MEDIA ADVISORY February 3, 1997 PA/M 97-3

RELEASE OF PRESIDENTíS FY 1998 BUDGET REQUEST

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will release the Presidentís Budget Request for Fiscal Year 1998 on the morning of February 6.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy will hold a media briefing shortly afterward to discuss its implications for science and technology.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will host its own media briefing at NSF Headquarters in Arlington, VA, beginning at 2:30 p.m. to discuss how the Presidentís budget plan impacts NSF and to set the stage for NSF priorities in the coming year.

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Who: NSF Director Neal Lane

What: Media Briefing on NSFís FY 1998 Budget Request

When: 2:30 p.m. Thursday, February 6, 1997

Where: National Science Foundation - Rm. 1235

4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington (Ballston Metro Stop)

(Check in at second-floor security desk) *********************************************************************

For more information contact: Mary Hanson/[email protected] Bill Noxon/[email protected] Tel. (703) 306-1070

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