November 6, 1998

Congress Declines to Block NSF From Using Internet Fund

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

The National Science Foundation appears to have been spared a last-minute Congressional move that would have kept it from spending $60-million on network grants to universities.

But even before Capitol Hill staff members had finished sorting through provisions in Congress's vast end-of-term budget bill, a group whose lawsuit had tied the money up for months filed an appeal that seems certain to keep much of the amount out of

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