Re[2]: Pending legislation
James Beall 27 Jan 1995 14:57 EST
In the Department of Energy, whether or not to start
reducing or limiting FY 95 funding is largely an office or
program level decision. Some programs such as those
involved in environmental management projects anticipate
significant decreases in funding, other program offices may
expect less dramatic limitations. Folks in the scientific,
research management level in DOE have not gotten an
official, agency-wide, directive to limit FY 95 obligations
to only a few months, or a particular reduced time frame, or
by a proscribed percentage - beyond those already
implemented in FY 95. But, there is general and continuing
pressure to reduce spending across the agency and some
offices are anticipating further cuts. I suspect that some
DOEers who manage activities wherein larger funding cuts are
anticipated are trying to minimize the potential of greater
impacts on researchers later in the year, by limiting the
time or amount of current obligations now.
These thoughts are offered with all the appropriate
limitations and disclaimers, etc.
James R. Beall, Ph.D.
U.S. DOE
xxxxxx@OER.DOE.GOV
Ph. 3019034507