NEW MEXICO TECH

Budget/Appropriations

Seeking funding in the DHS Appropriations Bill Office of Grants and Training, for National Defense Preparedness Consortium to expand program and increase number of first responders trained; Seek funding through DOD Appropriations Bill, Office of Naval Research, for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory, MRO for the development and construction of optical instrumentation and adaptive optics systems for MRO telescope. FY09 funding will complete this project; Seeking funding through DOD Appropriations Bill, Joint Forces Command, to establish Playas Training and Research Center as a Joint Training Center for Natl. Guard and Army Natl Guard; Seek funding through DOD Appropriations Bill, Department of the Army, for CACTUS Computational Analysis of Cyber-Terrorism; Seek funding through DOD Appropriation Bill, Joint Forces Command, for Mobile Communications, Command and Control (MC3) to complete this project for construction of the second mobile unit; DOD Appropriation Bill funding from DOD, National Security Agency, for Border Security through Complex Systems Analysis. This application includes sensor placement strategies and security posturing; Seeking funding through the DOD Appropriation Bill through the Department of the Army for Modeling and Simulation Validation Experiments for Energetic Materials. This project will provide needed data necessary to determine the validity of these computational techniques; Seeking funding through DOD, Department of the Army for Technical Evaluation and Feasibility Study for the Concept of Accelerator Based Neutron Production. This appropriation will complete funding requirements for this study effort; Seeking funding through the EPA appropriation bill for the Environmental Finance Center Network which is an ongoing program through EPA for local community services focused on drinking water issues; To secure funding for ILEA, International Law Enforcement Academy to administer the program for international law enforcement personnel from foreign countries. This funding is through the Foreign Operations Appropriation Bill; To secure funding for Energy Surety Research Center at Playas as part of the Department of Energy Electric Transmission and distribution and Energy Assurance program. This funding is sought in the Energy and Water Appropriation Bill.