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Academic Earmarks: The Money Schools Love to Hate

By Jeffrey Mervis

SCIENCE

September 8, 2006

UNIVERSITY FUNDING

"An unusual query from a “pork-busting” U.S.
senator has revealed an uneasy ambivalence
among university presidents toward academic
earmarks..."

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Jul 27, 2006

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09/30/06

Fight Over Earmarks Delays — But Doesn’t Stop — Defense Authorization Bill

By John M. Donnelly

Congressional Quarterly

09/30/06

Attempt to Conceal Earmarks Stalls Defense Bill

By ANDREW TAYLOR

The Associated Press

09/30/06
AIDS funding bill block stirs party dispute

By Kevin Diaz
McClatchy Newspapers

09/30/06

AIDS bill meets major resistance from Sen. Clinton

By Edward Epstein

San Francisco Chronicle

09/30/06
Senate passes bill on Iraq and defense programs

Reuters
09/29/06
Earmarks Find Way Into Spending Bill

By David D. Kirkpatrick
The New York Times
09/29/06
US Conference on AIDS, Hollywood, FL

09/28/06

Defense Appropriations for Basic Research Contain Only Slight Cut in Pork

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The Chronicle of Higher Education

09/28/06
Editorial: Ray of sunshine

The Oklahoman
09/27/06
Pentagon's Troubled Travel System

By John Cochran
ABC News

09/27/06

OraSure begins studies for its home HIV test

By Linda Loyd

The Philadelphia Inquirer

09/27/06
Bush signs database bill

FedNewsOnline.com
09/27/06
OMB enlists bloggers' aid in pushing management agenda

By Tom Shoop
GovExec.com

09/27/06

GAO questions savings estimates for Defense Travel System

By Daniel Pulliam

GovExec.com

09/27/06
Bush Signs Law Sponsored By Senator Tom Coburn

The News on 6 KOTV
09/27/06
Coburn's bill on tracking U.S. spending signed

By Jim Myers
Tulsa World
09/27/06
Editorial: Pork defense doesn’t jive

Muskogee Phoenix
09/27/06
Bush signs bill to create spending database

By Stephan Dinan
The Washington Times

09/27/06

Report Criticizes Pentagon's New Travel Booking System

By Elizabeth Williamson

Washington Post

09/27/06
Legislation approved for online database

By Chris Casteel
The Oklahoman
09/26/06
Pork defense doesn’t jive

Muskogee Phoenix

09/26/06

The administration’s new ally on government accountability: Bloggers

By Aimee Curl

Federal Times

09/26/06
GAO: DTS won’t meet savings projections

By Josh Rogin
FCW.com

09/26/06

'RESULTS' of inspection to end contract program at FAA center

By Chris Casteel

The Oklahoman

09/26/06

Bloggers will join Bush in bill-signing ceremony

By Stephan Dinan

The Washington Times

09/26/06
Editorial: Antipork Progress

Wall Street Journal
09/25/06
Inquiry uncovers waste at FAA

By Del Quentin Wilber
Washington Post

09/25/06

NIH Reauthorization and Restructuring on Agenda

By Mary Agnes Carey and Alex Wayne

CQ TODAY – HEALTH

By Rob Thormeyer

Government Computer News

09/22/06

U.S. Senator Criticizes Colleges That Ignore His Request for Details on Pork

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The Chronicle of Higher Education

09/22/06
Opinion: Being a Good Citizen Just Got Easier

By Merrill Matthews
Human Events

09/22/06

OMB publishes high-risk list for IT despite misgivings

By Daniel Pulliam

GovExec.com

09/22/06
Not Us, Senator

By David Baumann
National Journal's CongressDailyPM
09/22/06
Dispute Underscores US BioShield Program's Problems

Dow Jones International News
09/22/06
Not Us, Senator

By David Baumann
CongressDailyPM, The National Journal

09/22/06

U.S. Urges H.I.V. Tests for Adults and Teenagers

By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.

