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Public
Policy Log - 112th Congress, 2d Session (2012)
The following is the chronological log of public
policy communications made by or on behalf of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers
—
United States of America (IEEE-USA) (and other organizational
units with IEEE) during the 112th Congress, 2d Session (2012), including testimonies, statements submitted
for the record of congressional hearings, formal comments provided in
response to public or regulatory notices, letters to
Federal policy makers forwarding recommendations on public policy issues, and Legislative
Alerts and similar notices of related government relations activities.
Current Action Alerts can be accessed by IEEE members via IEEE-USA's
Legislative Action Center.
Date
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Description
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18 May
2012 |
Coalition
Letter (S&T Organizations) to House Leadership Expressing Concerns
Regarding Provisions of S1789, the Postal
Reform Act (and HR 2146, the DATA Act) Restricting Federal Participation in Technical Conferences.
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9 May 2012 |
Letter to
Senator Lieberman Expressing Concerns Regarding Provisions of S1789, the
Postal Reform Act (and HR 2146, the DATA Act)
Restricting Federal Participation in Technical Conferences.
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7 May 2012 |
Comments
Submitted to HHS Concerning Health Information Technology: Standards,
Implementation Specifications and Certification Criteria for
Electronic Health Record Technology. |
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1 May 2012 |
STEM
Coalition Letter to House and Senate Appropriations Committees urging
strong support for federal K-12 STEM programs. |
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26 April
2012 |
R&D Tax
Credit Coalition Statement to House Ways & Means Committee on
Extension of R&D Tax Credit for Hearing on
Expiring Tax Provisions. |
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17 April
2012 |
Letter to
USPTO Providing Comments on Proposed Rules Regarding
Patent Trials, Patent Derivation, Inter partes
Review, Post-Grant Review, and Covered Business Methods Patent Review. |
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12 April
2012 |
Letter to
USPTO Providing Comments on Proposed Rules Regarding
Business Method Patents. |
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3 April
2012 |
Letter to
USCIS Director Urging Opportunity for Public Comment on Proposed
Interpretative Guidance on L-1B Visa
"Specialized Knowledge" Requirement. |
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29 March 2012 |
Letter to
OMB Urging a Regulatory Impact Analysis (“RIA”) Prior to Rule-making.by
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Patent
Fees. |
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5 March
2012 |
Comment to
US Patent and Trademark Office on Proposed
Regulations Concerning Patent Appeals. |
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23 Feb.
2012 |
Testimony
by Ron Katznelson at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Hearing on
Patent Fee Setting (Sunnyvale, California) |
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14 Feb.
2012 |
CNSF
Coalition Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Opposing the
Grant Reform and New Transparency (GRANT) Act
of 2012 (HR 3433) |
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10 Feb.
2012 |
K-12 STEM
Coalition Letter to Rep. Kline Urging
Retention of Science Testing Requirements in ESEA Reauthorization
Legislation (H.R. 3989/H.R. 3990) |
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1 Feb.
2012 |
Letter to
U.S. House of Representatives urging support for the
Communities Smart Technologies Act (H.R.995),
to promote state and local investments in intelligent transportation
system (ITS) technologies |
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1 Feb.
2012 |
Letter to
House and Senate Conferees Urging
Reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration, including
FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System |
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31 Jan.
2012 |
Letter to
House and Senate Leaders Urging Extension of the
R&D Tax Credit. |
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31 Jan.
2012 |
Letter to
Chairman Mica and House Committee on Transportation Committee members
urging support for Intelligent Transportation
Systems in the anticipated transportation reauthorization bill. |
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19 Jan.
2012 |
Letter to
Leaders of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental
Relations, and Procurement Reform recommending improvements to the
Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011,
(H.R. 3433). |
Other
IEEE Policy Communications
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29 March
2012 |
IEEE
Statement to House Science Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
for Hearing on Examining Public Access and
Scholarly Publications. |
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7 May 2012 |
ASAE
Coalition Letter to U.S. Congress Concerning
Restrictions on Government Employees
Attending Meetings and Conferences Contained in the “Digital
Accountability and Transparency Act” or DATA Act (H.R. 2146) and the
“21st Century Postal Service Act” (S. 1789) . |
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12 Jan.
2012 |
IEEE
Comments to NSTC Interagency Working Group on Digital Data Concerning
Public Access to Digital Data. |
IEEE-USA policy documents can be obtained by written
request to the IEEE-USA, 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, by phone
request to 202-785-0017, by fax request to 202-785-0835, or by e-mail request to c.brantley@ieee.org.
Copies of coalition letters/testimonies by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), of
which the IEEE is a member, can be obtained on-line or by written request to AAES, 1111
19th Street, N.W., Suite 608, Washington, DC 20036, or by phone request to 202-296-2237.
Last Update:
22 May 2012
Staff Contact: Chris Brantley
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