Policy Blog

Faith Simmons shares her experiences at the AAAS Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) workshop.

Reports from the Office of Management & Budget passback show massive cuts to NASA science. In response, over 600 AAS members have taken action. We had a successful Congressional Visits Day.

NASA will be closing three offices. Congress passed a Continuing Resolution that will fund the government for FY 2025. We issued a new Action Alert to submit FY 2026 constituent appropriations requests.

Recent reports have indicated that the White House may soon be proposing drastic cuts to future budgets for the National Science Foundation and the NASA Science Mission Directorate.

The AAS policy team will be hosting a webinar on 19 March to discuss how you can take action to support the astronomical sciences. Come join us and get involved in public policy!

Layoffs continue at federal agencies. Congress is working to avoid a government shutdown. AAS members have sent over 1,100 emails in support of space science.

Thousands of federal “probationary” employees have been or are expected to be laid off this week. Anonymous sources are warning of heavy cuts to NSF's budget.

The Trump administration has issued over 40 executive orders and memorandums since taking office. Here we offer a quick synopsis regarding the actions that are mostly directly related to the work of our community.