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AAAS Resolution:
Government Shutdown and Its Impact on Research and Education
Whereas the strength of U.S. science and engineering contributes greatly to the nation's well-being and its international leadership; and
Whereas appropriations-related closures in the operation of federal agencies that support and conduct scientific and engineering research caused significant disruptions in programs for science and engineering research and education, including seasonal, longitudinal and time-dependent studies;
Whereas such interruptions not only caused delays but risked permanent damage to the value to society of these research studies and loss of the taxpayers' investment in producing such knowledge;
Therefore be it resolved that the American Association for the Advancement of Science deplores the interruption of normal government functions in support of science and engineering research and education and calls upon Congress to adjure any further use of tactics that interrupt them; and
Further be it resolved, that the Association calls upon the Congress and the President to complete promptly appropriations legislation that funds scientific and engineering research and education programs on their merits and without extraneous conditions. [Approved by the AAAS Council, February 11, 1996.]
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