AIBS Public Policy Reports

The AIBS Public Policy Office provides analysis and communication for the AIBS Board, Headquarters Office, and Public Policy Review Committee on issues of import to the AIBS membership and the larger scientific community. Reports are broadly disseminated by email every two weeks to AIBS membership leaders and contacts. Special reports are sent more frequently as needed.

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10 May 2010

• House Science Committee Passes COMPETES Act
• House Appropriations Chairman to Retire
• Senate Confirms Environmental Chemist for New Ocean Policy Post
• House Resolutions Recognize NSF, Science Education
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

26 April 2010

• House Committee to Consider COMPETES Act Reauthorization
• Scientists Visit Capitol Hill: Support NSF, USDA Research
• Help Influence FY 2011 Science Funding: Write Congress Today
• NSF, NIH Offer New Bridging the Sciences Program
• NRC, NAS Release Reports on Ocean Acidification, GMO Crops
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

12 April 2010

• House Science Committee Formulates America COMPETES Reauthorization
• NPS Finalizes Policy to Require Benefits-Sharing Agreement for Research
• Ph.D. Candidates Engage in Interdisciplinary Research
• Help Influence FY 2011 Science Funding: Write Congress Today
• FWS Seeks Comments on Permits for Migratory Birds
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

29 March 2010

• AIBS Policy Director Testifies Before House Committee
• Obama Picks Nobel Laureate for OSTP Science Post
• Help Influence FY 2011 Science Funding: Write Congress Today
• NSF, DOE, USDA Joint Initiative to Improve Climate Impact Predictions
• New Report Examines Causes of Gender Gap in Science
• House Passes Bills on Ocean Education, Mississippi River Water Quality
• NSF Letter Writing Campaign a Success
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

15 March 2010

• Support NSF: Write Your Representative Today
• AIBS Names 2010 Emerging Public Policy Leaders
• Comments Sought on Strategic Plan to Digitize Biological Collections
• House Passes Bill to Study Harmful Algal Blooms
• NSF BIO Program Launches Online Tool to Enable Science Partnerships
• NRC Report Calls for Exploration of Connections Between Climate and Human Evolution
• BioScience Article Finds That More Maize Ethanol Production Could Increase Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Back To School: Education Policy Discussions Start
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

1 March 2010

• Universities Need Funds for Research Infrastructure
• National Science Board Urges Action to Maintain International Science Lead
• Majority of Texans Don't Believe in Evolution
• NIH to Redefine 'Stem Cell'
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

16 February 2010

• New AIBS Report Reviews President's FY 2011 Budget for Biology
• NSF Director to Retire
• NOAA Creates One-Stop Shop for Climate Data
• AIBS Shares Thoughts on K-12 STEM Ed with House Science Committee
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

1 February 2010

• Science Funding Up in President's FY 2011 Budget
• House Science Committee to Reauthorize COMPETES Act
• Attention Graduate Students: Deadline Approaching for 2010 EPPLA Applications
• AIBS Comments on Public Access to Scientific Literature
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

19 January 2010

• Inspector General Finds Fault With Interior's Management of Collections
• New Biosecurity Measures Recommended for U.S. Labs
• 2010 Science and Engineering Indicators Released
• Another Victory for Science in California Creationism Case
• Attention Graduate Students: Deadline Approaching for 2010 EPPLA Applications
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

4 January 2010

• United States Predicted to Remain Top Funder of R&D, For Now
• Attention Graduate Students: AIBS Accepting 2010 EPPLA Applications
• AIBS Webinar Helps Students, Young Professionals Explore Careers in Science Policy
• Thank Congress for Increased Funding
• New Plant Species Discovered in Botanic Garden
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

22 December 2009

• NSF, NOAA, NIH to Receive Budget Increases in 2010
• Senators Coburn and McCain Grumble About 'Wasteful' Science Spending
• OSTP Requests Comments on Public Access to Scientific Literature
• USDA to Spend Additional $90 Million on Climate Mitigation Research
• House Science and Technology Committee Losing Chairmen
• Italian Science Agency Stirs Up Controversy with New Book
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "A Research and Education Agenda for Biology?"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

7 December 2009

• AIBS Webinar to Help Students, Young Professionals Explore Careers in Science Policy
• New Presidential Bioethics Council to Take Policy-Based Approach
• Upcoming Webcast on Reporting Requirements for Stimulus Funds
• Attention Graduate Students: AIBS Accepting 2010 EPPLA Applications
• AIBS Writes to Senators about Scientific Integrity in Health Care Reform
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "A Research and Education Agenda for Biology?"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

