jump to navigation  8 Policy Issues that Every Physicist Should
Follow October 5, 2012  Posted by admin in : Astronomy and
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trackback Bookmark and Share  #1. Federal Science Budget and
Sequestration The issue of funding for science is always with
us.  With few exceptions everyone seems to agree that investment
in science, technology and innovation is fundamentally necessary
for America’s national and economic security.  Successive
Administrations and Congresses have rhetorically praised
science, and have declared that federal science agencies,
particular NSF, DOE Office of Science and NIH sho