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AAS Informational Email 2011-13
Bethany Johns, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
FY2012 Appropriations for Astronomy
Informational Email 2011-11
Decadal Priorities and Fiscal Realities
Debra Elmegreen, AAS President
Kevin Marvel, AAS Executive Officer
Informational Email 2011-10
JWST: What Can We Do Now?
Debra Elmegreen, AAS President
Jack Burns, Chair of the Committee on Astronomy & Public Policy
AAS Electronic Announcement #223 - August 2011
Date Emailed: 11 August 2011
CONTENTS:
Subject: Recent Policy Activity on James Webb Space Telescope and Pu-238
Bethany Johns, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow and Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
Summary
Two important FY 2012 appropriations bills for astronomy and astrophysics have been working their way through the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill:
House Approved Energy and Water Funding Bill for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 2354) on July 15, 2011, which provides annual funding for Dept. of Energy Office of Science and Nuclear Energy.
AAS Informational Email 2011-08
Subject: AAS Releases Statement on Proposed Cancellation of the James Webb Space Telescope
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
The AAS Executive Committee has released the following statement related to the proposed cancellation of the James Web Space Telescope.
American Astronomical Society Statement on the James Webb Space Telescope
Adopted 7 July 2011
Informational Email 2011-06
10 June 2011
Subject: NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences Announces Portfolio Review Process
[note: This AAS Informational Email is being distributed as a service to the NSF, Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer]
Message from NSF-AST Division Director, Jim Ulvestad
Dear Colleagues,
12 April 2011
Bethany Johns, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
Subject: FY2011 Budget Cuts and the Affect on Science
AAS Informational Email 2011-04
Subject: President Elmegreen Testifies Before the House Appropriations
Subcommittee for Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Kevin B. Marvel, Executive Officer
&
Bethany Johns, John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
The AAS regularly provides testimony to Congressional committees that have direct impact on astronomy and astrophysics. Typically, this testimony takes the form of submitted written remarks, which are considered by the committees as they pursue their legislative activities.