Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Policy Update: A Look Back and Ahead in Education and Workforce Policy Appropriations Update: Congress Releases FY 2026 Appropriations Minibus Package for CJS, E&W, and Interior Engagement Opportunity - Lewis-Burke Associates Hosts Horizon Europe Webinar on January 30 Engagement Opportunity: DOT To Release NOFO for University Transportation Centers (UTC...
Unprecedented, tumultuous, reform-driven, accountability-focused. All describe federal education and workforce development policy in 2025. This overview report from Lewis-Burke assesses their 2025 predictions, examining what they got right and where we missed, and offers our outlook for 2026. The coming year will largely continue the trajectory of 2025, with the November midterm elections accelerating action on many of the policy issues that dominated the past year....
On January 5, Congress released a bipartisan, bicameral legislative package that would provide final fiscal year (FY) 2026 funding levels and spending directives for agencies funded through the annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS); Energy and Water Development (E&W); and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Interior) Appropriations Acts. The package, also known as a minibus, would provide a total of $174.6 billion in discretionary funding across all three appropriations acts, and among other directives, includes language within the CJS and E&W...
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Policy Update: Executive Order on AI Establishes National Framework Policy Update: ED's AHEAD Committee Reaches Consensus on Workforce Pell Funding Opportunity: NEH Announces Endowments for Advancing the Humanities Program Funding Opportunity: NSF Announces Collaboratory to Advance...
The Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on “Updates to the Accreditation Handbook.” The Accreditation Handbook (Handbook) informs the Department’s recognition of an accrediting agency. The RFI “may also inform the Department’s potential reforms to the accreditation regulatory process,”...
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Policy Update: Lewis-Burke Artificial Intelligence Landscape: Federal Research Activities and Policy Priorities Agency Update: State of Play for DOE Bioenergy Research Centers Agency Update: ED Announces New Agency Partnerships to Transition Functions Funding Opportunity: DOE...
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Policy Update: Lewis-Burke’s 2025 Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Engagement Opportunity: Potential Partnership with NSF Revised Accelerator Research Translation (ART) Solicitation Engagement Opportunity: Federal Advisory Committee Nomination Opportunities Update, October 24, 2025
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Policy Update: Current State of Play in Washington D.C. Policy Update: ED Negotiated Rulemaking Reaches Consensus on Student loan-related Policies Federal Update: Information on SNAP Status Funding Opportunity: DARPA Launches Lift Challenge for Next-Generation Heavy-Lift Drones Funding Opportunity: EDA Releases FY 2025 NOFO for Public Works and Economic...
Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:
Appropriations Update: Final FY 2026 Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Bill in Minibus with CR and Farm Bill Extension Appropriations Update: An Overview of the Landscape as of November 14, 2025 Engagement Opportunity: Lewis-Burke's 2025 Overview of Federal Funding Opportunities for STEM Education Funding Opportunity: Fund for the Improvement of...
On November 18, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced six new interagency agreements (IAAs) with the Departments of Labor (DOL), Interior (DOI), Health and Human Services (HHS), and State (DOS). These IAAs aim to transition select programs offered by ED to agencies in order to “streamline federal education activities on the legally required programs, reduce administrative burdens, and refocus programs and activities to better serve students and grantees.”