The New York Times

09/22/06

U.S. Recommends Routine Testing For the AIDS Virus

By David Brown

Washington Post

09/21/06
OMB makes IT projects lists public

By Matthew Weigelt
FCW.com

09/21/06

NIH Reauthorization: Bill Would Create Electronic Research Tracking System

iHealthbeat

09/21/06

CDC Backs HIV Test for All Between 13-64

By MIKE STOBBE

Associated Press Medical Writer

09/21/06

Committee Approves First NIH Reauthorization In 13 Years

By Kristen A. Lee

CongressDailyAM

09/21/06
Congress Approves Online Database to Track Federal Contracts

Inc.com

09/21/06

Editorial: More transparency, accountability with federal OMB database

The (Allentown, PA) Morning Call

09/21/06

Opinion: Bounty offered to get lawmakers to disclose schedules

By Lynn Sweet

Chicago Sun-Times

09/20/06

Editorial: Public's right to know scores victory on Internet

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL)

09/20/06
Editorial: Online search through government spending leaves little to hide
09/20/06
Senator says he wants to probe per diem rates

By Daniel Pulliam
GovExec.com
09/20/06
All Set for DDT Use As Ban Lifted

By Gatonye Gathura
The Nation (Nairobi, Kenya)

09/20/06

City [D.C.] Tests Reveal Infection Rate Double the U.S. Average

By Susan Levine

Washington Post

09/20/06
Lawsuit blocks CMS repayment campaign

By Jeffrey Young
The Hill
09/19/06
Lawsuit Filed Over Medicare Refund

By KEVIN FREKING
Associated Press
09/19/06
Chabot aims earmarks at places linked to donors

By Jonathan Allen
The Hill
09/19/06
Senator says he wants to probe per diem rates

By Daniel Pulliam
Gov Exec
09/19/06
Use DDT insecticide indoors, says WHO

CNN
09/19/06
Fighting malaria, saving lives

The Washington Post
09/18/06
DDT's New Friend

By Editorial
The Wall Street Journal
09/18/06
Doctor Tom's DDT Victory

The Wall Street Journal
09/18/06
Senate Struggles on Earmarks

By Tory Newmyer and Kate Ackley
Roll Call
09/18/06
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION USES CONTROVERSIAL INSECTICIDE TO COMBAT MALARIA

PBS

09/16/06

W.H.O. Supports Wider Use of DDT vs. Malaria

By CELIA W. DUGGER

The New York Times

09/16/06
WHO Urges Use of DDT in Africa

By David Brown
Washington Post

09/15/06

WHO Lays Out DDT Strategy, Calling for Its Use Even Indoors

By Betsy McKay

Wall Street Journal

09/15/06
Auburn responds to pork fund request

By SEAN REILLY
Mobile Press-Register
09/15/06
Senator won't get response out of USM

By Rachel Leifer
Hattiesburg American
09/15/06
FEDS' $1.7B JUNKET RORT

New York Post
09/15/06
W.H.O. Rules May Increase DDT Use for Malaria

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

09/14/06

Despite Pledges, Congress Clings to Pet Projects

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

The New York Times

09/14/06
Government Workers on Taxpayer Subsidized Vacations

By JOHN COCHRAN
ABC News
09/14/06
DHS Employees Spend Thousands On Employee Travel

By Tom Shine
ABC Nightly News

09/14/06

3 Bilked Medicaid of Millions Using Fake Billings, U.S. Says

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA

The New York Times

09/13/06
House to Hear Measure on Tracking Money

By Jim Abrams
The Associated Press

09/13/06

NIH: 2 of 44 scientists who violated ethics face criminal probe

By Rita Beamish

ASSOCIATED PRESS

09/13/06
Opinion: Secrets in the Senate

By John Stossel
Human Events
09/13/06
Editorial: Soon you can follow the pork

Chicago Tribune
09/13/06
Editorial: Earmark showdown

Wall Street Journal
09/13/06
International Conference on the Costs and Benefits of HIV/AIDS Interventions in Developing Countries

09/13/06

Coburn Brandishes Replies From Colleges On Earmark Query

By Peter Cohn

Congress Daily

09/13/06

U.S. Senator Criticizes Colleges That Ignore His Request for Details on Earmarks

By Jeffrey Brainard

The Chronicle of Higher Education

09/12/06

Universities get bad advice from inside the beltway - law firm offer indicates hopes of cashing in on routine congressional inquiry

09/12/06
The liberal case for pork

By Bradford Plumer
The New Republic Online
09/12/06
Watchdogs Hungrily Eye Spending Database

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
09/12/06
Watchdogs Hungrily Eye Spending Database

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
09/12/06
Editorial: Coburn’s bill will allow taxpayers to follow the money

Enid News
09/12/06
Editorial: Opening a window on waste

Philadelphia Inquirer

09/12/06

Senators Burr, Coburn and Sessions to join National Minority Health Month Foundation in press conference to call for immediate modernization of the Ryan White CARE Act

09/12/06
Universities Divided on Responding to Coburn

By Kate Ackley
Roll Call
09/11/06
Senate approves searchable online budget

By Andrew Taylor
The Associated Press
09/11/06
Senator Coburn Calls for U.N. Transparency
09/09/06
Editorial: Transparency, yes, bring it on

