Washington Perspective Sue Fratkin Consultant, EDUCAUSE

State Issues State Legislatures are considering: –Electronic voter registration databases –Internet databases, tracking systems or informative web sites –Increased technology investments for communications and networks, and software However, hardware and maintenance will be flat

Overall Budget Dept of Defense –Decrease of 9% to $402.6B –Increased funds for defense systems development and R&D –(no $ for Afghanistan or Iraq) Homeland Security –Increase of 8.9% to $31.4B –Includes FBI and INS

NSF Budget FY2005 3% Overall budget increase - $167M –Specifically, R&RA – 4.7% over current year 6 new S&T Centers – overall funding increase of $30M, to $72.4M House Science Committee hearing February 11

NSF Education & HR –Math & Science partnerships ($140M) shifting to Dept of Ed –Hill will challenge CISE –$20M requested for 21 st Century Workforce –Cyberinfrastructure – up to $20M

Dept of Education 5% increase to $66.4B State technology grants – no increase - $691.8M Community Colleges –$250M for job training Star Schools: –2003: $27.3M –2004: $20.3M –2005 proposed: no funding

Dept of Commerce Commerce overall – 1% decrease to $5.8B NTIA –increase request of $7.1 million, to “foster technological leadership in telecommunications” –Administration had proposed $22M for 2004

Questions? Thank you! Sue Fratkin