Dear Colleagues, Additional information on the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060131-5.html A press briefing by administration officials (including Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and OSTP Director Dr. John Marburger) on the ACI was held yesterday. A transcript can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/02/20060201.html It is perhaps worthwhile noting that "Particle physics ... [is] important, but not necessarily a focus of the Initiative." (Dr. Marburger) Norman Graf