Congress Slashes Budget of White House Science Office

submitted by Luis Kun

by Jeffrey Mervis - sciencemag.org/scienceinsider - November 15, 2011

First words, then deeds. Frustrated that White House officials have ignored congressional language curtailing scientific collaborations with China, legislators have decided to get their attention through a 32% cut in the tiny budget of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Science lobbyists say that's a bad idea.

A 2012 spending bill expected to be approved later this week slashes OSTP's current $6.6 million budget to $4.5 million.

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