Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts weve made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true. – Charles Vest
For much of this decade, both Congressional and administration budget projections showed a decline in science and technology accounts of between 20 and 30 percent in real dollars. The real impact to date has been far less severe. – Charles Vest