Dear Colleagues, The presentations made at last week's BESAC meeting are avialable on the web at: http://www.sc.doe.gov/production/bes/besac/meetings.html The following two talks may be of more general interest: "Science Policy, Budgets and Politics: What the Future May Hold" by Michael Lubell: http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/besac/BESAC_Lubell_12-06-04.ppt and "Administration Priorities in Physical Science and the Strategic Context for R&D Programs" by Patrick Looney http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/besac/BESAC_Looney_12-06-04.ppt The FESAC meeting scheduled for this week has been cancelled. http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/More_HTML/FESAC_Charges_Reports.html Norman Graf