24 November 2009

• President Announces New Science Education Initiative
• AIBS to Host Webinar -- "Alternative Science Careers: Science Policy"
• NPS Says Scientists Must Share
• International Study: Financial Benefits in Conservation
• Attention Graduate Students: AIBS Accepting 2010 EPPLA Applications
• House Passes Measure to Prevent Aquatic Invaders
• Birds Collected by Darwin to be Used to Restore Extinct Population
• Biosecurity Draws Attention from Congress, Scientists
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Turning the Tide on Aquatic Invaders"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

9 November 2009

• Climate Change Debate Heats Up in the Senate
• AIBS Comments on Interior Strategic Plan Framework
• Congress Increases Funding for Some Science Programs
• Creationism on Rise Around the World
• AIBS Publishes Darwin Articles Open Access
• New Vertebrate Genome Project Announced
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "Turning the Tide on Aquatic Invaders"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

26 October 2009

• AIBS, Scientific Organizations Reaffirm Consensus on Climate Change
• Vote Online Today: AIBS Board Election Closes October 26
• New Evolution Hall to Open at Smithsonian
• Science Elevated Within National Park Service
• Policy Makers Should Consider the Environmental Impacts of Biofuels
• McNutt Confirmed as Director of USGS
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "Stem Cells: Growth and Development... in Policy"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

13 October 2009

• Congress Continues Work on FY 2010 Appropriations
• Climate Legislation Introduced in Senate
• Federal Agencies Take Action on Climate
• Another Blow for Evolution Education in Louisiana
• Short Takes
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "Stem Cells: Growth and Development...in Policy"

29 September 2009

• New Reports Set Course for Biology, Environmental Science
• FY 2009 Drawing to a Close, FY 2010 Appropriations Unfinished
• Ecosystem Scientists Brief Policymakers
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "Debate over science funding heats up in Canada"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

14 September 2009

• Campaign for Science Collections Grows Stronger
• Biologist to Lead National Park Service
• NRC to Release Report on Future of Biology
• Obama Administration Taking New Approach to Species Backlog
• USGS Coalition to Honor Senators Feinstein and Murkowski at Congressional Reception
• Federal Reports on Chesapeake Bay Recovery Call for Scientific Investments
• NIH Updating Women's Health Research Priorities
• Call for Nominations for Science Public Service Award
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Debate Over Science Funding Heats Up in Canada"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

31 August 2009

• NSF Announces New Ethics Rules
• Five-Year Plan for USGS Climate Wildlife Science Center Released
• NSF Accepting Comments on Environmental Impacts of NEON
• NOAA Asks the Public to Help Shape Its Future
• Funding Available for Ocean Exploration
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in BioScience - "A Rising Tide of Support for a National Climate Service"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

17 August 2009

• Nationwide Event has Biologists Meeting with Members of Congress
• Energy Department Announces New Stimulus Funds for Scientific Research
• White House Sets Priorities for Federal Science Investments in FY 2011 Budget
• Senate Confirms Science Nominees for State, NIH, and FWS
• Creationist Exams Approved in United Kingdom
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

3 August 2009

• Natural Science Collections Campaign for Presidential Executive Order
• Congress Authorizes New Research Programs for DOE
• New Report Profiles Undergraduates Majoring in STEM Fields
• Congress Advances Energy, NIH Appropriations
• Obama Fills Key Science Post at State Department
• Registration Deadline Approaching for Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits Week
• In the AIBS Webstore
• Now in Bioscience - "A Rising Tide of Support for a National Climate Service"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

20 July 2009

• New Report Reveals American Attitudes Toward Science
• Communicating Science Webinar: Register Today
• Call for Participants: 1st Biological Sciences Congressional District Visits Week
• Agriculture and Energy Spending Bills Advance in Both Chambers
• President Announces Nominations for NIH, USGS
• NOAA Seeks Nominations for Science Advisory Board, Announces Grants
• Evolution Education Update
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "A Rising Tide of Support for a National Climate Service"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

6 July 2009

• AIBS Public Policy Office to Host Communicating Science Webinar: Register Today
• House Passes Climate Change Bill
• Interior Appropriations Moving Through Congress
• Senate Committee Proposes FY 2010 Funding for NSF, NOAA
• Comments Sought on Ocean Research Plan
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "A Rising Tide of Support for a National Climate Service"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center
• NSF Funds Stimulus Study

22 June 2009

• House Approves FY 2010 Appropriations for NSF, NOAA: USGS, EPA, USDA Could Be Next
• Help Influence FY 2010 Science Funding: Write Congress Today
• Auditor Reviews Scientific Integrity at EPA
• NSF Releases Guidelines for New BREAD Program
• White House Orders New Ocean Policy Taskforce
• President Nominates Biologist to Lead FWS
• Environmental Research Parks Approved by House Panel
• New Conservation Corps Engages Youth in Natural Resources
• New Report on National Climate Impacts
• Call for Nominations: IPCC Special Report
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Will Congress Include Ecosystem Monitoring in Climate Legislation?"

