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Policy Blog
The AAS Public Policy team uses the Policy Blog to communicate with the membership about current events in the science policy world. Most policy blog posts are written by the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow.
Volunteers Needed to Help Prepare Congress for Solar Eclipse
20 June 2017
The AAS seeks help from DC-area members to package and deliver solar eclipse glasses and instructions to all 535 congressional offices on Capitol Hill in mid-July.
FY 2018 Budget Request: NASA, NSF & DOE
24 May 2017
The FY 2018 Budget Request outlines the administration's priorities for federal spending. We summarize the NASA, NSF, and DOE proposals.
AAS Participates in an NSF Exhibition
19 May 2017
The AAS participated with the National Solar Observatory and the exhibit booth focused on the importance of understanding the physical processes that lead to phenomena like space weather events.
AAS Action Alert: Support for DOE-Science
19 May 2017
Ask your senators to sign onto a "Dear Colleague Letter" to show their support for robust funding for DOE-Science.
Important Lessons from Congressional Visits Day
11 May 2017
Jesus Rivera, a graduate student at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, describes his experience at the March 2017 AAS Congressional Visits Day.
AAS Action Alert: Support for NSF
8 May 2017
Ask your senators to sign onto a "Dear Colleague Letter" to show their support for robust funding for NSF.
Congressional Agreement on Funding FY 2017
3 May 2017
Congress has reached an agreement on funding for FY 2017. Here we provide some detail about the funding for NASA, NSF, and DOE.
An Early-Career Astronomer’s Experience at AAS CVD 2017
5 Apr 2017
Julie Davis, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, describes her experience at the March 2017 AAS Congressional Visits Day.
Astronomers Discuss Science with Congress During Annual Visits Day
3 April 2017
Members of AAS came to Capitol Hill for AAS Congressional Visits Day to get firsthand experience advocating for science with their members of Congress.
AAS Joins March for Science as Official Partner
27 March 2017
The AAS has joined with more than 100 other scientific organizations across all disciplines to become an official partner of the March for Science scheduled for Saturday, 22 April, in more than 400 world cities.