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The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science

Policy News

Number 28: March 9, 2004



DOE Office of Science Issues Strategic Plan



The Department of Energy's Office of Science has

released a Strategic Plan for the next twenty years.

Complementing the twenty year facilities plan issued

last November (see

http://www.aip.org/enews/fyi/2003/150.html) the two

reports chart the course that the Office of Science

intends to pursue in the next two decades.



The Strategic Plan was the result of many interactions

with the Office of Science's Advisory Committees,

senior officials of national laboratories and the

university community, and other interested

individuals, as well as a review of policy documents.

The plan contains numerous illustrations and

layman-oriented descriptions of various programs, and

can be accessed at

http://www.sc.doe.gov/Sub/Mission/Mission_Strategic.htm

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The Strategic Plan accomplishes at least two

objectives.  As was true with the facilities plan, it

sets forth in a straightforward manner the Office of

Science's intentions for the next twenty years.  Both

documents also clarify for the nontechnical reader

what the Office of Science wants to accomplish, and

why that research is important.



Seven overarching goals for the Office of Science

provide the structure for the report.  They are:



1.  Advance the Basic Sciences for Energy Independence

2.  Harness the Power of Our Living World 

3.  Bring the Power of the Stars to Earth 

4.  Explore the Fundamental Interactions of Energy,

Matter, Time and Space

5.  Explore Nuclear Matter - from Quarks to Stars

6.  Deliver Computing for the Frontiers of Science

7.  Provide the Resource Foundations that Enable Great

Science 



For each goal, there is a ten to twelve page section

describing the rationale for the goal, important

questions to be answered, a historical overview of

previous discoveries, research strategies, and key

indicators of success.  Of perhaps greatest interest

for researchers are two-page Strategic Timetables

setting forth how the Office of Science would proceed

through the year 2025.  This timetable has two

categories: The Science and Future Facilities.



In reviewing these Strategic Timetables, it is

important to bear in mind the important footnote at

the bottom of the page: "These strategic milestones

are illustrative and depend on funds made available

through the Federal budget process." 



The Strategic Plan and the Facilities Plan will play

important roles in securing those federal funds in

this and future sessions of Congress.  The reports are

being well-received on Capitol Hill, with Senator Pete

Domenici (R-NM) telling Office of Science Director Ray

Orbach at a hearing last week that the Facilities Plan

was "terrific."  Domenici said that he hoped the

report would receive wide exposure, which is the next

order of business for the Office of Science, and as

importantly, the scientific community that relies on

the programs and facilities of the Office of Science.



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Richard M. Jones

Media and Government Relations Division

The American Institute of Physics

fyi@aip.org    http://www.aip.org/gov

(301) 209-3094

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