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GAO-12-410R 1 (2012-02-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacftt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO Accounftability * Integrity - Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 February 24, 2012 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Ranking Member Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Committee on Appropriations United States Senate Subject: The Department of Energy's Office of Science Uses a Multilayered Process for Prioritizing Research Dear Senator Alexander: Scientific and technological innovation is critical to the long-term economic competitiveness and prosperity of the United States. In 2006, the President introduced the American Competitiveness Initiative to address the nation's position as a global leader in scientific discovery and innovation. Shortly thereafter, Congress passed the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, Education, and Science Act (America COMPETES Act) of 2007 with the overall goal of increasing federal investment in scientific research.1 Congress reauthorized this legislation on January 4, 2011.2 With a budget of nearly $5 billion in fiscal year 2011, the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science (Science) has historically been the nation's single largest funding source for basic research in the physical sciences, energy sciences, advanced scientific computing, and other fields.3 Science and its predecessor agency, the Office of Energy Research, have long served the nation in the quest for scientific knowledge and innovation. From the construction of particle accelerators-long tunnels where subatomic particles collide with targets at nearly the speed of light-to the design and launch of a satellite telescope that reveals stellar explosions in the deepest parts of space, projects overseen by Science have broadened our understanding of the cosmos and of the fundamental components of life on Earth. In his fiscal year 2007 budget proposal, the President requested an increase in Science's annual appropriation, which was part of an effort to double Science's funding in 10 years under the goals of the American Competitiveness Initiative and the America COMPETES 1Pub. L. No. 110-69, 121 Stat. 572 (Aug. 9, 2007). 2pub. L. No. 111-358, 124 Stat. 3982 (Jan. 4, 2011). 3Pub. L. No. 112-10, div. B, title IV, § 1445, 123 Stat. 38, 129 (Apr. 15, 2011) (Notwithstanding section 1101, the level for 'Department of Energy, Energy Programs, Science' shall be $4,884,000,000.). GAO-1 2-41 OR DOE Science Priorities

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