Dear Colleagues, Dr. Orbach, Director of the Office of Science at the DOE and Under Secretary for Science, recently spoke at the BESAC (Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee) meeting held September 20-21. You can find his talk at: http://www.science.doe.gov/bes/besac/Orbach.ppt The AIP has provided a summary of the presentation at: http://www.aip.org/fyi/2007/097.html Dr. Orbach was also recently interviewd on the "Business of Government" radio show. You can read the transcript or listen to the audio recording at: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/main/interviews/profile/index.asp?PID=300 Norman Graf