The House and Senate passed the Omnibus bill on Wednesday.
It now has one more stop: the president for his review and signature.
Based on these projected numbers, the overall funding for the Laboratory appears to be approximately $100 million less than FY07.
“This is the range we were expecting,” Director George Miller said.
“While there are differences based on congressional priorities, this provides the clarity for us to move forward to meet our major program commitments and continue our workforce restructuring as planned.”
The one area with a major change in direction is that all funding for RRW was eliminated. Congress did add a new activity, an Advanced Certification Campaign, to address some of the issues raised by the JASONs in their review of RRW.
Miller also noted that Congress increased the funding for nuclear non-proliferation activities, which could provide an opportunity for growth.
“Once the funding bill is signed into law and NNSA provides specific site allocation, I will make a determination regarding a voluntary separation pack-age for our career workforce and FY08 raises,” Miller said.
“I expect to be able to do this after the first of the year. I want to thank all Lab employees for their patience during this lengthy continuing resolution and budget approval process.”
2 comments:
so if we have been funded under a continuing resolution which kept funding at the previous years level and we have a budget that is 100 million less than last year then it would seem things are even worse than they appear. Since we have been spending at last years level since October that means we owe 20+ million to cover those unfunded costs.
Basically we have had a free ride since October.Can anyone tell me if this is correct?
December 22, 2007 7:22 AM
I'm not sure this $100M includes the $80M less because RRW was scrapped. Don't worry. The solution is simple. No money = RIF more people, however we must protect ULM. They're a valuable asset to the success of LLNL. Now there's a pile for you.
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