Federal Intel/Update

Washington Update - September 26, 2025

September 26, 2025

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: Trump Administration Releases its FY 2027 R&D Budget Priorities      Policy Update: Trump Administration Announces New Restrictions on H-1B Visa Applications   Policy Update: Shutdown Outlook and Impacts for Research, Education, and Academic Medicine Organizations...

Washington Update - January 24, 2025

January 24, 2025

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update - Trump Week One Executive Orders LBA 2025 Congressional Outlook Funding Opportunity - Army STEM Releases Cooperative...

LBA 2025 Congressional Outlook

January 23, 2025

Lewis-Burke has provided a congressional outlook report on prospects for major legislation and congressional activity in the 119th Congress of most relevance to the research, education, and academic medicine communities. A new Congress presents new opportunities to help shape and advocate for major legislation in a broad set of areas, such as Artificial Intelligence and quantum, national security programs, agriculture research programs under the Farm Bill, energy research...

POLICY UPDATE: PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS

February 5, 2025

Lewis-Burke has shared their compilation of all the EOs that affect higher ed and research, which they will keep updating as new information becomes available.

Policy Update: Agency Responses to Recent Executive Orders

February 5, 2025

Lewis-Burke has provided a report that includes publicly available information on agency responses to the Executive Orders enacted by President Trump during the first two weeks of his term related to the scientific research enterprise. All information included was accurate and up to date at the time of writing, though it should be noted implementation of all Executive Orders is on-going and will continue to evolve. In light of this, Lewis-Burke will continue to share updates...

POLICY UPDATE: Agency Responses to Executive Orders

March 10, 2025

Lewis-Burke has provided an updated report on the agency response to recent Executive Orders document with updates from the following agencies:

HHS DOC DOE NASA NSF NEA USAID EPA USDA

Washington Update - March 7, 2025

March 7, 2025

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: U.S. District Court Rules in Favor of Halting NIH F&A Cap Policy Update: Supreme Court Rejects Administration Freeze on USAID Contracts Policy Update: NIH Announces Peer Review Changes Congressional Update: Senate Holds Hearing on the Nomination of Jayanta (Jay) Bhattacharya as Director of the National Institute of Health (NIH) Congressional Update...

Washington Update - March 28, 2025

March 28, 2025

Lewis-Burke Associates, LLC periodically provides campus with a Washington Update report. In this report:

Policy Update: College Athletics Legislation State of Play Policy Update: HHS Announces Major Reorganization and Reduction in Force Policy Update: President Trump’s Executive Orders Policy Update: Agency Responses to Executive Orders Engagement Opportunity: DARPA MTO Hosts Spark Tank Event & Invite-Only Pitch Day Defense Research Snapshot - March 2025 Update

Appropriations Update: Congress Passes Full-Year Continuing Resolution to Fund Federal Programs for the Remainder of Fiscal Year 2025

March 18, 2025

Lewis-Burke has provided an update report about the March 14 Continuing Resolution. The report provides an overview of the FY 2025 full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) that Congress passed, and President Trump signed into law on March 14. The CR funds government operations for the remainder of FY 2025 through September 30. In general, the CR maintains FY 2024 funding levels and provides stability of funding for most federal agencies and programs. Cuts to federal agencies...

Defense Research Snapshot - March 2025 Update

March 26, 2025

The Lewis-Burke team has prepared a defense research snapshot providing an update on research funding and outlook for the Department of Defense (DOD), including a funding overview of the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Continuing Resolution, recent updates/eliminations of DOD research programs, and expected research leadership at the Department.