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OMB seeks R&D on supercomputing, cybersecurity

Aliya Sternstein writes in FCW.com:

The Bush administration’s memo on fiscal 2007 federal research and development priorities tags high-end computing and cybersecurity R&D but hints at continued penny-pinching, policy analysts said this week.

"Agencies may propose new, high-priority activities, but these requests should identify potential offsets by elimination or reductions in less effective or lower priority programs or programs where federal involvement is no longer needed or appropriate," officials from the administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Office of Management and Budget jointly state in the July 8 memo.

"It's disappointing to see that the memo implies another year of flat budgets, or worse, for R&D," said Peter Harsha, director of government affairs at the Computing Research Association.

The guidance this year – and last year -- states that supercomputing should receive special attention in agency budget requests.

posted by Fergie @ 7/14/2005 01:04:00 PM