Date
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Description
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23 Sept.
08 |
Joint
letter with IEEE-PSPB to House Judiciary Subcommittee on the
Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property forwarding
principles for ensuring protection of
intellectual property rights for authors and publishers, while
fulfilling government’s obligation to provide public access to
information. |
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22 Sept.
08 |
Coalition
Letter to House and Senate leaders urging full
funding of the America COMPETES Act before adjournment of the 110th
Congress. |
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17 Sept.
08 |
Coalition
Petition to the Presidential Candidates on
basic energy research to met America's energy goals, as announced at
17 Sept. 2008 press conference. |
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16 Sept.
08 |
Statement
to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee for it's
hearing on "Why Broadband Matters." |
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8 Sept. 08 |
CNSF
Coalition to House and Senate Appropriations Leaders urging
National Science Foundation funding of at
least $6.854B in the anticipated continuing budget resolution. |
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5 Sept. 08 |
STEM
Coalition letter to House and Senate Education Committee leadership
thanking them for reauthorization of the
Higher Education Act and its STEM teacher provisions. |
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21 Aug. 08 |
Letter to
the Markle Foundation endorsing the principles set forward in the
Connecting for Health: Common Framework for
Networked Personal Health Information. |
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06 Aug. 08 |
Letter to
House Energy and Commerce Committee endorsing the
PRO(TECH)T Act of 2008 (H.R. 6357) and
its provisions to promote the adoption of health information technology. |
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25
July 08 |
Letter to
Senate Commerce Committee endorsing and encouraging Senate action on the
Broadband Census of America Act of 2007
(H.R. 3919) |
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7 July
08 |
Coalition
letter by AAES to Members of Congress expression appreciation for
approval of civilian S&T funding provisions added to the
defense supplemental appropriations bill
(H.R. 2642) |
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26 June 08 |
Coalition
testimony before the House Ways & Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue
Measures on the "The Role of Individual
Retirement Accounts in America's Retirement Savings System"
|
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25 June 08 |
Letter to
Sen. Lamar Alexander endorsing the goals outlined in his “New
Manhattan Project for Clean Energy Independence” of 9 May 2008. |
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24 June 08 |
Coalition
letter to House and Senate Appropriations leaders urging appropriations
authorized under the Energy Independence and
Security Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-140) to foster new technologies
related to transportation fuels and the cultivation of a “green collar”
industry. |
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16 June 08 |
Letter to
Sen. Kennedy endorsing the "Wired for Health
Care Quality Act” (S.1693) |
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12 June 08 |
Testimony
Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship,
Refugees, Border Security and International Law, on
The Need for Green Cards for Highly Skilled Workers. |
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5 June 08 |
Letter to
the FCC Chair and Commissioners outlining recommendations for enhancing
the technical expertise in FCC
decision-making activities. |
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3 June 08 |
Innovation
Task Force Coalition letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to
preserve $200 million in funding increases for
the physical sciences and engineering included in the Senate-passed
supplemental appropriations legislation. |
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30 May 08 |
Coalition
letter to Reps. Gordon and Hall endorsing a proposed
Nanotechnology Education Partnership
initiative as part of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Math
and Science Partnership program, which is contained in the National
Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 (H.R. 5940) |
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21 May 08 |
Letter to
House Science Committee leaders urging prompt consideration of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Authorization Act of 2008 (H.R. 6063.) |
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21 May
08 |
Letter to
Bill Sponsors and Key Leaders expressing appreciation for their
leadership in securing passage of The Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 493, S. 358). |
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19 May
08 |
Letter to
House leadership urging prompt passage of the
National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Amendments Act of 2008
(H.R. 5940) |
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19 May 08 |
Letter to
Rep. Eshoo providing input on her pending
health information technology legislation (H.R. 3800) |
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19 May 08 |
Letter to
Rep. Gordon providing input on his pending
