Date
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Description
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| 12/21/98 |
Letter to IEEE-USA to President Clinton urging
strong and balanced support for engineering and science in the FY
2000 budget request. |
| 10/12/98 |
IEEE-USA Letter to Key Congressional Leaders
opposing final enactment of H-1B legislation. |
| 10/09/98 |
Letter to the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Concerning Treatment of Reserve Engineering in the Proposed Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code. |
| 10/08/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to the
House of Representatives urging Representatives to Vote Against Final
Passage of High Tech H-1B Visa Legislation (H.R. 3736). |
| 10/05/98 |
IEEE-USA Comments on proposed Security and Electronic Signature Standards (HCFA-0049-P). |
| 9/28/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to the
House Judiciary Committees Calling for Prompt Passage of Legislation to Promote Y2K Information Sharing (H.R. 4355). |
| 9/24/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to the
Senate Judiciary Committees Calling for Prompt Passage of Legislation to Promote Y2K Information Sharing (/S. 2392). |
| 9/22/98 |
Coalition letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to House and Senate Conferees on supporting the Senate's allocation
of $1.111 billion for the Defense Department's
FY 1999 appropriation for basic research (account 6.1). |
| 9/22/98 |
Coalition letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to House and Senate Conferees on supporting the Senate's allocation
of $3.134 billion for the Defense Department's
FY 1999 appropriation for applied research (account 6.2). |
| 9/16/98 |
Coalition letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to House and Senate Conferees on supporting proposed increases in National Science Foundation's FY 1999 Budget
Appropriation. |
| 9/16/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to U.S.
House of Representatives Endorsing Watt Substitute to High Tech
Guest-Worker Legislation (H.R. 3736). |
| 9/14/98 |
Coalition letter by IEEE-USA, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association of Artificial
Intelligence, American Mathematical Society, American Statistical Association, Association
for Computing Machinery, Computer Research Association, and the Society for Industrial and
Applied Mathematics to the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees and Senate leadership
expressing concerns that the proposed database and the anti-circumvention provisions of
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (H.R. 2281) will have substantial negative impacts on
the conduct of basic research. |
| 9/8/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to U.S.
Senators concerning the Collections of Information Antipiracy Act
of 1998 (H.R. 2281). |
| 9/4/98 |
IEEE-USA Action Alert opposing the House Leadership Agreement on the H-1B Visa Cap (3736). |
| 8/4/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to U.S.
Senators urging co-sponsorship of the Federal Research Investment
Act (S. 2217). |
| 7/23/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA President John Reinert to
President Clinton and Congressional Leaders opposing increases in H-1B
visa admissions caps without corresponding safeguards and skill development
opportunities for U.S. high tech workers. (H.R. 3736). |
| 7/10/98 |
Coalition Letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to the House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
submitting a statement on "Risk Analysis: The Process and its Application" for
the record of a July 15 hearing on risk management. |
| 7/8/98 |
The IEEE 802 (LAN/MAN) Standards Committee filed
comments with the Federal Communications Commission on a proposed rule (FCC98-42)
concerning microwave lighting devices. |
| 6/29/98 |
Coalition Letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to the National Science Board endorsing IEEE-USA's nomination of
Drs. George Heilmeier, Aravind Joshi, Robert Kahn and Robert Lucky for appointment to the
NSB. |
| 6/19/98 |
Coalition Letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to the House of Representatives urging permanent extension of the research and
experimentation tax credit, which is due to expire June 30, 1998. |
| 6/18/98 |
Coalition Letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to the Senate urging support of the Bingaman Amendment to National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999 (S.450), which would sustain funding of
defense basic and applied research through the year 2003. |
| 6/11/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to the House Commerce Committee
concerning Internet Service Provider liability issues raised by
the WIPO Treaties Implementation Act (H.R. 2281). |
| 6/5/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to the House Commerce Committee
concerning Section 3 (Copyright Protections Systems and Copyright
Management Information) of the WIPO Treaties Implementation Act (H.R. 2281). |
| 6/4/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to Dr. Eamon Kelly, chair of the
National Science Board, nominating Drs. George H. Heilmeier, Aravind K. Joshi, Robert E.
