economic Development ]]> <![CDATA[The Shrunken Student Aid Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Administration Unveils ESEA Renewal Blueprint ]]> <![CDATA[Curbing earmarks: Even with new restrictions, for-profits play a role ]]> <![CDATA[Google might shut down Chinese site ]]> <![CDATA[House Republicans say they will reject all earmarks ]]> <![CDATA[Private companies, lobbyists seek to differentiate worthy projects from earmark requests ]]> <![CDATA[Building the world's longest ethanol pipeline ]]> <![CDATA[Obama delays foreign trip to work on health care ]]> <![CDATA[University of North Texas documents show power struggle ]]> <![CDATA[Senate Democrats Weigh Linkage of Student Loan, Health Care Bills ]]> <![CDATA[Ruling Kills an Option for Moving Health Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Emanuel: Progress Being Made in Negotiations ]]> <![CDATA[Both Parties Pursue New Earmark Limits ]]> <![CDATA[Technology Not the Main Problem in Sorting Intelligence, Expert Says ]]> <![CDATA[NSF Director Touts Administration's Budget Plan ]]> <![CDATA[Review of U.N. panel's report on climate change won't reexamine errors ]]> <![CDATA[Parliamentary Hurdle Could Thwart Latest Health Care Overhaul Strategy ]]> <![CDATA[Texas Conservatives Seek Deeper Stamp on Texts ]]> <![CDATA[Flunking banks out of college ]]> <![CDATA[Health-care reform's 'back-door' tax ]]> <![CDATA[Nukes in my backyard ]]> <![CDATA[White House, Democrats Make Time for Energy and Climate Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Hoyer Predicts Abortion Standoff Will Be Resolved ]]> <![CDATA[Obama's plans for NASA changes met with harsh criticism ]]> <![CDATA[House Democrats seek to limit earmarks to show commitment to ethics ]]> <![CDATA[On health-care reform, Republicans target Democrats' division over reconciliation ]]> <![CDATA[Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says ]]> <![CDATA[Governors, state school superintendents to propose common academic standards ]]> <![CDATA[Rally backs health plan ]]> <![CDATA[State Insurance Experts See Flaw in Obama’s Plan to Curb Health Premiums ]]> <![CDATA[Officials Step Up Enforcement of Rights Laws in Education ]]> <![CDATA[Healthcare overhaul comes down to Pelosi and Obama ]]> <![CDATA[GOP Earmark Warriors Fret Over Falling Behind ]]> <![CDATA[Senators Spar Over Process ]]> <![CDATA[Kerry Sparks Fight on Climate ]]> <![CDATA[DOE Offers $100 Million for Innovative Energy Research Projects ]]> <![CDATA[Texas Gov. Perry beats Hutchison in GOP gubernatorial primary ]]> <![CDATA[As Democrats seek to push through health bill, Obama reaches out to Republicans ]]> <![CDATA[Scholar’s School Reform U-Turn Shakes Up Debate ]]> <![CDATA[White House declassifies outline of cybersecurity program ]]> <![CDATA[NIH Appoints Higher Ed Association Official to Post ]]> <![CDATA[Universities Welcome Talk of U.S. Funds for Infrastructure ]]> <![CDATA[Obama unveils revamped healthcare overhaul ]]> <![CDATA[What to Watch for in Texas ]]> <![CDATA[States Consider Medicaid Cuts as Use Grows ]]> <![CDATA[Obama to Propose New Reading and Math Standards ]]> <![CDATA[Textbooks That Professors Can Rewrite Digitally ]]> <![CDATA[General Atomics Proposes a Plant That Runs on Nuclear Waste ]]> <![CDATA[Agency Proposes U.S.-Paid Research on Stem Cells ]]> <![CDATA[Up Next! On Live TV! A Battle Over ... Health Care? ]]> <![CDATA[Fate Of Clean Energy Tied To The Stimulus ]]> <![CDATA[Possible 5-year limit to get UT bachelor's degree ]]> <![CDATA[Plan Pushed on Lending to Students ]]> <![CDATA[Report Cited by Obama on Hospitals Is Criticized ]]> <![CDATA[Small Reactors Generate Big Hopes ]]> <![CDATA[Study Finds Public Discontent With Colleges ]]> <![CDATA[California: New Effort Against Race-Blind Admissions ]]> <![CDATA[3 Companies Quit Group Over Moves on Climate ]]> <![CDATA[Physicists create conditions not seen since the big bang. ]]> <![CDATA[New Cellulosic Ethanol Facilities Sprout Up in Four States ]]> <![CDATA[Graduation Gaps for Science Majors ]]> <![CDATA[Four