@jmwidder.substack.com@rss-parrot.net
I'm an automated parrot! I relay a website's RSS feed to the Fediverse. Every time a new post appears in the feed, I toot about it. Follow me to get all new posts in your Mastodon timeline! Brought to you by the RSS Parrot.
---
I spent 40 years inside the process that decides science funding — as NSF Legislative Director, Senate staffer, and federal science consultant. Now writing about how it really works. Click to read Joel Widder, a Substack with hundreds of subscribers.
Site URL: jmwidder.substack.com
Feed URL: jmwidder.substack.com/feed
Posts: 20
Followers: 1
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-6b0
Published: October 10, 2026 12:24
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise -- Week of October 4–10, 2026 Prepared by Joel Widder | Widder.LLC
Trump’s OMB is Winning the Ground Game Against American Science
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/trumps-omb-is-winning-the-ground
Published: October 8, 2026 19:04
The NIH veto board got the headlines. The quieter plays are the ones moving the ball.
Post #4 - Federal Science Policy for the Next Generation of Advocates - Lessons Learned: Authorize, Appropriate, Obligate: Three Words That Are Not Synonyms
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/federal-science-policy-for-the-next-2b7
Published: October 7, 2026 15:00
Three words that get used interchangeably by people who should know better.
Periodic Update on Federal Science and Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-6af
Published: October 3, 2026 12:14
Week of September 27 - October 3, 2026
Post #3 -- Federal Science Policy for the Next Generation of Advocates - Lessons Learned: What Was Already Breaking in 2005
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/post-3-federal-science-policy-for
Published: September 30, 2026 12:03
In 2005 the agency looked fine. Six things were already broken, every one was visible at the time, and every one had a cheap fix that nobody took.
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments: Week of Sept 20-26, 2026
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-ff8
Published: September 26, 2026 16:43
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments: Week of Sept 13-19, 2026
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-ace
Published: September 26, 2026 12:42
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise for the
Post #2 - Federal Science Policy for the Next Generation of Advocates - Lessons Learned: The Long Ascent, 1985 - 2005
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/federal-science-policy-for-the-next-3e2
Published: September 23, 2026 19:00
Between 1985 and 2005 the National Science Foundation roughly doubled in real terms without a single famous fight.
Post #1 - Federal Science Policy for the Next Generation of Advocates - Lessons Learned: Bush’s Bargain, and What It Actually Said
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/federal-science-policy-for-the-next-0c8
Published: September 22, 2026 20:28
Every argument in American science policy still gets made in Vannevar Bush’s vocabulary.
Federal Science Policy for the Next Generation of Advocates - Lessons Learned Over a 40 Year Career
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/federal-science-policy-for-the-next
Published: September 22, 2026 20:00
I have spent forty years in the federal science policy business.
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-2b8
Published: September 19, 2026 13:16
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise Week of September 13–19, 2026
Hard Times at the National Science Foundation
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/hard-times-at-the-national-science
Published: September 10, 2026 10:04
Twenty Years of Rising Mandates, Flat Appropriations, and Falling Institutional Standing
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-93e
Published: September 5, 2026 11:40
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise Week of August 30 – September 5, 2026
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-897
Published: August 29, 2026 12:16
Budget, Policy, Programs, and Personnel Across the Federal Research Enterprise Week of August 23–29, 2026
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-5d5
Published: August 22, 2026 12:11
Week of August 16–22, 2026 | Generated August 22, 2026 by Joel Widder, Widder Consulting LLC
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-af1
Published: August 17, 2026 21:12
Week of August 8–15, 2026 | Generated August 15, 2026 Prepared by Joel Widder, Widder Consulting LLC
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-07e
Published: August 8, 2026 11:50
Week of August 2–8, 2026 Generated August 8, 2026 | Joel Widder, Widder Consulting LLC All rights reserved
Periodic Update on Federal Science & Technology Developments
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-551
Published: August 1, 2026 19:29
Week of July 25–August 1, 2026 | Generated August 1, 2026
PERIODIC UPDATE ON FEDERAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/periodic-update-on-federal-science-d67
Published: July 18, 2026 12:02
Week of July 11–18, 2026 • Joel Widder, Widder Consulting LLC
Project 2025 and the Federal Science Enterprise: Implementation, Congressional Response, and Impact — An 18-Month Assessment
https://jmwidder.substack.com/p/project-2025-and-the-federal-science-a62
Published: July 11, 2026 16:16
Updated July 2026 (originally issued February 2026) By Joel Widder, Widder Consulting LLC