Federal spending is divided into three broad categories: discretionary spending, mandatory spending, and net interest. Federal spending has outrun federal revenues for the last 10 fiscal years. In the long term, projections suggest that if current policies remain unchanged, the United States faces a major fiscal imbalance, largely due to rising health care costs and impending Baby Boomer retirements. Because discretionary spending is a smaller proportion of total federal outlays compared to mandatory spending, some budget experts contend that any significant reductions in federal spending must include cuts in entitlement spending. Other budget and social policy experts contend that cuts in entitlement spending could compromise their goals: the economic security of the elderly and the poor.

Significant advances were made on all objectives of the research program. We have developed fast multiresolution methods for performing electronic structure calculations with emphasis on constructing efficient representations of functions and operators. We extended our approach to problems of scattering in solids, i.e. constructing fast algorithms for computing above the Fermi energy level. Part of the work was done in collaboration with Robert Harrison and George Fann at ORNL. Specific results (in part supported by this grant) are listed here and are described in greater detail. (1) We have implemented a fast algorithm to apply the Green's function for the free space (oscillatory) Helmholtz kernel. The algorithm maintains its speed and accuracy when the kernel is applied to functions with singularities. (2) We have developed a fast algorithm for applying periodic and quasi-periodic, oscillatory Green's functions and those with boundary conditions on simple domains. Importantly, the algorithm maintains its speed and accuracy when applied to functions with singularities. (3) We have developed a fast algorithm for obtaining and applying multiresolution representations of periodic and quasi-periodic Green's functions and Green's functions with boundary conditions on simple domains. (4) We have implemented modifications to improve the speed of adaptive multiresolution algorithms for …

The FY 2013 budget debate will take place within the context of growing concerns about the need to address federal budget deficits, the national debt, and a sluggish economic recovery following the longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression. This report contains information on FY 2013 appropriations, FY 2012 appropriations, FY 2011 appropriations, Congressional action, and related topics.

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Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a "Poets 'n Jazz" event, featuring GF Soldiers, sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas.