Fiscal Year 2004 Federal Funding Picture Coming into Focus

Once again, the annual ritual known as the Federal appropriations process is winding down. Congress is working feverishly to complete work on 13 appropriations bills that will set Federal spending levels for fiscal year (FY) 2004, which began on October 1. Nine of these bills contain funding for science and technology (S&T) programs.
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Powering the Future

It sounds like a utopian future in a science fiction novel: cars, trucks, homes and businesses powered by devices that are highly energy efficient, emit no pollutants or greenhouse gases, and reduce our reliance on foreign oil.
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”Small‘‘ Science is Big in Washington

Nanotechnology—the ability to work at the molecular level, atom by atom, to create structures with fundamentally new properties and functions — continues to enjoy strong support in the White House, and bipartisan support in Congress, where a number of champions have emerged.
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