Kahn, and Robert W. Lucky for appointment to the National Science Board. |
| 6/4/98 |
Coalition Letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to Rep. Vernon Ehlers offering input on the critical role of
engineering in U.S. science and technology policy to the Science Committee's Science
Policy Study. |
| 5/29/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to the House of Representatives
supporting workforce protection provisions of the Workforce
Improvement and Protection Act of 1998 (H.R. 3736). |
| 5/27/98 |
IEEE-USA Action Alert on Workforce Improvement and Protection Act (H.R. 3736) |
| 5/18/98 |
IEEE-USA Legislative Bulletin on High Tech Guestworker Legislation |
| 5/18/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to the House Judiciary and
Science Committees on the Information Antipiracy Act of 1998 (H.R.
2652) |
| 5/11/98 |
Coalition letter by the American Association of
Engineering Societies to Senator Bill Frist endorsing legislation to create a biomedical
engineering center at the National Institutes of Health |
| 5/7/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to the House Judiciary
Subcommittee on the Workforce Improvement and Protection Act of
1998 (H.R. 3736) |
| 4/27/98 |
Coalition statement by AAES on Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade
submitted to the House Science Subcommittee on Technology for the record of an April 28
hearing on technical barriers to free trade. |
| 4/26/98 |
Coalition letter by AAES to the House of
Representatives urging full reauthorization of surface transportation research and
development funds in the Building Efficience Surface Transportation and Equity Act
(BESTEA) (H.R. 2400). |
| 4/21/98 |
IEEE-USA Statement to the House Judiciary
Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims on Immigration and the
Workforce: Temporary H-1B Visa Issues |
| 4/21/98 |
Coalition Testimony by AAES to the House
Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, & Independent Agencies on the National Science
Foundation's FY 1999 Budget Request (AAES
text |
| 4/20/98 |
Coalition letter by AAES/R&D Tax Credit
Coalition to Rep. Bill Archer urging permanent extension of the research and
experimentation tax credit. |
| 4/2/98 |
IEEE-USA letter to Rep. Howard Coble, chair of
the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on Section 3 (Copyright Protections Systems and Copyright Management
Information) of the WIPO Treaties Implementation Act (H.R. 2281) |
| 3/27/98 |
Coalition statement by the American Association
of Engineering Societies to the House of Representatives urging support for full
reauthorization of surface transportation R&D programs in the Building Efficient
Surface Transportation and Equity Act (BESTEA) (H.R. 2400) during House deliberations. |
| 3/26/98 |
Coalition statement by the American Association
of Engineering Societies to Members of Congress expressing concern about provisions of the
Campaign Reform and Election Integrity Act (H.R. 3485) that would restrict the ability of
associations to engage in political advocacy. IEEE-USA issued a related Alert to members
of its Board of Directors. (AAES Text) |
| 3/24/98 |
Testimony by IEEE-USA before the House Science
Subcommittee on Technology and the House Education Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth,
and Families on Educating Our Workforce With Technology Skills
Needed To Compete in the 21st Century. |
| 3/17/98 |
Testimony by IEEE-USA before the Senate Committee
on Labor and Human Resources on Coverage Expansion, Pension
Portability and Other Provisions in the Pension ProSave Act and Related Legislative
Proposals. |
| 3/16/98 |
IEEE-USA Letter to Rep. Howard Coble on the
porposed Collections of Information Antipiracy Act (H.R. 2652). |
| 3/10/98 |
Testimony by IEEE-USA before the House Ways and
Means Oversight Subcommittee on Oversight of Pensions Including
Coverage Expansion and Related Issues. |
| 2/27/98 |
Comments by the Energy Policy Committee to the
Department of Energy on the proposed Comprehensive National Energy
Strategy. |
| 2/25/98 |
Testimony by IEEE-USA President John Reinert
before the Senate Judiciary Committee on High Tech Worker Shortages
and Immigration Policy. |
| 2/23/98 |
Letter by IEEE-USA Intellectual Property
Committee to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws forwarding
comments on a proposed draft uniform system for the licensing of intellectual property and
computer software (Amendments to UCC Article 2B). |
| 2/20/98 |
Letter to President William Clinton recommending
the appointment of Dr. Joseph Bordogna as Deputy Director of
the National Science Foundation. |
| 2/13/98 |
Letter to Maryland Delegates Howard Rawlings and
Sheila Dixon, and Maryland Senator Clarence Blount supporting passge of Maryland
legislation (S.B. 174/H.B. 249) to establish Maryland Science and
Technology Scholarships. |
| 1/29/98 |
Coalition statement by Coalition for National
Science Funding supporting a proposed 10 percent increase in the National Science
Foundation's FY 1999 budget. |
| 1/22/98 |
Coalition letter from the American Association of
Engineering Societies (AAES) to President Clinton urging that he give emphasis to
engineering in the State-of-the-Union address. |
