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Federal funding pause and court rulings leave federal grants uncertain, Carlsbad subcommittee told
Summary
A federal update to the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee warned that a late-January Office of Management and Budget memo and subsequent, conflicting White House statements prompted litigation that has created uncertainty about federal grant and loan disbursements and could affect local projects that rely on federal funding.
David Wetmore, a federal lobbyist with Karpf & Clay, told the Carlsbad City Council legislative subcommittee that a late-January Office of Management and Budget (OMB) memo temporarily directed a freeze of “agency grant, loan and other financial assistance programs,” prompting lawsuits and court orders that have left many grant disbursements uncertain.
Wetmore said the OMB memo instructed agencies to analyze programs for conflicts with the administration’s executive orders and halted disbursements while agencies completed that review. The memo was later rescinded but, he said, a White House spokesperson’s…
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