Senators Urge Reid to Use Reconciliation ]]> <![CDATA[Kyl: Health Talks Might Be 'Pointless' ]]> <![CDATA[Democratic Staff Crafting Plan to Beat Filibuster ]]> <![CDATA[Churning Out Companies ]]> <![CDATA[Kenneth Starr, Clinton Prosecutor, Is Picked to Lead Baylor ]]> <![CDATA[In Texas, 'tea party' candidate may shake up governor's race ]]> <![CDATA[Excise Tax Loses Support Amid White House Push ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Announces Three Steps to Boost Biofuels ]]> <![CDATA[U.S. to Back Loans for Reactors ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Making Plans to Use Executive Power ]]> <![CDATA[E-Library Economics ]]> <![CDATA[Nursing Education Growth Slows ]]> <![CDATA[Ehlers, Advocate for Science, to Retire From Congress ]]> <![CDATA[Fading Stimulus Saved Colleges ]]> <![CDATA[DOE Requests $2.4 Billion for Renewable Energy, Efficiency in FY 2011 ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Announces Three Steps to Boost Biofuels ]]> <![CDATA[Senate ready to tackle jobs ]]> <![CDATA[Congressional Democrats are nay-saying Obama's budget ]]> <![CDATA[Gas Sites Spur Air Worries ]]> <![CDATA[Obama suggests Republicans could have a role in health-care bill ]]> <![CDATA[Google to enlist NSA to help it ward off cyberattacks ]]> <![CDATA[Health Official Can’t Guarantee Openness in Talks ]]> <![CDATA[Yale, With $150 Million Deficit, Plans Staff and Research Cuts ]]> <![CDATA[President Touts His Alternative Fuels Plan ]]> <![CDATA[An Underappreciated $64 Million ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama: Federal Government to Cut GHG Emissions 28% by 2020 ]]> <![CDATA[Extra Money for Science in Obama’s Budget ]]> <![CDATA[Health care's new hidden danger ]]> <![CDATA[Senators Warned of Terror Attack on U.S. by July ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Retreats From Goal of Cap-Trade Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Textbook Firms Ink E-Deals For iPad ]]> <![CDATA[Interior Secretary Sees Little Hope for Consensus on Wind Farm ]]> <![CDATA[In Texas, Resistance Over Stricter U.S. Smog Limits ]]> <![CDATA[Iran announces launch of animals into space ]]> <![CDATA[January U.S. Private-Sector Jobs Fell by 22,000, ADP Says ]]> <![CDATA[Contributions to Colleges Drop 12% ]]> <![CDATA[First Part Of Jobs Package To Include Roads, Tax Credits ]]> <![CDATA[Obama's Blueprint Gets Muted Reception ]]> <![CDATA[NIA Funds Centers to Study Demography of Aging ]]> <![CDATA[States Restart Health-Care Push ]]> <![CDATA[L.A. takes a shine to another Owens Valley product: sun ]]> <![CDATA[How Obama's budget would affect each agency ]]> <![CDATA[Virginia Senate bills say no to requiring health insurance ]]> <![CDATA[Obama's climate change police ]]> <![CDATA[Obama officials present a strategic redefining of Homeland Security's mission ]]> <![CDATA[Online Cure for the Nursing Crisis ]]> <![CDATA[Science Funding Gets a Boost ]]> <![CDATA[The Education Exception ]]> <![CDATA[DOE Closes $1.4 Billion Loan to Nissan ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Administration Reviews Options on Bowl System ]]> <![CDATA[Renewed Push on Pell ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Acts to Ease Way to Construct Reactors ]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Government Plans to Reduce Its Energy Use ]]> <![CDATA[Massachusetts Sets Ambitious Energy Standards ]]> <![CDATA[U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf ]]> <![CDATA[Type-A-Plus Students Chafe at Grade Deflation ]]> <![CDATA[NASA budget for 2011 eliminates funds for manned lunar missions ]]> <![CDATA[Obama to Seek Sweeping Change in ‘No Child’ Law ]]> <![CDATA[Deficit to Hit All-Time High ]]> <![CDATA[White Roofs May Successfully Cool Cities ]]> <![CDATA[Pelosi Vows to Pull Out Stops to Pass Health Care ]]> <![CDATA[Old Guard Caught Off Guard ]]> <![CDATA[Experts Say a Rewrite of Nation’s Main Education Law Will Be Hard This Year ]]> <![CDATA[Bill ending banks' role in student loans stalls in Senate ]]> <![CDATA[Deal Unlikely on Debt-to-Income Ratio ]]> <![CDATA[Pelosi suggests maneuver to pass healthcare overhaul ]]> <![CDATA[Health Care Gives Way ]]> <![CDATA[Investment Losses Cause Steep Dip in University Endowments, Study Finds ]]> <![CDATA[S.E.C. Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure List ]]> <![CDATA[Show Them the Money ]]> <![CDATA[Baylor College of Medicine to remain independent ]]> <![CDATA[NREL Study Shows 20% Wind is Possible by 2024 ]]> <![CDATA[Democrats Put Lower Priority on Health Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Obama to promote more education spending in State of the Union speech ]]> <![CDATA[Advocates of Climate Bill Scale Down Their Goals ]]> <![CDATA[NASA to Review Human Spaceflight ]]> <![CDATA[Obama will reset his agenda in State of the Union speech ]]> <![CDATA[Markup Set To Seek Info On Health Bill Deals]]> <![CDATA[Energy Grants Seek Reliable Source for Diagnostic Aid ]]> <![CDATA[Obama to propose freeze on government spending ]]> <![CDATA[Loan Help for the Middle Class ]]> <![CDATA[GOP Wants Answers About 'Climategate' Projects ]]> <![CDATA[Scaled-Back Approach Starts To Pick Up Some Momentum ]]> <![CDATA[Chu: Cap On Carbon 'Integral' To Energy Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Weatherization stimulus off to cold start ]]> <![CDATA[How stimulus saved renewable energy ]]> <![CDATA[Obama to Offer Aid for Families in State of the Union Address ]]> <![CDATA[After 10 Years, Federal Money for Technology in Education ]]> <![CDATA[Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Announces Plans for Forum on R&D Commercialization at Universities ]]> <![CDATA[Secretary Chu Announces More Than $20.5 million for Community Renewable Energy Deployment Projects ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Unveils Projects to Bolster STEM Teaching ]]> <![CDATA[Baylor Med's new partner talks greeted with petition ]]> <![CDATA[Texas Gov. Attacks Obama Plan for Grants to Schools ]]> <![CDATA[New Rules Set for H.M.O.’s in California ]]> <![CDATA[Senators Want to Bar E.P.A. Greenhouse Gas Limits ]]> <![CDATA[A New Search for Consensus on Health Care Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Pelosi: House won't pass Senate bill to save health-care reform ]]> <![CDATA[Supreme Court rejects limits on corporate spending on political campaigns ]]> <![CDATA[Geothermal Drilling Safeguards Imposed ]]> <![CDATA[Malpractice system survives healthcare overhaul intact ]]> <![CDATA[Date for State of Union ]]> <![CDATA[Hackers create opportunity for military firms ]]> <![CDATA[NASA Urged Not To Outsource ]]> <![CDATA[Freezer Burn]]> <![CDATA[Challenges Mount for Health Care Passage ]]> <![CDATA[Democrats Hope To Have Health Care Deal by Friday]]> <![CDATA[After Google’s Loud Stance on China, U.S. Treads Lightly ]]> <![CDATA[New technology speeds donations for Haiti relief efforts ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Sees Time For Climate Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Unions, White House Strike Tax Deal ]]> <![CDATA[Texas Shuts Door on Millions in Education Grants ]]> <![CDATA[Top public universities faulted on financial aid ]]> <![CDATA[Administration Loosens Purse Strings for Transit Projects ]]> <![CDATA[Proposals Clash on States’ Role in Health Plans ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean Energy Manufacturing ]]> <![CDATA[Call to Expand Open Access to Federal Research ]]> <![CDATA[Rockefeller To Mark Up Cybersecurity Bill ]]> <![CDATA[Miller: CBO To Get Merged Bill In 'Couple Days' ]]> <![CDATA[Pickens Powers Up Natural Gas Campaign ]]> <![CDATA[Rangel: Health Care Talks Stalled, Facing ‘Serious Problem’ ]]> <![CDATA[Several Factors Threaten Senate Climate Agenda ]]> <![CDATA[Unions Tentatively Strike A Deal Regarding Excise Tax ]]> <![CDATA[Labor Department Awards $155 Million to Support Green Jobs ]]> <![CDATA[Secretary Chu Announces $187 Million to Improve Vehicle Efficiency for Heavy-Duty Trucks and Passenger Vehicles ]]> <![CDATA[Federal panel recommends tighter scrutiny of those