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8 NOW@SCIENCE之二：永不休止的预算消减

Science的news of week本周第二条，原文链接：http://www.sciencemag.org/content/339/6124/1130.1.full.pdf

Washington, D.C. 2
ABudget Race Without A Finish Line
永不休止的预算消减

The sequester has begun. But when and where will it end?
财政消减已经开始，但是什么时候截止以及最后消减到什么程度都还是未知数。

U.S. government agencies are still trying to figure out how to apply the $85 billion in mandatory budget cuts that went into effect on 1 March. And Congress could soften the blow later this month when it takes up emergency legislation to extend a temporary spending measure for the remaining 7 months of the current fiscal year.

美国政府机构正在尝试如何实现3月1号已经生效的850亿美元强制性预算消减。为了减弱这一事件的影响，国会可能会在本月末通过紧急立法把一个临时性开支法案延长到今年财政预算年剩余的7个月时间。

The sequester, part of a 10-year, $1.2 trillion deficit reduction package agreed to in August 2011, wasn’t supposed to happen because its across-the-board mechanism was thought to be too onerous. But now that never is here, domestic science agencies are calculating how to save 5% through some combination of reducing the number of new grants, shrinking existing grants, lowering administrative costs, and downsizing ongoing programs. See some scientists’ reactions to the “sciquester” on page 1133, and stay tuned.

为期10年总值12亿美元的赤字缩减计划于2011年8月份就获得通过。因为涵盖范围太广，实施起来极其繁琐，所以作为赤字缩减计划一部分的财政消减本来不应该启动。然而，既然事已至此，本国的科研院所正在计算如何通过把减少新审批基金数量，减少目前基金拨款数额，降低行政开支，以及给在研项目“瘦身”等措施结合起来，能够省出5%的经费。想要了解科学家们对“科研经费消减”的反应，请参阅1113页。

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