Sequestration Information
March 1, 2013, federal executive departments and agencies received a presidential memorandum informing them that the President had issued a sequestration order in accordance with section 251A of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act as amended (BBEDCA), 2 USC 901a. The order requires that budgetary resources in each non-exempt budget account be reduced by the amount calculated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its report to Congress of March 1, 2013, entitled OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013 (sequestration report).
How the sequester will be applied to individual awards by federal funding agencies is not known. Links to sequestration statements from relevant agencies has been provided below and will be updated as information becomes available.
Agency Specific Sequestration Information
Society of Research Administrators (SRA)
- Sequestration Resource Center – updated regularly
Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Estimates of Sequestration on Federal Agencies
- OMB Report Pursuant to the Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012
Congressional Research Service
National Institutes of Health
- Sequestration Operation Notice
- NIH Extramural Financial Operations Announcements
- Varmus Letter to NCI-supported Scientific Community
- Letter to Contractors
- Letter to Signing Officials
National Science Foundation
U.S. Department of Defense
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Energy
Health Resources and Services Administration
Indian Health Services
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NASA