8 June 2009

• House Subcommittee Approves Budgets for NSF, NOAA
• President Calls for Science Diplomacy
• National Climate Service Bill Passes Committee Vote
• More US Visas on the Way for Scientists, Graduate Students
• AIBS Comments on Louisiana Science Education Rule
• Controversy in New Jersey
• New Recovery Act Funding Opportunities
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Will Congress Include Ecosystem Monitoring in Climate Legislation?"
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

26 May 2009

• FY 2010 NSF Budget Details Released
• NSF Webinar to Discuss Infrastructure Funding Opportunities
• House Committee Moves Climate Change Legislation Forward
• Holdren Testifies Before Congress About Research Budgets
• Obama Nominates Green Chemist to Lead EPA Research Division
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Great Lakes: Sailing to the Forefront of National Water Policy?
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

11 May 2009

• Administration Finally Releases Proposed FY 2010 Budget
• Congress Considers New Climate Service
• USDA Requests Comments on Agriculture Research Plan
• Budget Cuts Forcing Some Zoos to Downsize
• Congress Looks at International Science
• Endangered Species Rule Rescinded
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Great Lakes: Sailing to the Forefront of National Water Policy?
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center

27 April 2009

• Obama Visits the Academies, Shares Plans for Science
• Scientists Visit Capitol Hill: Support NSF, USDA Research
• Climate Legislation Still Alive
• No Child Left Inside Act Reintroduced
• President Fills More Science Posts
• Forest Restoration Funds Requested
• USGS Gets New Research Vessels
• Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "Grand Theories: How Far Have We Come and Where Will We Go?

13 April 2009

• Plan to Double U.S. Foreign Ag Aid Could Increase Research Funding
• House and Senate Approve FY 2010 Budget Resolutions
• Federal Court Strikes Down Patent of DNA Sequence
• Write to the President About Science Funding
• Antarctic Tourism May Be Curtailed to Protect Environment, Research
• Climate Change Legislation Released
• President Nominates Assistant Secretary of Interior
• New in BioScience - "Grand Theories: How Far Have We Come and Where Will We Go?
• Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center
• In the AIBS Webstore

30 March 2009

• AIBS Asks House to Fund Science in FY 2010
• NSF Releases Stimulus Guidance
• ED Secretary Talks to Science Teachers
• Congress Passes Long-Awaited Ocean Research Legislation
• Senate Confirms Two Science Picks
• Education Evolves in Texas
• UK Considers Science Stimulus
• SWS Calls for Sustainable Management of Cypress Forests
• House Panel Considers International Science Partnerships
• Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center
• In the AIBS Webstore

16 March 2009

• AIBS Comments on Scientific Integrity in Federal Regulatory Process
• FY 2009 Appropriations: Finally Done
• Universities Trying to Cope with Bad Budgets
• EPA Proposes Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting
• Obama Science Appointments Still Moving Through Process
• Obama Repeals Stem Cell Ban, Calls for Scientific Integrity
• Congress, Hearings, and Science
• Become an Advocate for Science: Join the AIBS Legislative Action Center Today
• In the AIBS Webstore
• New in BioScience - "US Struggles to Clear up Confusion Left in Wake of Rapanos"

2 March 2009

• AIBS Partners with Member Organizations to Bring New Lobbying Effort
• President Releases Outline for FY 2010 Budget
• House Passes FY 2009 Spending Bill
• President Addresses Congress: Climate Change and Ed are Priorities
• Congressional Committees Consider Climate Change, Sort of
• National Science Foundation Announces Search for New AD for BIO
• Directions for the USGS Climate Change Center
• New in Bioscience -- "US Struggles to Clear Up Confusion Left in Wake of Rapanos"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working With the Media"

17 February 2009

• Stimulus, Science, and Museums
• Holdren, Lubchenco Confirmation Hearings Held
• Obama Plans Increased Oversight of 2010 Census
• House Members Introduce Energy Legislation
• Senate Environment Committee Reorganizes
• New in Bioscience -- "On Moral Grounds: Bioethics Training For Scientists"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working With the Media"

