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Dear Colleagues, The US High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP) met October 22-23, 2009 in Washington DC. The slides of the presentations are available online at: http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/agendas/HEPAPAgendaOct2009.shtml Dennis Kovar, Associate Director of the Office of Science for High Energy Physics commented on the ILC: " Next generation TeV Facility An international “ILC decision” awaits results from LHC and commitments of interested participants This had been envisioned to happen ~ FY 2012, but most now believe it will happen later OHEP plans to support ILC R&D thru FY 2012 and has asked U.S. ILC Team to articulate the options and needed funding for beyond FY 2012. " http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/files/pdfs/HEPAP_2009_10_Kovar_OHEP.pdf#page=13 The American Institute of Physics has an FYI summary of this meeting posted at: http://www.aip.org/fyi/2009/126.html " International Linear Collider: Responding to a question from a HEPAP member about the proposed International Linear Collider, now estimated to cost $20-$25 billion, Brinkman said “In my opinion, the price pushes it way out . . . onto the back burner.” Kovar said the decision that was to have been made in FY 2012 about the ILC will now be made later. " Sincerely, Norman Graf