National Science And Technology Week, 1999

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Part VII

The President

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Proclamation 7188--National Science and Technology Week, 1999

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Title 3--
The President

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.

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.