Congress has finalized the first three of twelve parts of the FY’12 federal budget. So far, things look relatively promising for STEM R&D. Credit: Congressional Budget Office. In November Congress…
Read MoreI have been out of the news loop for several days because of some health problems, but it appears to me that surprisingly little notice was given to a report…
Read MoreThe update to the America COMPETES Act appears to be in trouble, threatening continued expansions of funding for NSF, NIST and DOE. Readers of this blog should contact their Representatives…
Read MoreI finally got someone in the DOE press office to field some of my questions about why Recovery Act checks aren’t being sent! Ahem, that only took about 8 months.…
Read MoreThe fierce urgency of now tomorrow at the DOE: FYI, the average for all federal agencies is 30%. Still glue in the gears at the NSF, too:
Read MoreIt took about 3 months for DOE to get the first $1 billion into circulation in the economy and about 2.5 months for the second $2 billion (still less than…
Read MoreThe DOE has paid out only 8% of its Recovery Act funds: And, the National Science Foundation has paid out only 4% of its Recovery Act funds: At least one…
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