Dear Colleagues,
Argonne National Laboratory Director Eric Isaacs and
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Director Pier Oddone
have published an opinion piece in the Chicago Tribune
outlining the effects of the funding cuts proposed in
the continuing budget legislation (H.R. 1).
" This budget effectively reduces both labs' current
budgets by 40 percent, with a loss of $83 million at
Fermilab and $110 million at Argonne. We estimate the
cuts would require the furlough of 1,900 employees, and
layoffs for more than 1,000 others, including more than
100 postdoctoral researchers. Such cutbacks would be
unprecedented. "
The full commentary can be found online at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0225-science-20110225,0,3100822.story
Sincerely,
Norman Graf
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