The Senate's approval will not be long in coming. Because it is an election year, the GOP budgets from the House and Senate were slightly less aggressive in terms of program cuts and tax breaks. Nevertheless, the same issues that stymied the budget process last year threaten the FY97 process as well. The appropriations process will begin in earnest once the Senate has approved the GOP budget for FY '97. The proposed budget outlays for various government functions are listed below.
Numbers are in billions of dollars.
Dr. Jones has been serving as Deputy Associate Director since July 1995. Her previous work has focused on the role of science and technology in international development. We urge everybody to take a look. The objective of the workshop was to make recommendations on how UMET can develop a marine component of their environmental sciences undergraduate program. Representatives from several CORE institutions, Federal agencies, and other institutions participated.