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Dear Colleagues, As most of you may have heard, the FY 2009 Omnibus spending bill was passed by the Senate and signed by the President. Attention now focuses on the FY 2010 Budget Proposal. Secretary of Energy Chu spoke before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 5. Some excerpts from his presentation touching on the FY 2010 budget proposal: " I also strongly believe that the key to our prosperity in the 21st century lies in our ability to nurture our intellectual capital in science and engineering. ... First, we need to increase funding. ... As part of the President's plan to double federal investment in the basic sciences, the 2010 Budget provides substantially increased support for the Office of Science, building on the $1.6 billion provided in the Recovery Act for the Department of Energy's basic sciences programs. " The full transcript is available at: http://energy.senate.gov/public/_files/ChuTestimony030509.pdf Video of the hearing is available at: http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.LiveStream&Hearing_id=aa73d7c2-b769-9950-6c6d-71c60fd14096 (Please note that the hearing starts 22:28 into the video. You can use the scrub bar at the bottom of the Flash Player to advance.) Secretary Chu also spoke before the Senate Budget Committee. The transcript of that presentation is available at: http://budget.senate.gov/democratic/testimony/2009/3-11-09%20Final%20Testimony%20(Chu).pdf Video is available at: http://www.senate.gov/fplayers/CommPlayer/commFlashPlayer.cfm?fn=budget031109&st=900 President Obama recently announced his intent to nominate Kristina M. Johnson for Under Secretary of Energy. Details can be found at: http://www.energy.gov/news2009/7049.htm Enjoy the weekend, Norman Graf