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Dear Colleagues, The President's FY 2008 budget proposal was announced Feb. 5. You can find Secretary Bodman's review of the Department of Energy's Request at: http://www.energy.gov/news/4706.htm Here is the synopsis for the office of Science: " Office of Science ($4.4 billion) DOE's Office of Science is the single largest federal supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the nation and its $4.4 billion request will help ensure U.S. leadership across a broad range of scientific disciplines. DOE's Office of Science budget also incorporates $428 million in funding for basic research in nuclear fusion, including the international fusion energy experimental reactor agreement, known as ITER; $340 million for the Advanced Scientific Computing Research to sustain DOE's position as world leader in civilian computing power; $158 million for operations of the Tevatron at Fermilab for collider and neutrino physics programs; and $146.5 million for operations of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider to provide an idea of conditions of the very early universe. DOE's FY 2008 request includes $75 million for three innovative Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research in the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels and make biofuel production cost-effective on a national scale to meet the President's goals. " The full set of budget documents can be found at or linked from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/ Details for the Department of Energy can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/appendix/doe.pdf The bottom line (in millions of dollars) for HEP is: 2006 actual 2007 est. 2008 est. 701 733 782 As for the ILC: " The HEP request also develops the most compelling new scientific opportunities for the U.S. HEP program in the next decade, including $60 million of R&D for a potential international linear collider, enabling a U.S. leadership role in a comprehensive, coordinated international R&D program. While the future trajectory of the HEP program has a strong emphasis on linear collider R&D, it will also provide a diverse array of other world-leading efforts, including the understanding of dark energy, strong U.S. participation in Large Hadron Collider physics, and forefront neutrino experiments and facilities. Accelerator technology R&D will be increasingly focused on superconducting radio frequency structures in view of their potentially wide applicability to many scientific disciplines. " As you all know, this is just the start of a long process (the Senate is expected to take up the remaining FY 07 bills this week). Norman Graf