Congressional and Agency Action Alerts

• ACTION ALERT: Support Investment in DOE- Science (4-26-10)
• ACTION ALERT: Support Investment in NSF (3-9-10)

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• SPECIAL UPDATE: Geoscience in the Stimulus (2-17-09)

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• Request Increased Funding for NSF, DOE Office of Science and NIST (9-12-08)

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• Request DOE Support From House (11-16-07)
• Innovation Video Contest: Illustrate the Value of Earth Science (8-9-07)
• Geoscientists Needed for Congressional Visits in September (7-23-07)
• Support Increased Funding for NSF (3-20-07)
• Request NSF Support From Senate (1-19-07)
• Request NSF Support Tomorrow (1-11-07)

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• Request Increased Funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) (12-18-06)
• Support FY2007 Budget for NSF (11-29-06)
• House Budget Resolution Underfunds Science (4-18-06)
• USGS Mineral Resources Program (4-4-06)
• Support Increased Funding for NSF (3-16-06)
• Come to Capitol Hill for Congressional Visits Day on March 28-29, 2006 (01-10-06)
• William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellowship Deadline Approaching (01-09-06)

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• NSF Requests Your Input (12-20-05)
• Encourage Members of Congress to Join Hazards Caucus (11-30-05)
• Support for the Energy and Mineral Schools Reinvestment Act (9-27-05)
• Expertise Needed on Hurricane Katrina and also its Effects on Oil Supplies (9-02-05)
• More Congressional Visits Days in September (8-03-05)
• Support Increased Funding for DOE's Office of Fossil Energy (5-05-05)
• Oppose Limitations on NOAA (4-25-05)
• Support Increased Funding for DOE's Office of Science (4-14-05)
• Support Increased Funding for NSF (4-12-05)
• USGS Mineral Resources Program (3-15-05)
• Congressional Visits Days are May 10-11, 2005

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• Public Access to Federally Funded Scientific Research (11-12-04)
• Appropriate Access to Geospatial Data (5-28-04)
• Representatives Needed to Support Seismic Network (4-23-03)
• Visit Capitol Hill and Extol the Virtues of the Geosciences! (1-28-04)
  

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• Representatives Needed to Support Math and Science Partnerships (8-20-03)
• Help Support the Geosciences Without Leaving Home (8-4-03)
• Representatives Needed to Support Seismic Network (6-11-03)
• Congressional Signatures Needed for NSF Support Letter (5-15-03)
• Action Alert: Final Action on FY 2003 Appropriations Could Cut Geoscience Programs (1-31-03)
  

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• NSF Doubling Plan on Way to White House
  (11-18-02)
• House and Senate Appropriators Restore Cuts to USGS, DOE (7-19-02)
• House Members Seek to Put NSF Budget on Doubling Path
  (5-15-02; Updates 5-17-02)
• Remaining Eisenhower Programs Under Threat of Elimination
  (3-18-02; Updated 4-12-02)
• Come Participate in Congressional Visits Day, March 5-6
  (1-14-02)

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• Congress Moves Ahead with Education Reform (12-10-01)
• Interior Appropriations Bill Sent to President (Posted: 10-17-01)
• House Appropriators Restore USGS, DOE Fossil Energy Funding (Posted: 6-15-01)
• Senators Needed to Support Increased NSF Funding
  (Posted: 4-6-01)
• Participants Needed for Congressional Visits Day, May 1-2 (Posted: 3-17-01)
• Bush Administration Threatens Major Cut to USGS Budget (Posted: 2-17-01)

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• Action Needed Right Now In Final Blitz for Science Funding Bills (Posted: 9-11-00)
• Senators Needed to Support Increased Funding for NSF
  (Posted: 7-21-00; Revised 8-29-00)
• Comments Sought on National Climate Change Assessment (Posted: 6-29-00; Action Completed 8-11-00)
• Natural Hazards Caucus Holds First Event, More Senators Needed (Posted: 6-23-00)
• Initial House Spending Levels for USGS Fall Far Short of President's Request (Posted: 5-21-00)
• Senators Needed for Newly Created Natural Hazards Caucus (Posted: 3-7-00)
• Senate Education Bill Removes Eisenhower Science and Math Provisions (Posted: 2-23-00)
• Participants Needed for Congressional Visits Day, April 4-5 (Posted: 1-21-00; Action Complete: 4-3-00)
• Public Comment Period on Draft Fossil Management Report (Posted: 11-5-99; Action Complete: 5-15-00)
• Comments Needed on Proposed US Forest Service Planning Regulations (Posted: 10-22-99; Action Completed 2-3-00

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• Write Your Elected Representatives During Earth Science Week! (Posted: 10-11-99; Action Completed 10-16-99)
• Comments Sought on Energy, Environmental and Research Issues (Posted: 2-22-99; Action Completed 6-4-99)
• AGI Seeks Participants for Science-Engineering-Technology Congressional Visits Day, April 21-22, 1999 (Posted: 2-2-99; Action Completed 4-22-99)
• Lone Senator Holds up Law of the Sea Treaty Ratification (Posted: 9-24-98; Revised 3-31-99)

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• Comment Period for National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (Posted: 8-21-98; Action completed 9-8-98)
• Support Letter for Neal Lane Nomination (Posted: 7-27-98; Action completed 7-29-98)
• Support Letter for Eisenhower Education Program
  (Posted: 6-10-98; Action completed 6-19-98)
• DOE Holds Hearings, Seeks Comments on Energy Strategy (Posted: 2-5-98; Action completed 2-28-98)
• Co-Sponsors Needed for Bill Doubling Federal R&D Investment (Posted: 1-26-98; Action completed 2-17-98)
• