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  Public Policy Log - 111th Congress, 2d Session (2010)

The following is the chronological log of public policy communications made by or on behalf of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers United States of America (IEEE-USA) (and other organizational units with IEEE) during the 111th Congress, 2d Session (2010), including testimonies, statements submitted for the record of congressional hearings, formal comments provided in response to public or regulatory notices, letters to Federal policy makers forwarding recommendations on public policy issues, and Legislative Alerts and similar notices of related government relations activities. Current Action Alerts can be accessed by IEEE members via IEEE-USA's Legislative Action Center.

Date

Description

21 July 2010 Letter to Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension committee members supporting confirmation of Dr. Subra Suresh as Director of the National Science Foundation.
23 June 2010 Letter to U.S. Senate urge consideration of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (HR 5116).
14 June 2010 Letter to members of the House and Senate energy appropriators supporting the Administration's funding request for the Department of Energy’s “REgaining our ENERGY Science and Engineering Edge” (RE-ENERGYSE) program
2 June 2010 Letter to Senator Patty Murray (and other members of the Congressional Aerospace Caucus) offering IEEE-USA's support and assistance.
26 May 2010 Letter to Senators Snowe, Kaufman and Warner supporting the FCC Commissioners’ Technical Resource Enhancement Act (S.2881)
19 May 2010 Letter to House of Representatives urging approval of the revised America COMPETES Act (H.R. 5325) on remittal from the House Science and Technology Committee.
19 May 2010 Coalition letter (Task Force on American innovation) to key House/Senate leaders supporting reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act as a bipartisan measure.
12 May 2010 Coalition Letter (Engineering Societies) to Reps. Gordon and Hall supporting America COMPETES Act on eve of committee mark-up.
11 May 2010 Letter to the U.S. House urging reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act (H.R. 5116).
6 May 2010 Letter to FCC and NTIA offer suggestions to improve spectrum allocation decisions related to "harmful interference".
26 April 2010 Letter to House leaders urging support for America COMPETES Act (H.R. 5116) reauthorization legislation.
20 April 2010 Pittsburgh Section letter to Rep. Altmire urging support for introduction of IEEE-USA high-skilled immigration reform legislation.
7 April 2010 Coalition letter (Task Force on American Innovation) to key House/Senate Committee leaders supporting reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act this year.
6 April 2010 Letter to Transportation Secretary LaHood urging support for an increase in the number of electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers within the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  [NHTSA Response]
16 March 2010 Letter to FCC Chairman commending the proposed National Broadband Plan and offering assistance on implementation details.
11 March 2010 Letter to House Judiciary Committee members expressing concerns regarding The Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515)
11 March 2010 Letter to Senator Landrieu indicating support for S.3089, a bill to require the Small Business Administration to study the effects of proposed patent law changes that would move the U.S. to a first-inventor-to-file (FTF) system.
25 Feb. 2010 Coalition (CNSR) Statement to Congress on FY2011 DoD R&D Budget appropriations.
22 Feb. 2010 Letter to Rep. Ben Lujan endorsing the Community College Energy Training Act (HR 3731).
17 Feb. 2010 Letter to Senate Leadership and Chair and Ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee urging Senate action on the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061).
1 Feb.  2010 Letter to Senate Leaders, Secretary of Commerce, PTO Director and others sharing concerns with patent reforms proposed in the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515).
26 Jan. 2010 Letters to Senator Gillibrand and Rep. Paul Tonko endorsing the Engineering Education for Innovation (E2) Act (S. 3043/H.R.4709)
25 Jan. 2010 Letter to Rep. Rohabacher sharing concerns with patent reforms proposed in the Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515).
22 Jan. 2010 Coalition letter to Rep. Mike Thompson endorsing the Storage Technology of Renewable and Green Energy Act of 2009 (STORAGE Act) (H.R. 4210).
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IEEE-USA policy documents can be obtained by written request to the IEEE-USA, 2001 L Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036, by phone request to 202-785-0017, by fax request to 202-785-0835, or by e-mail request to c.brantley@ieee.org.

Copies of coalition letters/testimonies by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), of which the IEEE is a member, can be obtained on-line or by written request to AAES, 1111 19th Street, N.W., Suite 608, Washington, DC 20036, or by phone request to 202-296-2237.

Last Update: 21 July 2010
Staff Contact: Chris Brantley

 

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