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REPUBLICAN SENATORS SAY ELIMINATE DEFENSE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 13:23:57 -0500
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= COMPUTING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION BULLETIN =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Volume 2 Number 18 December 9, 1994 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About CRA: Computing Research Association is a non-profit association of computer science and computer engineering departments, industrial research institutions and affiliated technical societies in the U.S. and Canada. To Subscribe: Send the following mail message to listproc () cra org: subscribe cra_b firstname lastname Archives: Located at http://cra.org/cra_b/. Copyright (C) 1994 by Computing Research Association. All rights reserved. CRA Bulletin may be redistributed as long as it is done entirely with all attributions to organizations and authors. Commercial distribution is strictly prohibited. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= REPUBLICAN SENATORS SAY ELIMINATE DEFENSE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS! On December 5, Senators John McCain (Arizona) and John Warner (Virginia) sent a letter to President Clinton that harshly criticized his spending priorities and recommending severe cuts to defense reaserch funding. They raised concerns about declining defense readiness and lagging defense modernization. The letter goes on to say: "...We have identified nearly $8 billion in FY 1995 appropriations for programs which are wasteful and which contribute little, if anything, to our defense posture. ... We request that you immediately notify Congress ... that you intend to defer obligation of these funds." Included in their list were the following programs proposed for elimination: * Technology Reinvestment Program ($550 million) -- "Rescind FY1995 appropriations and terminate planned program." * Defense Conversion Programs ($1.5 billion) -- "Rescind FY1995 appropriation for dual use and conversion programs, including manufacturing technology, SEMATECH, advanced simulation, etc." * Medical and University Research ($1.5 billion) -- "Rescind FY1995 appropriation for medical research and $1.1 billion for university research grants, most of which is not defense specific." Given the influence of these Senators on defense policy and their positions on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the letter is seen as a shot across the bow, as an early statement of Republican spending priorities and attitudes toward research. The impacts of such cuts on the computing research community would be devastating. Last year, the following estimates of the percentages of university funding obtained from DOD were released by the government: Math and Computer Science 50% Engineering Sciences 42% Electrical Engineering 53% Nearly fifty percent of current graduate student support in computer science comes from DoD Funding.
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