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President Clinton's eighth budget for science, engineering and education for fiscal 2001 is examined.

The Fiscal 2000 budget for R&D at the National Science Foundation, Department of Energy and Department of Defense is examined.

Pres Clinton's budget request for fiscal 2000 has disappointed science lobbyists who had hoped for a bigger R&D budget due to the budget surplus. In the budget request, the R&D allocation was slashed 1% to a total of $35.1 billion.

John H. Gibbon's immense contributions to the science community would not only be remembered by his colleagues, but also those whom he extended his invaluable help to, including Pres Clinton. Through his expertise, the US government is looking forward to forging a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia.

The Brookhaven National Laboratory is experiencing a variety of personnel and operational problems. These include the search for director Nicholas Samios' replacement and the discovery of leakages in the lab's facilities.

US President Bill Clinton has proposed a 2.2% increase in the budget allotted for science research and development. The budget, if approved by the Congress, would mean an increase of $15.3 billion in basic research funding.

The Clinton administration's budget request for the 1997 fiscal year reflects a 1.6% increase in the Federal government's support of research and development. Most other programs will experience a decline in the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1996.

Sen. J. Bennet Johnston has been a major backer of energy and science issues in the House. He is respected for his ability to apply political policies to sensitive real-world problems. The physics community admires his drive to learn more about science and technology and their effects on policies.

NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin has been forced to implement inter-agency economization and reorganization programs due to Congress' insistence that NASA funding be limited. However, he has expressed willingness to fight Congress over its apparent insensitivity to his agency.

Office of Science and Technology Policy Dir. John H. Gibbons believes that the Clinton administration is committed to integrating science and technology efforts. Gibbons stated that he administration places great importance to science and technology.

The American Physical Society and the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service have issued disclaimers against Pavel Sudoplatov's allegations that several Western physicists aided the Soviets to build a nuclear bomb. The allegations are contained in a biographical book on Sudoplatov authored by Jerrold L. Schecter and his wife.

Critics argue that Pres. Bill Clinton's fiscal 1995 budget request, although promised to provide more finance for research and technological advances, actually does the opposite. Funds for research grants are minimal, particularly for the Dept. of Energy and the National Science Foundation.

US physicists were extremely disappointed over Congress' cancellation of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) project. Congress rejected the SSC apparently because of the astronomical expenditures involved. It would have cost the US government some $1.6 billion and the state of Texas another $409 million.

The US Congress allocated $640 million for the cancellation of the Superconductor Super Collider (SSC) while significantly increasing research and development budgets. The SSC termination affects the 2000 member workforce which includes around 200 physicists.

Outgoing National Academy of Sciences Pres Frank Press talks on the academy's accomplishments over his 12 years in office. He also gave some insights on scientists' ethics and the government's role in the science community.

The proposal of the Clinton administration to allot $16.3 billion for R&D budget was axed in the Senate. Other issues such as health care, education, environmental conservation and the economy, were prioritized over research in the basic sciences.

US Pres Bill Clinton's economic plan puts emphasis on research and development to help boost the country's ailing economy. The plan calls for the transfer of funding from defense spending to nondefense research and is is indicative of government's adotion of an industrial policy.

President-elect Bill Clinton's political agenda is to transfer funds from defense to civilian research and development. He has appointed running mate Al Gore to be coordinator for science and technology policies. These herald efforts to tie research and development with industry to meet national goals.

The Congress has made cuts in the budget of basic research programs and chose to support major projects by big corporations instead. This is perceived as government's response to the country's need for new capital, new technology and new jobs.

Presidential candidates George Bush and Bill Clinton were interviewed during their campaign. Their stands on the topics of science and technology, arms control, energy and environment and government participation in research and development were evaluated.

George Bush's FY 1993 budget increases allocation for certain R&D programs, particularly that for the Strategic Defense Initiative. Technical and socio-economic pay-offs are expected to arise from the increase. Criticisms and highlights of the FY 1993 budget for each agency are presented.

Panelists discussed problems that the US physics community has to tackle. Physics in the US is more dynamic than before, yet physicists are devoting more of their time to searching for funds than doing the actual research.

The DOE's budget for FY 1993 may contain cuts in some physics programs. DOE Office of Energy Research Dir William Happer is receiving a great deal of criticism, despite his claims of wishing to maintain the DOE's research program.

The federal agencies responsible for setting and implementing the nation's science policy have experienced wholesale changes in high-level personnel in 1991. Executive changes at the OSTP and the Departments of Energy and Defense are detailed.

President Bush's White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) director D. Allan Bromley gives his views on administering the government's budget for basic research amid difficult budgetary times.

Issues concerning the priorities which have been set for astrophysics and astronomy in the 21st century are presented. The need for more telescopes and astronomers is discussed.

Russia's ratification of the START II strategic arms control treaty is considered, and the US's vote to deploy a limited National Missile Defense is examined.

President Clinton's proposals to increase R&D funding for fiscal 2001 by $2.8 billion are reported.

Richard A Meserve was nominated as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other new appointments at NRC and the State Department are listed.

Martha Krebs is stepping down as the longest-serving director of scientific research at the Department of Energy.

Rep George E. Brown Jr died on Jul 15, 1999. Brown was the senior Democrat on the House Science Committee and a champion of basic research and science education. His life and political career are profiled.

US Ambassador to the UN Richardson has dropped his proposal for increased security at the Dept of Energy. Richardson has earlier offered his plans over reports of serious security flaws in the department's foreign visitors program.

David E. Moncton has been appointed as head of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His appointment comes at a time when the fiasco over the Superconducting Super Collider has yet to be fully forgotten. The SNS is designed to generate pulsed neutron beams of unprecedented brightness and is 10 times more powerful than the UK's ISIS.

The US government allocated some $5.48 trillion for developing nuclear weapons and carrying out security measures during the Cold War, as revealed by a 680-page report issued by the Brookings Institution. The study strongly disproved reports that nuclear projects are seriously underfunded.

Japan's large deficit in intellectual property in the form of patent licenses, required for the development of new technologies is discussed.

Weapons builders, since the signing of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, have turned to thermonuclear explosions by inertial fusion in a facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for nuclear weapons testing. The facility also plans to acquire an IBM supercomputer in 1998 for simulations.

President Clinton's $1.69 trillion proposed budget outlay for 1998 allocates $75.5 bil to R&D, reflecting a 2% increase from 1997's expected R&D expenditures. The proposed R&D budget, however, will continue to devote a larger portion to defense R&D (54%) than civilian R&D (46%).

Congress has approved a 1997 budget which is greater than that predicted. Science and technology research and development appropriations reached $74 billion representing a 4.1% increase compared to the $71 billion for 1996.

The dwindling government funds for science and technology research has prompted National Science Foundation director Neal Lane, Dept. of Energy deputy secretary Charles B. Curtis and Pres. Clinton's science adviser John H. Gibbons to urge scientists to pressure Congress for more funds.

A committee convened by the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering and the Institute of Medicine has recommended in its 97-page report 'Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology' that a new funding framework be established to reduce the damage of shrinking science budgets.

Congressional bickering on the FY 1996 budget and how to balance the budget in seven years has greatly affected the scientific community. The budget debates have stalled talks on the Large Hadron Collider and National Science Foundation supercomputer centers.

The survey conducted by the National Research Council on the quality of graduate education in US colleges has resulted in a comprehensive although controversial mass of information compiled in a 740-paged book. Ratings and their underlying criteria have expectedly been criticized by adversely affected schools as subjective.