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October 22, 1996
Director's Lecture Features Georgetown's Tannen
Diversity Congress II Convenes
NIDDK Installs New Spectrometer
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
1997 Budget Boosts NIH, Medical Research Overall By Carla Garnett
Backing up an oral commitment to medical
research with federal funding, Congress passed
and the President signed an omnibus
appropriations bill that gave NIH $12.747 billion
to spend in fiscal year 1997. The new budget
represents a 6.9 percent increase over NIH's
1996 budget of $11.9 billion. In addition, the
spending bill was signed by Sept. 30 -- before a
continuing resolution needed to be crafted in order
to keep the government running -- and NIH's
sister agencies in HHS and others involved in
scientific research and health-related pursuits all
fared well in the budget finale.
A Comfy Gathering By Rich McManus
It got right friendly and cozy during this year's
Combined Federal Campaign kickoff, forced
indoors to Wilson Hall by uncharitable weather on
Oct. 2. Lots of people rubbing elbows,
balloon-festooned tables, a jazz band burbling
standards in the corner -- it was enough to make
you wish bad weather would similarly harm next
year's extravaganza. | |||
