Public Policy

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In this post, we highlight some of the policy-related sessions and events that you can look forward to attending during AAS 247 in Phoenix.

The House has released a draft Continuing Resolution for FY2026. The AAS and other organizations have drafted a letter in response to a recent Executive Order. Let us know if you're having trouble with grant disbursement...

Congress is back in session, with funding set to expire at the end of the month. The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing about the legislative priorities of NASA.

Cece Ochoa, a PhD student at the University of California, Riverside, shares her experiences from AAS's Congressional Visits Day.

AAS member and Nobel Prize Laureate Adam Riess describes his experience giving a speech to Congress at a recent event at the Capitol, "A Science Fair of Canceled Grants."

Detailed budget requests for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were released on 10 July. Here we break down the impacts on astronomical science...

Thamarie Pinnaduwage, a high school senior from Northern Virginia, shares her experiences shadowing the AAS public policy team for two weeks.

NASA leadership is working on agency reorganization plans and motivating more employees to voluntarily resign. The One Big Beautiful Bill was passed. The Senate is scheduled to mark up their spending bill this week.