2 February 2009

• Report Outlines Status of Federal Science Collections
• New NRC Report Identifies Opportunities for Biology
• Stimulus Package Passes House
• Texas Board of Education Rejects Creationist Phrasing in State Science Standards
• Science Committee to Investigate Bush Appointees
• Gore Testifies Before Senate on Climate Change
• Interior Could Receive $50 Million to Mitigate Environmental Problems with US-Mexico Border Fence
• New in Bioscience -- "On Moral Grounds: Bioethics Training for Scientists"
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

22 January 2009

• Congress Moves Forward on Economic Stimulus
• Cabinet Taking Shape
• NSF Announces Senior Leadership Changes
• Leadership Changes at USGS
• Congressional Committees Taking Shape
• New in Bioscience: "Nothing Average About Change"
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• Applications Now Available: 2009 ASM-AIBS Graduate Student Public Policy Internship
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

5 January 2009

• Inspector General Finds Political Interference at Department of Interior
• Decisions Protect Some Marine Species, Not Others
• Some Obama Science Agency Appointees Will Face Challenges
• New Report Describes Postsecondary Institutional Workforce
• New in Bioscience: "Nothing Average About Change"
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• 2009 AIBS Media Award Entries Due Soon
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

22 December 2008

• Obama Fulfills Pledge, Names Science Advisor
• Obama Selects Marine Biologist for Top Spot at NOAA
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• Bush Administration Finalizes ESA Rule Change
• New in BioScience - "The Cost of Conservation: The National Wildlife Refuge System"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

8 December 2008

• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• Supreme Court Rejects DOJ Wetlands Request
• Texas and Science Education: Here We Go Again
• Hollywood Science
• New in BioScience - "The Cost of Conservation: The National Wildlife Refuge System"
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• Now in the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

24 November 2008

• Natural Science Collections and the Economy: Preliminary Survey Results
• Obama Administration to Review Bush Administration Rules
• Supreme Court Rules for Navy in Marine Sonar Case
• Groups Want Congress to Reauthorize Migratory Bird Conservation Program
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• New in BioScience: "The Sound of Silence at the Environmental Protection Agency"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

10 November 2008

• Washington Prepares for Transition
• Election Trends from Across the Nation
• Graduate Student Opportunity: 2009 Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
• Arachnologists Join AIBS Public Policy Office
• EPA Reopens Libraries
• New in BioScience: "The Sound of Silence at the Environmental Protection Agency"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

27 October 2008

• NAS Announces Committee, Meeting: Century of Biology Report
• NSC Alliance Surveys Collections about Effects of Economy
• NOAA and NIH Heads Step Down
• Engineered Animals for Food an Pharmaceuticals
• New in BioScience: "Science Advice for the Next President"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

13 October 2008

• AIBS Cosponsors Second Presidential Candidates' Forum
• Congress Extends Funding, Science Agencies Flat
• AERC Briefs Policymakers on Carbon Sequestration by Ecosystems
• Mammals Perfect Disappearing Act
• Biology Standards Beefed Up in the Longhorn State?
• Meteorologists Hold Briefing on Climate Change and Ecosystems
• New in BioScience: "Science Advice for the Next President"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: Communicating Science: A Primer for working with the Media"

29 September 2008

• National Science Board Nominees Senate Bound
• House Passes No Child Left Inside
• Bad Water, How to Clean It?
• New in BioScience: "Sweating the Small Stuff"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

15 September 2008

• Congress Returns, Has Full Plate
• AIBS Request to Interior Granted: Comment Period on Proposed ESA Rule Change Extended
• USGS Coalition to Honor Members of Congress
• National Academies Update Stem Cell Report
• BLM Moves Towards Leasing Western Lands for Oil Shale Extraction
• NOAA to Slow Boats, Save Whales?
• New in BioScience: "Sweating the Small Stuff"

2 September 2008

• AIBS CoSponsors Presidential Surrogate Debates on Health, Energy
• AIBS Requests Extension for Public Comment on Proposed Endangered Species Act Rule Change
• McCain and Obama Pick Running Mates, Palin Supports Creationism
• NAS Finds Public Participation Improves Policy Making Process
• New in BioScience: "Sweating the Small Stuff"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

18 August 2008

• Bush Administration Proposes Endangered Species Act Rule Change
• California: Science Wins Latest Evolution Education Battle
• Now in BioScience: "A New Farm Bill, Research Strucure at USDA"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

4 August 2008

• Biologists Attacked, Law Enforcement Suspects Animal Rights Terrorists
• NSF Report Shows Growth in Number of Grant Applications
• EPA Seeks Comments on Greenhouse Gas Rule
• Congress Leaves Town, Appropriations Bills Unfinished
• Senator Reid Attempts to Push Wildlife and Ocean Research Legislation
• House Addresses Water Crisis
• Now in BioScience: "A New Farm Bill, Research Structure at USDA"

21 July 2008

• Academies Report on Need for Professional Science Masters Degree
• Cheney Staff Censored Climate Testimony, says Former EPA Official
• EPA Warns that Warming is Threat to Humans
• FDA Launches Science Policy Program
• New in BioScience: "A New Farm Bill, Research Structure at USDA"

7 July 2008

• Louisiana Sets Aside Science
• AIBS Cosponsors Congressional Reception Showcasing Science
• Bad Economy Puts Pressure on State Budgets
• House Adopts Budget Agreement
• House and Senate Consider Science Funding
• New in BioScience: "A New Farm Bill, Research Structure at USDA"
• BioScience Article Makes a Splash
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

23 June 2008

• New Report Provides Next President with Recommendations for OSTP
• Louisiana Politicians Politicize Science Education
• War Funding Bill Includes Money For Science
• Heinz Center Releases New Ecosystem Report, Calls for Action on Monitoring
• What Do the Candidates Think About Science?
• New in BioScience: "Shale Oil: Alternative Energy or Environmental Degradation?"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

9 June 2008

• Climate Legislation Dies in Senate
• SWS Members Participate in AIBS Policy, Media Workshops
• AIBS Comments on American Academy of Arts and Sciences White Paper
• AIBS Opposes Anti-Science Legislation in Louisiana
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• New in BioScience: "Shale Oil: Alternative Energy or Environmental Degradation"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communication Science: A Primer for Working with the Media"

27 May 2008

• Supplemental Science Funding?
• Polar Bears Threatened, but Interior Ducks Emission Regulation
• Evolution Update
• Congress Overrides President's Veto of Farm Bill
• New in BioScience: "Big Bucks for Biosecurity Research - But Who's Doing What?"
• Now In the AIBS Webstore: "Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media

9 May 2008

• European Report Outlines Future of Taxonomy
• Range Expansion: Threats to Science Education Spread
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Associate
• Mikulski Includes $200 Million for NSF in Supplemental Appropriations
• Court Rules for Polar Bears
• EPA Board Seeks Candidates for Committee
• New in BioScience: "Big Bucks for Biosecurity Research - But Who's Doing What?

28 April 2008

• AIBS Supports Amendment to Protect Federal Research Budgets
• Rejected: Creationists Lose Bid to Offer Education Degree in Texas
• AIBS Testimony Supports EPA Research Funding
• Evolution Threat Persists in Louisiana
• Fisheries Society Issues Evolution Statement
• Unemployment Rate Drops for Most Scientists, Slight Increase for Environmental life Scientists and Social Scientists
• Survey of EPA Scientists Finds Political Interference
• Soil Scientists Seek Input on Research Priorities
• New in BioScience: "Political Science"
• AIBS Congressional Directory
• Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media

14 April 2008

• Evolution, Science Education Still Under Attack
• Congressional Support for NSF Funding
• Biologists Visit Lawmakers, Advocate Greater Investment in Research
• Climate Hearings Focus on Public Health
• New in BioScience: "Political Science"

31 March 2008

• AIBS Provides Testimony to House Appropriations in Support of NSF
• Is Education Still OK in Oklahoma?
• Conference Considers Ecological Elements of Biofuels
• New in BioScience: "Theory and Funding for 21st Century Biology - Maybe"
• Communicating Science: A Primer for Working with the Media

17 March 2008

• AIBS Submits Congressional Testimony in Support of USGS, EPA
• Budget Process Moves Forward in Congress
• Senate Reviews FY 2009 Federal Science Budget, Regrets FY 2008
• Scientist Wins Special Election: Takes Former Speaker Hastert's Seat in Congress
• McCain Growls About Bear Research
• Now Available: AIBS Congressional Directory for the 110th Congress, Second Session
• New in BioScience: "Theory and Funding for 21st Century Biology - Maybe"
• Register Now for the 2008 AIBS Annual Meeting: "Climate, Environment, and Infectious Diseases"

3 March 2008

• Support NSF, Consider Calling Congress
• Science Committee Reviews NSF FY 09 Budget, Questions Disparity Among Directorates
• AIBS Names 2008 Emerging Public Policy Leaders
• Political Science: Physicist Makes Real Run for House
• Harvard Endorses Open Access
• New in BioScience: "Theory and Funding for 21st Century Biology - Maybe"

19 February 2008

• Florida Science Standards Evolve
• Science in the Federal Budget, A Closer Look
• Science Gets an Energy Boost
• New AIBS Book Primes Scientists for Successful Media Interviews
• New in BioScience: "Fertilizing the Seas for Climate Mitigation--Promising Strategy or Sheer Folly?"

