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Dear Colleagues, The President's FY 2009 budget proposal has been announced. The full set of budget documents can be found at or linked from: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/ Details for the Department of Energy can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/appendix/doe.pdf The bottom line (in millions of dollars) for HEP is: 2007 actual 2008 est. 2009 est. 733 688 805 Secretary Bodman will host a press briefing Monday February 4 at 1:15PM EST to present the request for the Department of Energy. See the following for details: http://www.energy.gov/news/5917.htm This is just the beginning of a long process made even more unpredictable by this being an election year. Norman Graf