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  Federal Research and Development Funding: FY2008: 

  http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34048

  Summary: The Bush Administration has requested $142.7 billion in federal research and development (R&D) funding for FY2008.As in the recent past, the FY2008 proposed increase over the FY2007 funding level ... is due to significant funding increases in the Department of Defense (DOD); the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) space vehicles development program; and the continuation of the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI). The President initiated the ACI in FY2007 and continues to promote it in his FY2008 R&D budget. While the ACI is likely to be well received by lawmakers, other administration proposals for agency R&D funding are likely to encounter strong opposition in Congress. For example, the administration's proposed budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is $28.5 billion, a decrease of $529 million (1.8%) below the estimated 2007 funding level. This proposed level represents the fifth year in a row the administration has proposed cutting NIH's   [More...] [Less...]

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  Space Exploration 

  http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space_ex/index.html

  Welcome to the Space Exploration Web Site. This site is a concise yet comprehensive overview of the immense and expanding field of space exploration. Providing a combination of historical and functional ... information, this survey should unravel any mysteries that may impede your understanding of space exploration. With this site, you should be able to find answers to a large array of questions, such as: who was the first man in space? What is the most powerful rocket? What makes a rocket scientist? What was the purpose of the Galileo program? Are we alone in the universe? Feel free to surf this site for your interests, and I am sure if you do not have any now, you will find some. Now enjoy!   [More...] [Less...]

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  Asia’s Rising Science and Technology Strength [pdf]

  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf07319/pdf/nsf07319.pdf

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  US Records Yet Another Trade Deficit in Technology Product Markets [pdf]

  http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf07329/nsf07329.pdf

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  Power Engineering - Texas to sell offshore wind leases 

  http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/305980/6/ARTCL/none/none/Texas-to-sell-offshore-wind-leases/

  Texas to sell offshore wind leases Texas, the top producer of wind power among U.S. states, will hold the nation's first competitive sale of leases for offshore wind-power facilities. The state is seeking ... bids for four offshore tracts with a combined 73,098 acres, the Texas General Land Office said. Texas overtook California as the top wind-power producing state last year, with wind turbines capable of generating 2,768 MW installed as of the end of 2006, according to the American Wind Energy Association.   [More...] [Less...]

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  Outbound Email and Content Security in Today’s Enterprise, 2007 [pdf]

  http://www.proofpoint.com/downloads/Proofpoint-Outbound-Email-and-Content-Security-2007.pdf

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  Freedom and Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure Security [pdf]

  http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/2007/RAND_TR360.pdf

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  FY 2009 Administration Research and Development Budget Priorities [pdf]

  http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/memoranda/fy2007/m07-22.pdf

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