Federal Budget Limits Affect Scientific Conferences
By LAURA DATTARO
Published: October 23, 2012
After General Services Administration workers were found splurging on
hotels, food and catering for a regional conference near Las Vegas two
years ago, the Obama administration imposed new guidelines that limit
the amount of money that federal agencies can spend on such events. The
Office of Management and Budget estimates that the directive saved more
than $600 million in the first two quarters of this fiscal year,
compared with the same period in 2010.
But a number of science and technology organizations are now arguing
that the federal belt-tightening is affecting the ability of the
scientific community to share research and collaborate.
The U.S. Public Policy Council of ACM, the Computing Research Association, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
have written to Congress and federal officials, asking for an exemption
from the spending policy for “recognized scientific, technical and
educational meetings” and “meetings of national and international
standards bodies.”
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