5 February 2008

• State of the Union Recap: Energy, Earmarks & Economy
• Bush Proposes Biggest Budget Ever, Will Science Suffer?
• A First Look at NSF in the FY 09 Budget: Physical Sciences Favored, Again
• USGS Budget is Mixed: NBII to Get Cut
• Decision on Texas Creationist Grad Program Delayed
• AIBS Joins Call for 2008 Presidential Debate on Science
• PPO Posts Annual Report - With a New Look!
• New in BioScience: "FYI: Threats Remain for Evolution Education"

22 January 2008

• Ecologists Issue Biofuels Statement
• NSB Releases 2008 Science and Engineering Indicators
• New Academies Book on Evolution
• Collections Community Workshop on Curating Small Collections
• New in BioScience

7 January 2008

• Bush Signs FY 2008 Appropriations: Science Community Disappointed
• AIBS Writes to Texas Commissioner of Higher Education
• New Resource from AIBS
• New in BioScience: "FYI: Threats Remain to Evolution Education"

21 December 2007

• Little Holiday Cheer for Federal Science Agencies: Congress Finishes FY 2008 Appropriations
• More Trouble in Texas: Institute for Creation Research Seeks State Approval for Grad Program
• In Memoriam: Terry L. Yates
• New in BioScience: "Feds Seek to Ignite Bioenergy Research"

10 December 2007

• Appropriations Update: Omnibus on the Way
• E-mails Stir Up Evolution Controversy in Texas, Florida
• Members of Congress on the Move
• Climate Talks Get Underway in Bali
• New Green Schools Caucus in Congress
• Climate Legislation Proceeds in Senate
• New in BioScience: "Feds Seeks to Ignite Bioenergy Research"

26 November 2007

• Appropriations Hit a Wall
• AIBS Launches Web Resource on the Budget Process
• UN Warns of Emissions Growth
• House Member Calls for Changes to Smithsonian Governance
• New in BioScience "Ocean Acidification: The Biggest Threat to Our Oceans?"

12 November 2007

• National Academies to Host Symposium on the Interaction of Physical and Life Sciences Research
• AIBS, Member Societies Are Core Participants in New Collections Initiative
• New Agriculture Secretary Nominated, Farm Bill Stalled in Senate
• Federal Agencies Invite Input: Human Exposure Studies, Ecological Economics, and Energy
• GAO and NAS Report on Environmental Accounting
• Senate Confirms FWS Head
• New in BioScience: "Ocean Acidification: The Biggest Threat to Our Oceans?"

29 October 2007

• NSF Report Examines Decline in Research Funding Rates
• GAO Recommends Federal Data-Sharing Policy
• Senator Vitter Withdraws Creationism Earmark
• Senate Approves CJS Spending
• Senate Adopts Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Plan
• Proposed Revisions to Stream Buffer Zone Rule Draws Criticism from Stream Scientists
• White House Edits Warming Testimony
• New in BioScience: "Government Looks into Health of Federal Collections"

15 October 2007

• Feds Consider Security at US Bio Labs
• NSB Rolls out Stem Education Action Plan
• New Law Forgives Some Student Loan Debt for Non-Profit Workers
• New in BioScience: "Government Looks into Health of Federal Science Collections"
• Science Policy Survey for Youth Voters

1 October 2007

• Federal Funding Update
• Ecosystem Researchers Discuss Bioenergy on Capitol Hill
• NRC Reports on the Role of Theory in Biology
• Is It Time For a Creationism Museum in Wisconsin?
• Expelled Producers Dishonest with Pro-Evolution Scientists
• Global Extinction Crisis Escalating
• NIGMS Requests Comments on Draft Strategic Plan
• Endangered Species Get a Tax Break
• USGS Coalition Holds Capitol Hill Reception
• Education Releases Latest Assessment of Math and Reading Performance
• AIBS Board Elections Underway
• New in Bioscience: "Government Looks into Health"

