President Obama has delivered to Congress a $3.9-trillion budget request for 2015 that includes $56 billion for his “Opportunity, Growth and Security Initiative” and increased spending for research and development (R&D).
OSTP Director John Holdren conceded that many investments fall short of meeting inflation, which will increase by 1.7 percent between FY 2014-2015, but noted that the current fiscal environment constrains more idealistic investments in research while still meeting the president’s desire to increase the United State’s commitment to funding scientific research.
President Obama's fiscal 2015 budget proposes $135.4 billion for research and development, with $69.5 billion devoted to defense and $65.9 to non-defense.
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015 contains the Budget Message of the President, information on the President’s priorities, budget overviews organized by agency, and summary tables.
President Obama’s 2015 budget request contains hundreds of millions of dollars to further a broad array of regulatory initiatives in the waning years of his administration.
The President’s fiscal year 2015 Budget proposes $135.4 billion for Federal research and development (R&D) activities, an increase of $1.7 billion or 1.2 percent over FY 2014 enacted levels.
The TEACH Act, will create accessibility guidelines for electronic instructional materials and related information technologies used by institutions of higher education.
