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Dear Colleagues,
  The Final Report of the Secretary of Energy 
Advisory Board's Task Force on the Future of 
Science Programs at the Department of Energy
is available online at:

http://www.seab.energy.gov/publications/FSPFinalDraft.pdf

>From the summary:

" The Department of Energy must lead our nation effectively 
through its stewardship and development of critical areas 
of scientific research and advanced technology by:

* Appointing an Under Secretary for Science;
* Developing and sustaining an increased level of R&D funding;
* Administering its programs using modern management tools 
  and merit-based decisions;
* Establishing critically important and inspirational new 
  scientific programs addressing:

 o Energy production, storage, distribution, or conservation,
 o Advanced computation for basic science, and
 o Frontier, internationally-leading, research facilities 
   for fundamental science;

* Improving its congressional, intergovernmental, and public 
  relations and communications; 
and
* Inspiring, attracting, educating and training the best and 
  brightest as scientists and engineers for careers in 
  DOE-related fields."

Norman Graf