Dear Colleagues, The DOE has released a preliminary version of the breakdown by National Lab of its FY2009 Congressional Budget Request. Here are some examples (Dollars in thousands): Page Laboratory / Facility Index FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 Appropriation Appropriation Request 4 Argonne National Lab(East) $ 389,927 $ 380,996 $ 418,095 12 Brookhaven National Laboratory $ 445,845 $ 462,955 $ 520,861 22 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory $ 347,734 $ 321,397 $ 379,097 42 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory $ 431,697 $ 453,070 $ 483,829 45 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory $1,288,982 $1,163,027 $1,100,799 50 Los Alamos National Laboratory $1,800,324 $1,852,802 $1,838,300 76 Oak Ridge National Laboratory $ 932,505 $ 888,159 $1,066,091 86 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory $ 361,151 $ 405,510 $ 409,444 104 Sandia National Laboratories $1,496,659 $1,403,546 $1,428,868 113 Savannah River Site $1,441,092 $1,379,217 $1,479,309 120 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center $ 359,574 $ 291,121 $ 318,897 Note: View this table in plain-text email to see correct formatting. Full details are available at: http://www.cfo.doe.gov/budget/09budget/Content/Labandstate/FY2009lab.pdf Please note the caveat listed on the title page, viz. " The numbers depicted in this document represent the gross level of DOE budget authority for the years displayed. The figures include both the discretionary and mandatory funding in the budget. They do not consider revenues/receipts, use of prior year balances, deferrals, rescissions, or other adjustments appropriated as offsets to the DOE appropriations by the Congress. " Sincerely, Norman Graf