This might sound like an odd question, but I was wondering about this for various reasons. I do know that a few years ago there was a law passed that specifically prevented federal grant money from being used for SETI-related work, even indirectly, because it was regarded as a worthless project. However, recently I've heard rumor that this specifically has been repealed so some SETI work is now permitted- for example, there is a NASA researcher who got a grant recently to use the Allen telescope to develop routines to detect technological signatures and the like.
So does anybody know what exactly is the situation with this, or how I could find out? Thanks very much!
