Public Policy Tag Definition: Relates to Public Policy, agencies, budgets, Congress, etc.
Anita Krishnamurthi, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow, anitak at aas.org
Summary:
AAS members in Northern Virginia are being informed about the potential closure of the David M. Brown Planetarium in Arlington County, VA.
The AAS Position Statement on the importance of planetariums can be viewed at the following link - http://aas.org/governance/resolutions.php#planetariums
Background:
AAS Informational Email 2010-3
Subject: ASTRO2010 CHAIR’S COMMUNITY BULLETIN
Background: The following is being sent to the US members of the AAS as a service to the National Academy of Sciences ASTRO2010 Survey.
-- Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
Colleagues:
This will be a short Bulletin to report to you that Astro2010 has remained on track since my last community bulletin in September. In the intervening period the Survey Committee has held three plenary meetings in October, January, and earlier this month.
This example of a phone conversation assumes an astronomer is calling a Congressperson's office about a letter sponsored by two Congressmen and being sent to the House leadership.
Informational email - The President's Budget Request for FY 2011
Anita Krishnamurthi, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
AAS Informational Email 2010-1
Subject: Jim Ulvestad Named as NSF-AST Director
This announcement from Edward Seidel is being forwarded to all AAS members as a service to the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences.
-- Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. James S. Ulvestad as Division Director for Astronomical Sciences in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, effective March 1, 2010.
Informational Email #2009-19 - Appropriations for NASA, NSF Headed to Conference
Anita Krishnamurthi, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
VIEW ONLINE: http://aas.org/publications/exploder_detail.php?ExploderID=320
SUBJECT: FY2010 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Bill
List of Agencies, Advisors, and Policy Makers involved in funding astronomy.
Informational Email #2009-17
ASTRO2010 CHAIR’S COMMUNITY BULLETIN FOR DISTRIBUTION
17 September 2009
Colleagues:
American Astronomical Society
The Office of Management and Budget has a job opening for a program examiner that will cover NASA, among other duties. The job announcement number is OMB-09-53-SR-DE. From the job listing, the "Major Duties" are:
Informational Email 2009-13
This email is being sent as a service to NSF.
NSF Extends Deadline for Application for Director, Division of Astronomical Sciences
The NSF had informed the AAS that the deadline for applications for director of the Division of Astronomical Sciences has been extended to 30 June 2009. Full information and the position is available through the AAS Job Register and the NSF homepage.
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Informational Email 15 - NASA/NSF Budget
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
blog.aas.org
NASA and NSF released their FY 2010 Budget requests over the last few weeks. While the top line numbers are unchanged, the detailed budget requests have full details at the division and program level. Astronomy sees gains at NSF AST, as part of the overall NSF budget growth, and flat or decreasing numbers at NASA Science.
NASA FY 2010 Budget Request
Decadal Update 7
The following is sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Academy of Sciences Astro2010 Decadal Survey Committee.
Below is the text of the May 22 "Chair's Bulletin" message from Roger Blandford.
Informational Email - Local Congressional Visits Day
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
blog.aas.org
Decadal Update 6
The following is sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Academy of Sciences Astro2010 Decadal Survey Committee.
Below is the text of the April 9 "Chair's Bulletin" message from Roger Blandford.
Previous and Current bulletins are available online as: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Chairs_Bulletin.html
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
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The Astro2010 Web Site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010.html
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Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org
The following is being sent to AAS Members, as a service to the National Science Foundation. Additionally, excerpts from the NSF statement are available at: http://blog.aas.org/2009/03/19/nsf-details-stimulus/
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Dear Colleague,
Subject - FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriation Act Summary CORRECTION
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org
http://blog.aas.org
There was a typographical error in the Informational Email on the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act. The Science Mission Directorate received $4.503 Billion, a 4.3% decrease ($203.2 million) over FY 2008, not increase, as was written in the informational email text.
Subject - FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriation Act Summary
AAS Informational Email 2009-07
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org
http://blog.aas.org
AAS Action Alert 2009-02
View Online: http://aas.org/publications/exploder_detail.php?ExploderID=22
*Contact your Texas school board member and urge them to preserve the scientific integrity of state education standards.*
Marcos Huerta, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow, huerta at aas.org
John Huchra, President
J. Craig Wheeler, Past-President
The Netherlands Office for Science & Technology invites you for an upcoming lecture on Astrophysics: Unraveling the Distant Universe through the Hubble and James Webb Telescopes
By Rogier Windhorst
Regent's Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona
State University
Wednesday, 11 March 2009 at 6:30 p.m.
Royal Netherlands Embassy
4200 Linnean Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Decadal Update 5 - Revised Call for white papers
The following is the fifth Decadal Update email, sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Academy of Sciences Astro2010 Decadal Survey Committee.
Below is the text of the March 3 "Chair's Bulletin" message from Roger Blandford, discussing some changes to the current call for white papers - soliciting input on technology development and theory, computation, and laboratory astrophysics.
It can also be viewed online at: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Chairs_Bulletin_3Mar09.pdf
