http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958089.html?tag=politech Nanotech funding bill in the wings By Declan McCullagh September 16, 2002, 11:15 AM PT Sen. Ron Wyden has big plans for small technology. On Tuesday, the Oregon Democrat is planning to introduce a bill and convene a hearing to spur the development of nanotechnology by spending more government money on early-stage research. A summary of the bill seen by CNET News.com says it will establish a "National Nanotechnology Research Program" to coordinate federal efforts in the area and balance research objectives with ethical and societal concerns. It will spend about $446 million, with a portion of that to come from existing money located elsewhere in the federal budget. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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