Date
|
Description
|
| 5
Dec. 2001 |
Letter
to House/Senate Energy & Defense Appropriators requesting
restoration of funding for DOE Electrical
Energy Systems Research |
| 13
Nov. 2001 |
Letter
to Senator Barbara Mikulski concerning enhancements to the National
Public Health Systems' information technology and
telecommunications capabilities |
| 26 Oct. 2001 |
Response to Florida
Representative Chris Hart recommending that the Florida legislature reject the model
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
(UCITA). |
| 19
Oct. 2001 |
Letter to Members
of the House Science Committee forwarding the IEEE Spectrum article
"Biological Warfare Canaries." |
| 10
Oct. 2001 |
K-12
SMET Coalition Letter to Sen. Joseph Lieberman endorsing the "Tech
Talent" Bill |
| 9
Oct. 2001 |
Letter
to Sen. Ernest Hollings, chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee, supporting confirmation
of Dr. John H. Marburger as Director of the Office of Science and
Technology Policy. |
| 8
Oct. 2001 |
Coalition
Ad in Roll Call newspaper support funding for Math and Science
Partnerships in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (S. 1/H.R.
1) |
| 5 Oct.
2001 |
Coalition Letter to
Sen. Judd Gregg opposing inclusion of a "Key
Escrow" Encryption Provision in the FY 2002 Commerce
Appropriations Bill. |
| 5
Oct. 2001 |
K-12 SMET Coalition Letter to House-Senate Education Conferees urging strong funding for the
Math and Science
Partnerships in Title II of ESEA (S.1/H.1) |
| 31
Aug. 2001 |
Amicus
Curiae brief filed before the United States Supreme Court in Festo
Corporation vs. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kagushiki, Ltd.
recommending a "forseeability" bar to patent claims based on
the doctrine of equivalents. |
| 30
Aug. 2001 |
Letter
to President Bush requesting support for reforms to the International
Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) to facilitate export of
non-sensitive satellite (and other) technologies. |
| 30
Aug. 2001 |
Letter
to Senator Jeff Bingaman asking for Congressional support for adoption
of distributed generation interconnection
standards developed through a voluntary, consensus standards
process. |
| 29
Aug. 2001 |
Letter
to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees opposing a
legislatively mandated expansion of polygraph
testing at the national laboratories. |
| 27
Aug. 2001 |
IEEE
802 Local and Metropolitan Area Network Standards Committee comment
filed in response to FCC Docket 99-231 providing public comment on
proposed actions to improve the sharing capabilities of spread
spectrum devices. |
| 23
Aug. 2001 |
Letter
to the Association of American Publishers disassociating IEEE-USA from
AAP's July 19th statement concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act enforcement against Dmitry Sklyarov. |
| 23
Aug. 2001 |
Letter
to House-Senate Conferees on FY2002 Commerce, Justice, State and the
Judiciary appropriations in support of funding for the "Excellence
in Engineering" program at the Federal Communications
Commission. |
| 23
Aug 2001 |
Letter
to the National Academies of Science and Engineering recommending a
scientific and technological review of the proposed National
Missile Defense (NMD) Initiative. |
| 1
Aug 2001 |
Coalition
letter to House of Representatives endorsing the Lipinski/Dooley/Thomas/Fletcher
Association Health Plan Access Amendment to
the Patient Protection Act (H.R. 2563) |
| 27
July 2001 |
Letter
to the Senate Armed Services Committee urging confirmation of the
appointment of Dr. Ronald M. Sega as
Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the U.S. Dept. of
Defense. |
| 13
July 2001 |
K-12
SMET Education Coalition letter to House-Senate Conferees on the
Elementary & Secondary Education Reauthorization Act (S.1/H.R. 1)
with recommendations on the proposed math/science
education partnerships. |
| 12
July 2001 |
Letter
to the House Science Committee
commenting
on the Voting Technology Standards Act of 2001
(H.R. 2275). |
| 6
July 2001 |
Letter
to the National Institutes of Health offering advice and assistance on
formation of the new Institute of Biomedical
Imaging and Bioengineering |
| 18
June 2001 |
NERC
Coalition Letter to the Secretary of Energy Urging Prompt Passage of
High-Voltage Electric System Reliability
Legislation. |
| 11
June 2001 |
Letter
to the White House recommending Dr. Robert M.