health information technology legislation (H.R. 2406) |
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16 May 08 |
Joint
letter with SIA to Rep. Lofgren endorsing her
permanent, employment-based immigration reform bills (H.R. 5882 with
Rep. Sensenbrenner, H.R. 5921 with Rep. Goodlatte, and H.R. 6039 with
Rep. Cannon). |
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14 May 08 |
Letter to
Rep. Lofgren endorsing her permanent, employment-based immigration reform bills (H.R. 5882 with
Rep. Sensenbrenner, H.R. 5921 with Rep. Goodlatte, and H.R. 6039 with
Rep. Cannon). |
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9 May 08 |
Coalition
Letter to House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees urging
legislation to accelerate commercialization of
plug-in electric drive by establishing a consumer credit for plug-in
electric drive vehicles |
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9 May 08 |
Letter to
leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee expressing support for
legislation extending federal incentives such as production tax credits
for carbon neutral sources of electric power
generation. |
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8 May 08 |
Letter to
leaders of the Senate Finance Committee expressing support for
legislation extending federal incentives such as production tax credits
for carbon neutral sources of electric power
generation. |
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25 April
08 |
Letter to
House and Senate Appropriations Leaders urging funding of the
NIST Technology Innovation Program as
authorized in the American COMPETES Act. |
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23
April 08 |
Coalition
letter to House and Senate energy appropriators urging $12 million in
FY09 funding for the DOE Nuclear Science
Talent Expansion Program as authorized in the America COMPETES Act. |
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16 April
08 |
STEM
Education Coalition letter to House and Senate Commerce, Justice and
State appropriators supporting the budget request for the National
Science Foundation's Math and Science
Partnership Program and Noyce Scholarships. |
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16 April
08 |
STEM
Education Coalition letter to House and Senate Labor, Health and Human
Resources appropriators in support of budget request for the Dept. of
Education's Math and Science Partnerships and
Math Now programs. |
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16 April
08 |
Coalition
letter to the President and Congressional leaders urging inclusion of
science and engineering research, and math and
science education funding in the supplemental Fiscal Year 2008
spending bill. |
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14 April
08 |
Coalition
letter by the Genetic Alliance to the U.S. Senate urging passage of the
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
(GINA) (S.358) |
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7 April 08 |
Coalition
letter to the President and Congressional leaders urging restoration of
FY 2008 funding for key science and technology
agencies in supplemental appropriations legislation. |
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3 April 08 |
Letter to
Rep. Dennis Moore endorsing The Independent
Health Record Trust Act of 2007 (H.R. 2991), legislation that
encourages the development of independent (non-governmental)
repositories for electronic medical records owned by the patient. |
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27 March
08 |
Letter to
Presidential candidates urging them to accept an invitation to discuss
Science and America’s Future at Science Debate
2008 on 18 April 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
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12 March
08 |
Testimony
by Region 2 Director John Dentler before the Maryland House of Delegates
Ways and Means Committee urging repeal of the Maryland computer services
tax. |
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11 March
08 |
Letter and
statement submitted for the hearing of Senate Subcommittee on
Technology, Innovation and Competitiveness on the FY 2009 budget request
for basic research. |
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28 Feb. 08 |
Letter to
Rep. George Miller endorsing the “School
Building Enhancement Act,” (H.R. 3197), which seeks to improve the
energy efficiency of public school buildings. |
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26 Feb. 08 |
Coalition
letter to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to enact full funding
for the American Competes Act S&T
authorization in supplemental appropriations. |
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13 Feb. 08 |
Letter to
the House Science Committee urging Congress to enact full funding for
America Competes Act's S&T authorization. |
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11 Feb. 08 |
STEM
Education Coalition letter to House and Senate Education leaders urging
inclusion of specific STEM education
priorities into pending reauthorization of the Higher Education Act |
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29 Jan. 08 |
Letter to
Congressional Appropriators urging restoration of FY 2009 funding for
the U.S. contribution to the International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project. |
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28 Jan. 08 |
Letter by
Baltimore & Washington Sections to Maryland House of Delegates urging
repeal of new state computer services sales
tax. |
