US budget cuts

摘要

Congressional legislators have managed to pass a portion of the US government 2012 budget, including allocations for NASA, the National Science Foundation and the Food and Drug Administration, among other science-related agencies. The 17 November settlement was not entirely bad for those bracing for deep cuts - with the exception of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, whose budget was slashed by one-third. But all science agencies face greater pain from January 2013, after legislators couldn't agree by 23 November on how to trim the federal deficit by $ 1.2 trillion, a failure that triggers across-the-board budget cuts. See page 455 for details.