17 September 2007

• Reports Question Federal Management of Climate Change
• Appropriations Update
• Census Bureau Launches New S&E Workforce Database
• Court Rejects Creationist Lawsuit, Again
• Report Calls for Great Lakes Clean-Up
• New in BioScience: "Congress Advances Multi-Year Science and Education Plan"

4 September 2007

• Feds Request Comments on Climate Change Plan
• AIBS Comments on NSB Stem ED Plan
• Intelligent Design/Creationism Goes Hollywood
• William McComas Wins NABT Evolution Education Award
• House Passes Energy Legislation
• New in BioScience: "Congress Advances Multiyear Science and Education Plan"
• Bush Announces Executive Order Promoting Hunting

20 August 2007

• Administration Releases FY 2009 R&D Budget Priorities
• Former House Speaker Hopes to Leave Mark with Carbon Cap and Trade Legislation
• President Signs Competitiveness Bill Despite Reservations
• Science Education Advocates Urged to Avoid Complacency
• Vertebrate Paleontologists Blast Creation Museum
• OSTP Releases National Land Imaging Program Plan
• EPA Requests Comments
• New in BioScience: "National Wildlife Refuges: Death by a Thousand Cuts?"
• COPUS Update

6 August 2007

• Congress Completes Competitiveness Legislation
• House Passes FY 2008 Science Appropriations
• State Department Names New Science Adviser
• House Amends Financial Services Appropriations: Limits Administration Regulatory Policy
• House Subcommittees Continue Probe of SREL Closure
• New in BioScience: "National Wildlife Refuges: Death by a Thousand Cuts?"

24 July 2007

• Texas: A Mess Again
• Are You Sick of Politicization of Science? So Are Former Surgeon Generals
• Congress Moves Toward Conference on Competitiveness Legislation
• AIBS President-Elect to Receive 2006 National Medal of Science
• A Ten-Year Science Plan for USGS
• Interior Shuffle Continues
• New in BioScience: "National Wildlife Refuges: Death by a Thousand Cuts?"

9 July 2007

• President Bush Vetoes Another Stem Cell Bill, Congress and States Respond
• House Committee Approves Alternative Fuels Legislation
• Science Appropriations Update: NSF, NOAA, NASA
• Senate Committee Calls for EPA to Reopen Libraries
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Representative
• New in BioScience: "National Wildlife Refuges: Death by a Thousand Cuts?"

25 June 2007

• Interior and Environment Appropriations Update
• Homeland Security Science Appropriations
• GAO Confirms Cloudy Media Policies at Fed Agencies
• Business and Higher ED Call for Solutions to the STEM ED Teacher Problem
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Representative
• Weed Scientists: Sustain Efforts to Combat Invasive Species
• EPA Requests Input on Endocrine Disruptors List
• New in BioScience: "Congress Considers NSF Authorization"

11 June 2007

• FY 2008 Science Funding Update
• It is Summertime: Meet with Your Member of Congress
• Bush Goes Global: Plenty of Talk, Any Action?
• Is There Still Room for Science At NASA
• More Problems for NASA
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Public Affairs Representative
• New Director for NSF's Division of Environmental Biology
• Education Issues Condition of Education 2007 Report
• A Museum for Creationists
• New in BioScience: "Congress Considers NSF Authorization"

28 May 2007

• House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee Proposes Increased Funding for Science and Environment Agencies
• Congress Abuzz About Pollinators
• House Goes Omnibus on Innovation Bills
• Massachusetts Joins States Advancing Bio Research
• New in BioScience: "Wildlife Triggers Change in Congressional Debate on Climate"

11 May 2007

• House Authorizes NSF, NIST
• Evolution Education Updates
• American Competitiveness Council Releases Final Report
• Savannah River Ecology Laboratory: Gone for Good?
• EPA Calls for Comment on 2007 Environment Report
• New in Bioscience: "Wildlife Triggers Change in Congressional Debate on Climate

30 April 2007

• A Big Week for Innovation Legislation
• NSF Reauthorization Included in America Competes Legislation
• NSB and NGA Hold Briefing on "Innovation America!"
• Commitment to Grad Education Vital to Competitiveness

16 April 2007

• AIBS PPO Congressional Testimony in Support of Increased FY 2008 Funding for NSF
• Proposed Legislation Would Support Communications Training for Science Graduate Students
• GBIF Requests Input
• Tech-No Education
• Now Available: The AIBS Directory to the 110th Congress
• New in Bioscience: "Transforming the Rules on Federal Regulations"
• Graduate Student Science Policy Internship At AIBS
• Plan to attend: 2007 AIBS Annual Meeting

