Patricia Dehmer

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U.S. Department of EnergyOffice of Science
Update from DOEs Office of Science
Board on Physics and Astronomy

• Patricia Dehmer
• Deputy for Science Programs
• Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
• 25 April 2008

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Questions from BPA

• General
• How has the volatility in the appropriations
  process, combined with uncertainty in future
  budget planning, affected the programs? Irritant
  or serious impediment?
• Should the Administration package initiatives
  (ACI, etc.) or support broad-based initiatives
  that address all of the physical sciences?
• What are the most significant issues over the
  next year?
• Where can the Academy add value?
• SC Specific
• Staffing
• Effect of global warming concerns on DOE budget?
• Future of the 20-Year Facilities Roadmap?

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SC Request vs. Appropriation History (As
Appropriated s)
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SC Request vs. Appropriation History (Constant FY
2008 s)
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SC Request vs. Appropriation History (Constant FY
2008 s)
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
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BES
FES
HEP
ASCR
NP
BER
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BES Budgets and Portfolios Where Did New Money
Come From?
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
As Spent Budget Authority (Dollars in Millions)
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
00
01
02
03
04
05
06
Excludes SBIR/STTR Program Direction
Congressional Projects Applied Mathematical
Sciences Advanced Energy Projects
Fiscal Year
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Effort-to-MS Ratio for the Advanced Photon
Source, ANL
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Jeff Kupfer, Acting Deputy Secretary