Abstract
The 106th Congress has passed into the realm of history, but it left a legacy that the scientific research community will treasure for at least a year—lots of money for federal research funding agencies to spend in fiscal 2001, even though at the last minute Congress ordered an across-the-board 0.22% cut in all federal spending, including research spending. While most federal agencies had their budgets in place by late October—the federal fiscal year starts Oct. 1—others such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), and National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) didn't know how much they would have to spend until late December. In the meantime, 21 so-called continuing resolutions kept those agencies operating at their fiscal 2000 funding levels. The wait was worth it. As the people at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) R&D Budget & Policy Program ...
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