2 April 2007

• House Adopts Budget
• Major Changes at Smithsonian, NMNH
• Russian Academy Asserts Autonomy
• Education Releases Data About Postsecondary Faculty
• ESA, C-FARE, Tri-Societies Brief Capitol Hill
• USGS Releases Report on Streamflow and Nutrient Delivery from the MS River to the Gulf of Mexico
• New in BioScience: "Transforming the rules on federal regulations"
• Graduate Student Science Policy Internship
• Plan to Attend: 2007 AIBS Annual Meeting

19 March 2007

• House Committee Approves Four Bills
• America COMPETES Act Introduced in Senate
• EU Launches New Research Funding Organization
• Climate Change and Wildlife Update
• SETAC-North America Issues Statement About Science in the Classroom
• New in BioScience: "Just Another Report, or a Sea Change for Ocean Research?"

5 March 2007

• Congress Begins Budget Hearings, Asks Questions About Funding Balance
• Administration Plants Seeds for New Farm Bill
• 2007 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award Recipients Named
• New in BioScience: "Just Another Report, or a Sea Change for Ocean Research?"
• Reminder: AIBS Evolution Education Policy Information is Available Online

20 February 2007

• A Look at R&D in the FY 08 Budget Request
• NSF in the FY 2008 Budget
• Interior Science Budget Flat, at Best
• EPA Budget is in Hazardous Situation
• Forest Service Budget Cut
• Funding Sinks for Many NOAA Programs
• Rising to the Challenge: Scientists and Business Leaders Address Global Climate Change
• Kansas Board of Education Returns Evolution to State Science Curricula
• EPA at it Again
• New in BioScience: "Declining Amphibian Populations: What is the Next Step?"

6 February 2007

• An Early Look at the FY 2008 Budget for Biology
• Attention Graduate Students: 2007 AIBS EPPLA Application Deadline Nears
• Politicization of Science has an Ear in New Congress
• New in BioScience: "Declining Amphibian Populations: What is the Next Step?"

22 January 2007

• Science Community Asks New Congress to Support Federal Research Funding
• Pelosi Calls for Increased Federal Funding for R&D
• Congress Revisits Stem Cell Research
• Scientists and Evangelicals Unite to Protect the Environment
• Climate Change Takes Congress by Storm
• Year of Science 2009 and COPUS to Promote Public Understanding of Science
• Congress Update
• GAO Report Recommends Improvements for USDA Management of Key Conservation Programs
• New in BioScience: “Post Post-Doc: Are New Scientists Prepared for the Real World?”
• Graduate Student Opportunuty: Applications for the 2007 Emerging Public Policy Leader Award avaiable

8 January 2007

• New Year, New Congress
• Public Policy Office Welcomes New Staff
• Cobb County Evolution Case Finally Resolved
• Climate Change and the White House
• EPA Requests Nominations for Ecosystems and Resources Advisory Committee
• New in BioScience: "Post Post-Doc: Are New Scientists Prepared for the Real World?"

18 December 2006

• Congress Adjourns Having Completed Little Work
• GAO Report Reviews Smithsonian-Showtime Partnership
• New House Committee Chairs Named
• Governors Expand Competitiveness Initiative
• Gates Confirmed as Secretary of Defense
• New in BioScience: "Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Future of Clean Water Act Murky"
• Applications for 2007 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award now available

4 December 2006

• Supreme Court Hears Global Warming Case
• Appropriations Update
• International Students Comeback to U.S.
• Changes in Air Travel on the Horizon
• New in BioScience: "Supreme Court Ruling Leaves Future of Clean Water Act Murky"
• Applications for 2007 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award Now Available

20 November 2006

• Voters Support Evolution Education
• Democrats Take Control of Congress: New leadership for Science and Environment Committees
• Climate Change Gets a "Stern" Report
• New in BioScience: "National Academy of Sciences Issues Gender Equity Plan"
• Applications for 2007 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award Now Available

6 November 2006

• Applications for 2007 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leader Award Now Available
• Reminder: November 7 is Election Day
• NSB Seeks New Members
• Hays Confirmed as Associate Director for Science at OSTP
• Employment Opportunity: AIBS Education and Outreach Manager
• Predator Control Debate Still Alive in Alaska and British Columbia
• New in BioScience: "National Academy of Sciences Issues Gender Equity Plan"

23 October 2006

• AIBS Comments on NSTC Ocean Research Plan

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