The Administration released its FY 2001 budget request on February 7, 2000. It features significant funding increases for a host of initiatives in R&D, including Information Technology R&D, a new interagency crosscut that combines the High Performance Computing and Communications program, the Next Generation Internet initiative, and the Information Technology for the 21st Century initiative. Support for IT R&D would grow by 35 percent under the FY 2001 spending plan. Please see the CRA report on Analysis of R&D in the FY 2001 Budget Request for summaries of budget items of most relevance to computing research.
Appropriations
- Dr. Neal Lane Releases Mid-Summer Status Report on R&D Appropriations, OSTP, August 3, 2000
- Republicans Slash Investments in Science and Technology: Put the "New Economy" at Risk, White House press release, June 15, 2000
- CRA Report on Status of FY 2001 DARPA Appropriations, June 13, 2000
- House Appropriations Subcommittee Marks Up FY01 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, House Appropriations Committee press release, June 12, 2000
- CRA Report on Status of FY 2001 NSF Appropriations, June 9, 2000
- House Appropriations Committee Approves FY01 VA-HUD Spending Bill, House Appropriations Committee press release, May 23, 2000
- Status of FY 2001 Appropriations bills
Budget Request Documents
- FY 2001 Budget Request, links to Administration documents
- FY 2001 R&D Budget Package, links to Office of Science and Technology Policy materials
- Information Technology R&D Fact Sheet (.pdf)
- National Science Foundation
- NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering
- Department of Defense RDT&E (.pdf)
- Department of Energy
- NASA (.pdf)
- National Institutes of Health
- Department of Commerce (.pdf)
Speeches & News Releases
- Testimony by NSF Director Rita Colwell Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, May 4, 2000
- Testimony by NSF Director Rita Colwell Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies, April 4, 2000
- Letter from White House Chief of Staff John Podesta on the Congressional Budget Resolution, March 14, 2000
- Remarks by the President at Release of Fiscal Year 2001 Budget, White House press release, February 7, 2000
- The Clinton-Gore Administration FY 2001 Budget: Maintaining Fiscal Discipline While Making Key Investments, White House press release, February 7, 2000
- Remarks by OSTP Director Neal Lane on the FY 2001 R&D Budget (.pdf), February 7, 2000
- Remarks by the President at Science and Technology Event, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, January 21, 2000
- Information Technology Research and Development: Information Technology for the 21st Century, White House press release, January 21, 2000
- President Clinton Announces Nearly a $3 Billion Increase in Twenty-First Century Research Fund, White House press release, January 21, 2000
- Clinton-Gore Administration Proposes Record Increase for the National Science Foundation, White House press release, January 21, 2000
- Press Briefing by OSTP Director Neal Lane and NSF Director Rita Colwell, White House press release, January 21, 2000
Congressional Response to the Budget Request
- Science Committee Majority Releases Views & Estimates of Science Budget, House Science Committee press release, March 9, 2000
- Chairman Young Responds to President's FY 2001 Budget, House Appropriations Committee press release, February 7, 2000
- Senate Budget Committee Analysis of the FY 2001 Budget Request
- House Budget Committee website on the FY 2001 Budget
- Sensenbrenner Urges President to Make Science Programs a Priority in Administration's Budget, House Science Committee press release, January 21, 1999
Independent Analyses of the Budget Request
- Computing Research in the FY 2001 Budget Request
- CRA Analysis of R&D in the FY 2001 Budget Request
- AAAS Analysis of R&D in the FY 2001 Budget
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