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Dallafior, Michelle, Ed.; Troe, Jessica, Ed.; Kayal, Michele, Ed.; Sasner, Conor, Ed.; Gomez, Olivia, Ed. – First Focus on Children, 2022
"Children's Budget 2022" finds that the share of federal spending on children climbed to a historic 11.98% of the U.S. budget in FY 2022, producing remarkable declines in child poverty, hunger and the rate of children without health insurance. The report finds that the share of U.S. domestic and international spending on children rose…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Resource Allocation, Children
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1976
Discusses a government report that claims that government decision making has improved since federal agencies have been required to submit any proposed action in the form of an environmental impact statement for comments by the public and other agencies. (MLH)
Descriptors: Environment, Environmental Influences, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Kinney, John E. – 1971
Although we have accumulated much factual data on environmental conditions, interrelationships, and consequences of actions, our decisions are based on political expediency, pressure, mob action, and emotion. Believing that decisions regarding the environment and pollution control are not technical but socioeconomic, crusaders have refused…
Descriptors: Citizen Role, Decision Making, Ecology, Environment
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1978
Federal funds continue to underwrite about 50 of the national research and development (R&D) enterprise, and the nature of this support continues to be of special interest to policymakers. This report provides data on trends within functional areas and noteworthy shifts among areas. It is based on an annual National Science Foundation survey.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Cost Indexes, Energy
Hood, John – 1992
This report questions the efficacy and utility of the Head Start program by challenging the widely accepted belief that early intervention can prevent future dependence and delinquency. This belief assumes that: (1) sweeping conclusions can be drawn from the study of a few unique preschool programs; (2) children's futures are fundamentally…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Early Intervention
Delaney, Mary Kay; And Others – 1983
Designed to enhance participation in the Close-Up Program's week of study in Washington, D.C. for secondary students, the materials on political processes and issues provided in this student handbook can be useful in secondary level social studies, political science, and current events courses. The booklet is arranged into three sections. Section…
Descriptors: Budgets, Civil Rights, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Court Role