{"id":1285,"date":"2009-01-28T11:56:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T16:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2009-01-28T11:56:05","modified_gmt":"2009-01-28T16:56:05","slug":"message-from-the-aps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.scienceforums.net\/swansont\/archives\/1285","title":{"rendered":"Message from the APS"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am writing to request that you IMMEDIATELY contact your elected
\nrepresentatives and let them know that the proposed Congressional
\neconomic stimulus package must include a strong investment in
\nscientific infrastructure to ensure the future competitiveness of
\nour country. We also request that you contact House Speaker Nancy
\nPelosi to thank her for her tremendous efforts in ensuring that
\nscience infrastructure investments were included in the House
\nstimulus package, formally known as the .American Recovery and
\nReinvestment Act of 2009.. You can make these contacts quickly
\nand easily at:
\nhttp:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/cweb4\/index.cfm?orgcode=apspa&hotissue=81<\/a>
\n&
\nhttp:\/\/www.congressweb.com\/cweb4\/index.cfm?orgcode=apspa&hotissue=82 <\/a><\/p>\n

There, you will find pre-written messages to your Senators and
\nSpeaker Pelosi. You may send these letters as they are, modify them,
\nor write your own. While individualizing your letter is not
\nessential, please at least make minor edits to the subject line
\nand the first line of the text of each email so that these emails
\nare more individualized. (See webpage pointers below for further
\ninstruction.)<\/p>\n

As you may be aware, the U.S. Congress is currently formulating a
\nstimulus package to help spur the recovery of our economy. In
\naddition to the tax cuts in the draft packages being discussed,
\nthe packages include a number of infrastructure investments that
\nwould create millions of jobs.<\/p>\n

APS has actively participated in this process by providing the
\nincoming Obama Administration, and the leadership in the House and
\nthe Senate, with recommendations for investments in scientific
\ninfrastructure that would create more than 100,000 direct and
\nindirect jobs. The investments we proposed are principally in
\ninfrastructure in our national laboratories and universities, high
\nperformance computing, in procurements of scientific instruments
\nand material for projects such as ITER, and in creation of jobs for
\nyoung investigators at our universities to ensure that they have a
\nplace to go during these trying economic times. As a result of our
\nefforts, many of our recommendations were used by the House and
\nSenate in formulating their proposed stimulus packages.<\/p>\n

On January 15th, the leadership of the House of Representatives
\nproposed a bill that would give a significant boost to science
\ninfrastructure, including allocating $2 billion for the Department
\nof Energy Office of Science (OS), $2.5 billion for the National
\nScience Foundation (NSF), $500 million for the National Institute
\nof Standards and Technology (NIST) and $100 million for advanced
\ncomputing. On January 23rd, the Chairman of the Senate
\nAppropriations Committee released a summary of a proposed Senate
\nstimulus package. Unfortunately, the announcement did not offer
\nmany details about how much funding science would receive in that
\npackage. However, we are receiving troubling signs that science
\nmay not receive the same levels of funding as in the House package
\nand would even, in some scenarios, be cut or even eliminated. We
\nare therefore urging the Senate to follow the House lead in helping
\nto ensure American competitiveness in the 21st century by making
\ncritically needed infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n

The attached letters would 1) thank House Speaker Pelosi for her
\nsupport of science and 2) request that the Senate follows the House
\nby including a robust amount of funding for scientific
\ninfrastructure investments.<\/p>\n

WEBPAGE POINTERS:
\n(1) While individualizing your letter is not essential, we ask that
\n you make minor edits to the subject line and the first line of
\n the text of each email.
\n(2) If you are a government employee, please do not use government
\n resources to send a communication.
\n(3) Your browser will take you to a page where you will enter your
\n name and address.
\n(4) After entering your address, click the .Edit\/Send Email button..
\n A window with an individual email message to the four offices will
\n appear. Click .Send Emails. to transmit the communication.
\n(5) Electronic submission is preferred.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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