AAS Action Alert 2009-01
Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org
http://blog.aas.org

* Summary *

This Action Alert calls upon AAS members to call , FAX or write their members of Congress and Congressional Leadership and ask that they urge the House / Senate conference committee to support strong funding for basic research in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org

The House Appropriations committee released a draft of the spending portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on January 15, and the Senate released a summary of their version of the bill on Friday. The two bills differ on the amount of science funding, and the Senate press release lacks much detail in exactly where the money is going. Some Top Line Numbers:

Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow
huerta at aas.org

CORRECTION: Robert Riemer's email address was incorrect in the original email; the correct address is rriemer at nas.edu

NASA Suborbital Program Ad-Hoc Committee

The following information is being sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Research Council.

Decadal Survey Update 1
American Astronomical Society

Marcos Huerta
John Bahcall Public Policy Fellow

The following is the first in a new series of special Decadal Update emails, sent to the AAS membership as a service to the National Academy of Sciences Astro2010 Decadal Survey Committee.

This Chair's bulletin can also be viewed online, in PDF format, at the Astro2010 web site: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bpa/Astro2010_Chairs_Bulletin_13Jan09.pdf

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