[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 28, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23005-23006]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10802]



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Part VII





The President





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Proclamation 7188--National Science and Technology Week, 1999
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                Proclamation 7188 of April 23, 1999

                
National Science And Technology Week, 1999

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The American experience is deeply rooted in the desire 
                to expand our frontiers and increase our knowledge 
                about ourselves and our world. We stand at the end of a 
                century marked by wondrous advances in science and 
                technology--advances that have immeasurably improved 
                the lives of our citizens. As recently as 100 years 
                ago, space travel, genetic engineering, and 
                telecommunications existed only in the realms of 
                imagination and science fiction. Today, the nascent 
                International Space Station, the nearly complete Human 
                Genome Project, and the flourishing Internet attest to 
                the great strides our civilization and our Nation have 
                made. The scope and speed of our discoveries are truly 
                breathtaking, and each day new applications of science 
                and technology enrich our lives in fields as diverse as 
                medicine, communications, engineering, and the arts.

                Recognizing the importance of maintaining America's 
                scientific and technological leadership, my 
                Administration is seeking increased funding in areas 
                like biomedical research and in earth and space 
                sciences. My fiscal year 2000 budget also proposes a 28 
                percent increase in information technology research to 
                finance a new initiative--Information Technology for 
                the Twenty-First Century (IT2). This 
                initiative will support long-term information 
                technology research that will lead to fundamental 
                advances in communications and improvements in 
                computing.

                During National Science and Technology Week, in 
                communities large and small, engineers, scientists, 
                educators, business people, and community leaders will 
                lead observances to help their fellow citizens 
                appreciate the world's scientific and technological 
                wonders. I encourage all Americans--and especially our 
                young people--to participate in the many educational 
                activities taking place across our Nation. The more we 
                understand and appreciate the extraordinary tools that 
                science and technology place at our fingertips, the 
                more we can accomplish in our efforts to create a 
                cleaner environment, healthier families, better 
                schools, and a brighter future. The only limit on our 
                achievements is our imagination.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim April 25 to May 1, 1999, as 
                National Science and Technology Week. I call upon 
                educators and students, the business community, and all 
                the people of the United States to work this week and 
                throughout the year to learn more about the 
                contributions science and technology make to our lives 
                and our future.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-third.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-10802
Filed 4-27-99; 8:45 am]
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