In a pre-emptive strike against any attempt by federal agencies to game the upcoming sequestration, the Government Accountability Office testified last week that agencies can neither hoard money nor speed up spending in advance of the Jan. 2 implementation date….
(This post was written by guest blogger Julia Martin, legislative director of the Brustein & Manasevit law firm.) The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the 2009 health care law will have wide-ranging effects on health care policy…
(This post was written by guest blogger Julia Martin, legislative director of the Brustein & Manasevit law firm.) In the frenzy leading up to this November’s elections, it’s easy to feel like everyone in Washington is running for reelection. But…
I’m not sure if the education leadership in California are mad or genius. The answer is probably “both.” This question is not new in California, but it’s most recent manifestation stems from California’s counterproposal to the United States Department of…
On February 15, 2012, the Obama administration proposed a $5 billion competitive grant program that Education Secretary Duncan said would “change society’s view of teaching from the factory model of yesterday to the professional model of tomorrow where teachers are…
(This post was written by guest blogger Julia Martin, legislative director of the Brustein & Manasevit law firm.) President Obama today released his fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget proposal, sending the document to Congress for the consideration of members of…
Just as several prognosticators, including yours truly, signaled pessimism about the flexibility the U.S. Department of Education would offer in its ESEA waiver package, President Obama has today announced a fairly large field of “winners”: 10 out of the 11…
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