The National Science Foundation (NSF) will host a public briefing at NSF Headquarters in Arlington, Va., beginning at 2:00 p.m. on February 1, 1999. The purpose is to discuss the President's budget proposal for the agency in fiscal 2000. The briefing will set the stage for new NSF priorities supporting the Administration's new information technology (IT2) and biocomplexity in the environment (BE) initiatives.

Media representatives are welcome to attend the briefing and to ask questions on all aspects of NSF's budget request for fiscal year 2000.

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Who: NSF Director Rita Colwell

What: Briefing on NSF's FY 2000 Budget Request

When: 2:00 p.m. Monday, February 1, 1999

Where: National Science Foundation - Rm. 1235
4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.
(Ballston Metro Stop)
(Check in at second-floor security desk required)
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RSVP REQUIRED.

For more information contact:
Shirley Day
703-306-1070 [email protected]

Media contact:
Bill Noxon
703-306-1070 [email protected]