Date
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Description
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9 Dec. 2003
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Letter to FCC Chairman Michael
Powell Supporting FCC Work on Cognitive Radio
Technology.
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19 Nov. 2003
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Action Alert: Urge
Congress to Adopt Electric Reliability Provision in Energy Policy Act of
2003
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10 Nov. 2003
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Action Alert: IEEE-USA
Needs Help to Prevent Last Minute Change to H-1B Law
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10 Nov. 2003
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Action Alert: Help
Needed To Support Final Passage of Anti-Spam Legislation
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20 Oct. 2003
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Testimony by Dr. Ronil Hira to the
House Small Business Committee on the Offshoring
of Highly Skilled Jobs.
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16 Oct. 2003
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Letter to House & Senate
Judiciary Committee members highlighting GAO
Report on the H-1B Visa.
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7 Oct. 2003
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Letter to U.S. Senate Urging Prompt
Passage of the 21st Century Nanotechnology
Research and Development Act (S. 189)
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16 Sept. 2003
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Testimony by Dr. John Steadman to
the Senate Judiciary Committee on the H-1B
Visa
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16 Sept. 2003
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Joint Statement With National Urban
League, NAACP and other organizations for inclusion in the record of the
Senate Judicary Committee hearings on H-1B
Non-Immigrant Visas
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8 Sept. 2003
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Action Alert:
Electric Grid Reliability and NE Blackout
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3 Sept. 2003
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Action Alert:
Co-sponsors Sought for USA Jobs Protection Act (H.R. 2849/S1452)
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29 Aug. 2003
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Response to
Questions Posed
By the House Energy and Commerce Committee Concerning the Northeast Blackout of August 2003
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29 Aug. 2003
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K-12 STEM Coalition
Letter to Senate Appropriators Supporting FY 2004 Budget Request for the
NSF Math & Science Partnership, Noyce
Scholarships, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Talent Expansion Program.
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29 Aug. 2003
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K-12 STEM Coalition
Letter to House Appropriators Supporting FY 2004 Budget Request for the
Department of Education's Math & Science
Partnership Program.
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27 Aug. 2003
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NERC Coalition Letter to House
& Senate Energy Chairs on Electric
Reliability Legislation.
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15 Aug. 2003
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IEEE-USA's Call for Reliability
Legislation Underscored by Largest U.S. Power Outage (Media
Statement).
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11 Aug. 2003
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Letter to President Bush on
Qualifications of U.S. Engineers and IT
Professionals.
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1 Aug. 2003
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Statement to the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship
for the hearing record on The L-1 Visa and American Interests in the
21st Century Global Economy.
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30 July 2003
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ACTION ALERT: President
Blames Unemployment on Lack of Skills!: Engineers Must Correct this
Mistake (conducted 7/30-8/4)
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29 July 2003
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Pre-hearing statement to the Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship
on The L-1 Visa and American Interests in the
21st Century Global Economy.
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25 July 2003
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NERC Coalition Letter to the Senate
Energy and Natural Resources Committee supporting the electricity
reliability title of the Senate energy bill (S. 14).
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2 July 2003
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Letter to U.S. Trade Representative
Robert Zoellick expressing concerns and requesting a meeting regarding
recent negotiations on GATS-Mode 4 (Movement
of Natural Persons)
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1 July 2003
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IEEE-USA Comments on the Draft Task
Force Report on National Workforce Policies
for Science and Engineering (NSB 03-69)
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18 June 2003
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Letter to Senate Committee on
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions recommending additions to the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2003 (S. 1053).
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18 June 2003
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Testimony before the House Committee on Small Business
on recent trends and implications of global outsourcing of engineering jobs.
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17 June 2003
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Letter to House Armed Services
Committee and Defense Appropriations Subcommittee on devolvement of the DoD
Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative
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4 June 2003
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IEEE-USA letter to U.S. Senate,
House Science Committee members and the Federal Communications
Commission forwarding IEEE-USA position on Accelerating Advanced
Broadband Deployment in the United States.
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2 June 2003
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IEEE-USA
Amicus Brief in Baystate
Technologies, Inc. vs. Bowers
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29 May 2003
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IEEE-USA letter to the Senate
Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee endorsing goals of the 21st
Century Nanotechnology R&D Act (S. 189).
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2 May 2003
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Aviation Coalition letter to Sens.
Brownback and Hollings endorsing the Second
Century of Flight Act (S.788)
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29 April 2003
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Coalition (NERC) letter to the
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources expressing support for electricity
reliability provisions contained in the Chairman's Mark (April 24)
of the Senate's comprehensive energy legislation.
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28 April 2003
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IEEE-USA letter to the Senate
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources endorsing provisions (Title
XI, Subtitle A) creating a self-governing
electricity reliability organization contained in the Chairman's
Mark (April 24) of the Senate Energy Bill.
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28 April 2003
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K-12 STEM Coalition letter to
Congress expressing support for funding of the Department of Education Math
& Science Partnership Program at $100 million level proposed by
House Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Ralph Regula.
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26 April 2003
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Action Alert: Support Needed
for Permanent Extension of the Research and Development Tax Credit
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14 April 2003
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Letter to the Department of Health
and Human Services nominating Michael J. Rozen, MD, for membership to
the National Committee on Vital and Health
Statistics (NCVHS)
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27 March 2003
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Letter to House Science Committee
members requesting inclusion of language concerning adoption of interconnection
standards during mark-up of national energy legislation.
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26 March 2003
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Action Alert: Congress
Expected to Act on H-1B Temporary Work Visas
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26 March 2003
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Action Alert: Grassroots
Support Needed to Improve Security of IT in the U.S.
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25 March 2003
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Action Alert: Congress
Poised to Act on National Nanotechnology Legislation
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18 March 2003
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Action Alert: Grassroots
Support Needed to Stop Unsolicited Commercial Email (Spam)
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17 March 2003
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Coalition for National Science
Funding statement on the FY 2004 National
Science Foundation Budget Request.
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10 March 2003
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Aviation Coalition Statement on the
Crisis in U.S. Aviation Research and
Technology
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10 March 2003
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Action Alert: Support
Needed for Aviation Research Funding Bill (H.R. 2115)
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10 March 2003
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Letter to Congress urging reduction
in the authorized number of H-1B visas
and redirection H-1B training funds to support retraining of displaced
S&E workers.
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28 Feb. 2003
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Letter to Rep. Rush Holt endorsing
his legislation (H.R. 125) to restore the congressional Office
of Technology Assessment.
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12 Feb. 2003
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Letter to Senate Governmental
Affairs Committee supporting confirmation of Dr.
Charles McQueary as Under Secretary for Science and Technology in
the Department of Homeland Security.
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7 Feb. 2003
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K-12 SMET Coalition Letter to the
House and Senate Appropriations Labor & Education Subcommittees
supporting the House $100 million funding level for the Department of
Education's FY 2003 Math & Science
Partnerships Program.
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5 Feb. 2003
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Letter to Chairs and Ranking
Members of the House and Senate Appropriations and Rules Committees
urging full funding of the levels authorized in the Help
America Vote Act (P.L. 107-252).
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5 Feb. 2003
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Aviation Coalition letter to
Senators Christopher Dodd, George Allen and Rep. John Larson endorsing
the Aeronautics Research and Development Act
of 2003.
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5 Feb. 2003
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Action Alert: Electric
Grid Reliability
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| 2002
Policy Log |
Index
of Policy Communications in the 107th Congress, 2d Session (2002) |
| 2001
Policy Log |
Index
of Policy Communications in the 107th Congress, 1st Session (2001) |
| 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) |
