Each year the AAS brings members to Washington, DC, for Congressional Visits Day (CVD). This event, organized by the Science-Engineering-Technology Working Group (SETWG), gathers scientists, engineers, researchers...

Each year, the President sends his Administration's vision for the federal budget in the coming fiscal year, including budgets for the agencies that fund the astronomical sciences.

The 2013 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (CAP) Conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland, between 14–18 October.