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Congress Comes to the 2022 SIOP Annual Conference SIOP and Lewis-Burke Associates continue to generate interest among policymakers at the federal level. For instance, SIOP will be hosting Congressman Derek…
Read MoreBiden Administration Releases 2024 President’s Budget Request On March 9, President Biden unveiled an overview of his fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget request to Congress. Similar to his past budget requests, President…
Read MoreSIOP Engages New Permanent Modernization of Congress Subcommittee Staff This month, SIOP engaged with Republican and Democratic staff supporting the work of the U.S. House of Representatives House Administration Subcommittee…
Read MoreWhite House and Congress Read Debt Ceiling Agreement On June 5, President Joe Biden signed a bill that raised the federal debt ceiling, following the successful negotiation of a deal…
Read MoreCongress Releases, Advances FY 2025 Spending Legislation As we head into summer, the House of Representatives has been releasing and advancing its fiscal year (FY) 2025 appropriations bills that set spending levels…
Read MoreSIOP Submits Testimony on FY 2025 Appropriations Priorities Every year, SIOP provides outside witness testimony regarding annual spending priorities for I-O psychology to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The…
Read MoreBipartisan Workforce Pell Act The House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved by a vote of 37-8, H.R. 6585, Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, a bill to create a short-term…
Read MoreCongress Passes Continuing Resolution to Avoid Federal Government Shutdown Congress passed a continuing resolution (CR) to extend current funding levels into the new year, avoiding a federal government shutdown that…
Read MoreCongress Reaches Last-Minute Deal to Avoid Government Shutdown With only two hours to spare until a government shutdown on Saturday at midnight, Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and President…
Read MoreHouse Elects New Speaker; Little Progress Made on FY 2024 Appropriations Bills The House of Representatives, which had been without permanent leadership for the last three weeks, elected a new…
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