who handle deadly pathogens ]]> <![CDATA[Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Costs Likely to Remain High, Benefits Modest for Decades ]]> <![CDATA[Enhancing Engineering Curricula]]> <![CDATA[New Bill Funds Transit Projects, Home Retrofits, and Global Clean Energy ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Spearheads a Climate Agreement in Copenhagen ]]> <![CDATA[Secretary Chu Announces $47 Million to Improve Efficiency in Information Technology and Communications Sectors ]]> <![CDATA[President Signals Flexibility on Health Plan Tax ]]> <![CDATA[Keeping Student Health Affordable ]]> <![CDATA[DOE to Invest up to $366 Million in Energy Innovation Hubs ]]> <![CDATA[President Obama Awards $2.3 Billion for New Clean-Tech Manufacturing Jobs ]]> <![CDATA[House Democrats to Pursue Health Bill Changes ]]> <![CDATA[Recession Spurs Interest in Graduate, Law Schools ]]> <![CDATA[E.P.A. Seeks Stricter Rules to Curb Smog ]]> <![CDATA[Nelson Continues to Rebut Critics of Medicaid Deal ]]> <![CDATA[Dems In Trouble Over Drug Reimportation ]]> <![CDATA[Congress to Copenhagen ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Files Cloture On Spending Package; Vote Seen Sunday ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Offers A Way To Avoid Weekend Work On Approps ]]> <![CDATA[Hearing Stirs Debate Over Farm Workers, Industry Woes ]]> <![CDATA[House Set To Take Up First Part Of Omnibus Endgame ]]> <![CDATA[Pell Grants Being Drained As Jobless Head To Class ]]> <![CDATA[Senate Dems Sending New Package To CBO For Scoring ]]> <![CDATA[Carper Looks To Be An Arbiter On Plan To Tax Health Plans ]]> <![CDATA[Conferees Approve First Part Of Year-End Spending Package ]]> <![CDATA[Grant Program Adds Three Cities To Highest-Risk Group ]]> <![CDATA[Support For 'Buy American' In Jobs Bill Grows Stronger ]]> <![CDATA[Dem Group Hopes To Strike Multi-Faceted Deal By Today ]]> <![CDATA[Tanning Salons In Play As Potential Health Revenue Raiser ]]> <![CDATA[House May Move Soon On First Of Two Omnibus Measures ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Stands Behind Bernanke For Another Term ]]> <![CDATA[Hutchison Officially Starts Race For Texas Governor ]]> <![CDATA[House Faces Busy Week ]]> <![CDATA[Senate Continues Health Slog ]]> <![CDATA[Napolitano To Meet With Senate Judiciary Committee ]]> <![CDATA[Climate Watchers Turn To Copenhagen ]]> <![CDATA[Carper Continues Courting On His Public Option Alternative ]]> <![CDATA[House Dems Consider Two-Part Omnibus Plan For Endgame ]]> <![CDATA[Surge Will Include Thousands Of Mine-Resistant Vehicles ]]> <![CDATA[Trade Group Seeks To Stave Off Cybersecurity Mandates ]]> <![CDATA[White Will Run for Texas Governor ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Calls on Colleges to Take the Lead on Better Preparing People for Work ]]> <![CDATA[Nelson Will Offer Amendment Breaking PhRMA Deal ]]> <![CDATA[Obama Says Afghan Surge Will Cost $30 Billion In FY10 ]]> <![CDATA[Bipartisan Duo Mixed On Timing For Senate Deal Outline ]]> <![CDATA[First Day Of Consideration Used To Score Political Points ]]> <![CDATA[Experts Foresee Need For FY10 Supplemental In Spring ]]> <![CDATA[Unreleased House Online Privacy Bill Already Under Fire ]]> <![CDATA[Supreme Court Considers Case About Excusing Student Debt Through Bankruptcy ]]> <![CDATA[Democrats Gird For Work Over Holidays ]]> <![CDATA[Centrists Get Ad Deluge From Both Sides ]]> <![CDATA[Senate Health Bill Clears Hurdle ]]> <![CDATA[Durbin: Bill Will Pass In December ]]> <![CDATA[White House Pushes Science and Math Education ]]> <![CDATA[Stage Set For Saturday Senate Vote On Reid's Proposed Bill ]]> <![CDATA[House Passes Physician Fix, But Senate Fate Is Dubious ]]> <![CDATA[Reid To Release Details Of Overhaul Plan To Caucus Today ]]> <![CDATA[Reid Confirms Dems Will Wait Till Next Year On Climate ]]> <![CDATA[Public Debt Hits $11.9 Trillion ]]> <![CDATA[Officials Vague On Changes They Need For Cybersecurity ]]> <![CDATA[Duncan Promises Colleges Attention to Cutting Costly Red Tape ]]>