Abstract
As research and development projects go, the Advanced Technology I Program (ATP) is of modest size and means. But it has become a sort of indicator of the opposite directions that the Clinton Administration and Republican members of Congress want to take research in the U.S. From the time its budget was proposed in February, it was apparent ATP would be the focus of a feud. The program is administered by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST). Its fiscal 1997 budget is $225 million, and the Administration has requested an increase of $50.6 million for next year, a 22% increase at a time when other R&D programs are being held to 3% increases or less. On top of this, the Administration indicates that future growth of ATP should put it at about $500 million annually at the end of five years. In view of the problems this program has had with ...
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