For the information of all, apoligy to BNL people whoe have gotten this via lab mail, enclosed is the message from the Lab director on the budget for FY06. Flemming -------------------------------------------- Flemming Videbaek Physics Department Bldg 510-D Brrokhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY11973 Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:26 PM Subject: Budget News from Praveen Chaudhari > NOTE: The following message is being sent to all employees from Laboratory > Director Praveen Chaudhari. Please share this message with others in your > area who do not have access to e-mail. > > * * * > Budget News from Praveen Chaudhari > > Yesterday we received some very unfortunate news that I must share with > all of you. The 2006 Federal budget looks bleak for Brookhaven. We worked > very hard this year and were successful in having Laboratory funding > restored to both the House and Senate appropriations bills. In the > conference negotiations that were completed yesterday, however, that money > was reallocated to "member items" -- money earmarked for the needs of > individual House and Senate members. This was totally unexpected. In a > typical federal budget process, when a program has funding in both bills, > it is almost a certainty that the money will survive the conference. > > While the conference bill must still go before the full Congress for an up > or down vote, that vote is expected as early as today. One possibility is > that Congress will give DOE the authorization to reprogram funds within > DOE, which could help the Laboratory. > > Based on the information we have at this time, we are facing a significant > budget shortfall for FY06, potentially exceeding $20 million. The impact > on the Laboratory will be immediate: > > - We are again facing significant layoffs, comparable to what we saw in > FY05. > > - The 2006 RHIC run, originally scheduled to begin in December, will be > delayed until late in FY06. This will allow us to plan a combined run > based on the proposed FY07 budget. > > I will continue to share information with you as we move forward. > > - Praveen Chaudhari > Laboratory Director > > -- > Brookhaven National Laboratory www.bnl.gov > Media & Communications Office (631) 344-5056 > _______________________________________________ > Broadcast-l mailing list > Broadcast-l@lists.bnl.gov > http://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/broadcast-l > _______________________________________________ Brahms-l mailing list Brahms-l@lists.bnl.gov http://lists.bnl.gov/mailman/listinfo/brahms-lReceived on Wed Nov 9 12:32:43 2005
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