federal budget cuts
Coverage of federal budget cuts in the Nexus archive.
- 'Time is passing': Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to find missing Vietnam-era troops
Federal budget cuts have slowed efforts to locate and recover the remains of over 1,500 missing Vietnam War service members, with families expressing concern that time is running out.
- What federal cuts to science funding could mean for the Great Lakes
President Donald Trump's proposed budget cuts to NOAA could eliminate programs critical for weather observations, water quality, and research on the Great Lakes. Organizations like the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) and the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS) face funding threats, risking data collection and climate change studies.
- Competition to run JPL comes at fraught moment of federal budget cuts, project overruns, management missteps
A competition to manage NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is unfolding amid challenges including federal budget cuts, project overruns, and management issues. Experts suggest competitive contracts are not inherently problematic, but concerns persist due to the administration's perceived anti-science stance.