Monthly Archives: November 2011

FY 2012 Budgets: Good News….And Not so Good News

Despite dire economic news and predictions for decreased federal budgets, we were pleased to learn that cuts to NIST and NSF in the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year 2012 appropriations bills were reversed in conference.  We appreciate the efforts of our membership in helping to reinforce the importance of federal science funding […]

APS Members weigh in on science and the supercommittee

As the congressional supercommittee strives to reach its goal of slashing at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit, it should maintain robust federal support of scientific research, which has given our nation amazing technologies. The laser, MRI, iPad and the Internet are just a few examples of the many innovations that began years ago […]

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