ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 102 December 3, 2003 In This Issue: Clarification of Omnibus Appropriations Conference Agreement Numbers [1] Conference Agreement Library Funding Numbers Clarified Yesterday, December 2, ALAWON published the funding numbers released by the Omnibus Appropriations Conference Agreement. Because many members reported difficulty reading the numbers in our chart, we are re-sending the Appropriations Conference Agreement numbers in text form. We apologize for any difficulty reading our previous ALAWON. All amounts are in thousands of dollars. OFFICE OF LIBRARY SERVICES PROGRAM FUNDS State Grants FY2003: $150,435 FY2004 President's Request: 166,419 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 158,563 Native American Library Services FY2003: $3,055 FY2004 President's Request: 3,225 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 3,225 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP National Leadership Grants for libraries FY2003: $11,009 FY2004 President's Request: 11,650 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 11,330 Recruitment of Librarians for the 21st Century FY2003: $9,935 FY2004 President's Request: 20,000 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 20,000 Subtotal, Office of Library Services Programs FY2003: $174,434 FY2004 President's Request: 201,294 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 193,118 Administration FY2003: $5,663 FY2004 President's Request: 6,300 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 6,300 Total, OLS Programs and Administration FY2003: $180,097 FY2004 President's Request: 207,594 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 199,418 Congressional Earmarks FY2003: $35,156 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 31,588 Total, Museum Funding FY2003: $28,637 FY2004 President's Request: 34,430 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 31,590 Total, IMLS Funding FY2003: $243,889 FY2004 President's Request: 242,024 FY2004 Conference Agreement: 262,596 You may find the budget chart online at: http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ****** ALAWON (ISSN 1069-7799) is a free, irregular publication of the American Library Association Washington Office. All materials subject to copyright by the American Library Association may be reprinted or redistributed for noncommercial purposes with appropriate credits. To subscribe to ALAWON, send the message: subscribe ala-wo [your_firstname] [your_lastname] to listproc@ala.org or go to http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. To unsubscribe to ALAWON, send the message: unsubscribe ala-wo to listproc@ala.org. ALAWON archives at http://www.ala.org/washoff/alawon. ALA Washington Office, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20004-1701; phone: 202.628.8410 or 800.941.8478 toll-free; fax: 202.628.8419; e-mail: alawash@alawash.org; Web site: http://www.ala.org/washoff. Executive Director: Emily Sheketoff. Office of Government Relations: Lynne Bradley, Director; Camille Bowman, Mary Costabile, Don Essex, Patrice McDermott and Miriam Nisbet. Office for Information Technology Policy: Rick Weingarten, Director; Kathy Mitchell, Carrie Russell. ALAWON Editor: Bernadette Murphy.