White as a highly qualified candidate for appointment as Assistant
to the President for Science and Technology. |
| 6
June 2001 |
Thank
You Letter to House and Senate Members voting to support
retirement savings and educational incentives in the Economic Growth
and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 1836) |
| 6
June 2001 |
Letter to the Senate Health Committee and House Health
Subcommittee on ethics principles for public
health and medical services information placed on the World Wide
Web. |
| 1 June 2001 |
Legislative
Alert to IEEE-USA Volunteers Urging Support for Permanent Extension of the R&D Tax
Credit. |
| 23 May 2001 |
Statement to Congress on
Efforts to Address National Energy Needs. |
| 18 May 2001 |
Letter to the Secretary
of Health and Human Services endorsing his decision to implement privacy
regulations mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of
1996 |
| 10 May 2001 |
Legislative
Alert to IEEE-USA Volunteers on Pension/IRA Reform Provisions of the Senate Tax Bill |
| 9 May 2001 |
Statement
expressing IEEE-USA's support for association health plan provisions
contained in the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1174/S.852)
(distributed at Congress press conference announcing introduction of
the legislation) |
| 2 May 2001 |
Letter to the Senate
Finance Committee Urging Support for the Retirement Security and
Savings Act (S.742) |
| 26
March 2001 |
Coalition ad in
Roll Call newspaper urging inclusion of association health plan
provisions in pending Patient's Bill of Rights legislation. |
| 25 April
2001 |
Action Alert: R&D Funding Levels in the FY 2002 Budget -- Targeted Alert
to House & Senate Budget Conferees |
| 19 April
2001 |
Letter to the Bush
Administration endorsing the appointment of Dr. Winfred Phillips, Vice President of
Research and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Florida as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology |
| 12 April
2001 |
Letter to the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office Recommending Dr. Lee Hollaar for appointment to the PTO Patent Public Advisory Committee |
| 28 March
2001 |
Testimony by Dr. Allan
Schell before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense (given on IEEE-USA on
behalf of the American Association of Engineering Societies) in support of FY 2002 funding
levels for Department of Defense S&T research and development
programs. |
| 20 March
2001 |
Letter to the Bush
Administration recommending appointment of Dr. D. K. Sharma
to the post of principal deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Energy's
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy |
| 19 March
2001 |
Letter to President
George W. Bush Urging Appointment of a Technically-Trained
Commissioner(s) to the Federal Communications Commission. |
| 14 March
2001 |
Action Alert: Portman and
Cardin Reintroduce Retirement Security Proposal (IEEE U.S. Members Urged to Write
Their Representatives to Support H.R. 10) |
| 06 March
2001 |
Coalition Letter to
President George W. Bush urging strong funding for basic
research in FY 2002 |
| 06 March
2001 |
Coalition Letter to the
House and Senate Leaders and Budget Committee Members supporting a strong allocation for general science, space and technology (Function 250) in the FY
2002 Budget Resolution |
| 06 March
2001 |
Letter to the Senate
Energy and Natural Resources and the House Energy and Commerce Committees on Electric Reliability Legislation (H.R. 312/S.172) |
| 27 Feb. 2001 |
Letter to the House
Science Committee submitting statements on solar and renewable
energy and energy efficiency for the record of a March 1 hearing. |
| 26 Feb. 2001 |
Letter to the Bush
Administration recommending Dr. Kumar Krishen for an
S&T-related appointment. |
| 22 Feb. 2001 |
Letter to President
George W. Bush offering IEEE-USA's advice and assistance on
S&T issues. |
| 5 Feb. 2001 |
Letter to the Bush
Administration Transition recommending Dr. Brendan Godfrey for
federal defense-related S&T appointment. |
| 2 Jan. 2001 |
Comment to the Department
of Energy's Office of Policy on Electric Power Reliability. |
| 2000 Policy
Log |
Index
of Policy Communications in the 106th Congress, 2d Session (2000) |
| 1999 Policy
Log |
Index
of Policy Communications in the 106th Congress, 1st Session (1999) |
| 1998 Policy
Log |
Index
of Policy Communications in the 105th Congress, 2d Session (1998) |
