IP: AAAS R&D Funding Update - August 17

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: kkoizumi () aaas org [mailto:kkoizumi () aaas org]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 8:46 AM
> To: kkoizumi () aaas org
> Subject: AAAS R&D Funding Update - August 17 - e
>
>
>      Now available on the AAAS R&D Web site
>      http://www.aaas.org/spp/R&D
>
>      AAAS R&D Funding Update August 17
>      August Recess Update on R&D
>
>      HOUSE MAKES DEEP CUTS IN FEDERAL R&D
>
>      When Congress left Washington for a month-long August recess, it left
>      behind proposals for cuts to federal support of R&D programs,
>      especially nondefense R&D, and the threat of even more cuts in
>      September. The House of Representatives would make significant cuts to
>      nondefense R&D programs in the appropriations bills it has drafted so
>      far. The House would cut nondefense R&D 5.1 percent or $1.1 billion
>      from FY 1999 funding levels, including steep cuts to R&D in NASA and
>      Commerce and cuts to DOE and NSF. Because of steep restrictions on
>      discretionary spending and the impossibility of living within them,
>      the FY 2000 appropriations process is likely to grind to a halt this
>      fall, and the final funding levels for many R&D programs are likely to
>      be decided as minor items in high-level budget negotiations between
>      the President and Congress.
>
>      The 12-page August recess update (available at the AAAS R&D Web site
>      at the URL above in the "FY 2000 R&D" or "What's New" sections)
>      contains detailed analyses of R&D in House appropriations so far,
>      information on key R&D funding agencies, a discussion of the budget
>      process and its implications for R&D, and the outlook for the fall.
>      The analysis contains four funding tables and two charts, and is
>      available in both HTML and PDF formats.
>
>      - HTML link (copy and paste to your browser):
>      http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/upd812.htm
>
>      - PDF link:
>      http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/upd812.pdf
>
>      The complete series of AAAS R&D Funding Updates, covering all the
>      major R&D funding agencies, is also available on the AAAS R&D Web
>      site.
>
>      Please forward this message to interested colleagues. If you would
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>      Book" section of the R&D Web site.
>
>
>      August 17, 1999
>
>      AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program
>      American Association for the Advancement of Science 1200 New York Ave,
>      NW
>      Washington, DC 20005
>      (202) 326-6607
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