Muskogee Phoenix
09/09/06
Senate OKs database legislation

By Chris Casteel
The Oklahoman
09/09/06
Bloggers help Obama pass Senate pork bill

By William Neikirk
Chicago Tribune
09/08/06
Bring Out Your Pork

The New York Times
09/08/06
About the Pork Transparency Bill

By Larry Kudlow
National Review Online

09/08/06

After holds dropped, Senate clears database bill

By Rob Thormeyer

Government Computer News

Current record
09/08/06
'Army of bloggers' helps Senate pass bill

By Matthew Weigelt
Federal Computer Week
09/08/06
Senate backs online search of spending

By Andrew Taylor
Associated Press

09/08/06

Panel examines high-risk technology projects

By Daniel Pulliam and Winter Casey

GovExec.com

09/08/06

OMB mulls strengthening IT project oversight

By Rob Thormeyer

Government Computer News

09/08/06

Government Spending Would Get Its Own ‘Google’ Under Senate-Passed Bill

By Martin Kady II

Congressional Quarterly

09/08/06
Grants for universities questioned

By Mark Pitsch
The Courier-Journal
09/07/06
Editorial: Bill waylaid by old tradition

The Oklahoman
09/07/06
Editorial: Byrd Forgets Whose Money It Is

Huntington (W. Va.) News
09/07/06
Politics as usual with anti-pork bill

By David Paul Brown
Paradise (Calif.) Post
09/07/06
Lott Ready To Push Rule Change On Holds

By Greta Wodele
Congress Daily

09/07/06

Senate Tradition Trumps Transparency: ‘Secret Holds’ Could Continue

By Daphne Retter

Congressional Quarterly

09/07/06

Frist Mobilizes Blogs to Muscle Two of Senate’s Old Bulls on Database Bill

By Martin Kady II

Congressional Quarterly

09/07/06

Congress eyes 'pork-barrel' reforms

By Gail Russell Chaddock

The Christian Science Monitor

09/07/06
Senate wants details on agencies' IT projects

By Matthew Weigelt
FCW.com
09/07/06
Coalition calls for Senate to act on Coburn bill

By Aaron Sadler
Stephens Media
09/06/06
Editorial: Playing with your money

Austin American Statesman
09/06/06
Secret block hampers open-government bill

By Rebecca Carr
Cox News Service
09/05/06
Editorial: Broken 'hold' win for taxpayers

Cincinnati Enquirer
09/03/06
Editorial: Hold off in the Senate

The Tennessean
09/02/06
'Pork' traders unmasked as bloggers win Senate battle

By Alex Massie
The Scotsman
09/02/06
Editorial: Time to stop Senate secrets

The Birmingham (Ala.) News
09/01/06
Editorial: Caught in the act

Sacramento Bee
09/01/06
Editorial: Don't keep public in dark on pork

Atlanta Journal Constitution
09/01/06
Editorial: A political who-held-it

Los Angeles Times
09/01/06
Editorial: Busted by the bloggers

Chicago Tribune

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Academic Earmarks: The Money Schools Love to Hate

By Jeffrey Mervis

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September 8, 2006

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Jul 27, 2006

September 2006 News

09/30/06

By John M. Donnelly

Congressional Quarterly

09/30/06

By ANDREW TAYLOR

The Associated Press

09/30/06

By Kevin Diaz

McClatchy Newspapers

09/30/06

By Edward Epstein

San Francisco Chronicle

09/30/06

Reuters

09/29/06

By David D. Kirkpatrick

The New York Times

09/29/06

09/28/06

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

The Chronicle of Higher Education

09/28/06

The Oklahoman

09/27/06

By John Cochran

ABC News

09/27/06

By Linda Loyd

The Philadelphia Inquirer

09/27/06

FedNewsOnline.com

09/27/06

By Tom Shoop

GovExec.com

09/27/06

By Daniel Pulliam

GovExec.com

09/27/06

The News on 6 KOTV

09/27/06

By Jim Myers

Tulsa World

09/27/06

Muskogee Phoenix

09/27/06

By Stephan Dinan

The Washington Times

09/27/06

By Elizabeth Williamson

Washington Post

09/27/06

By Chris Casteel

The Oklahoman

09/26/06

Muskogee Phoenix

09/26/06

By Aimee Curl

Federal Times

09/26/06

By Josh Rogin

FCW.com

09/26/06

By Chris Casteel

The Oklahoman

09/26/06

By Stephan Dinan

The Washington Times

09/26/06

Wall Street Journal

09/25/06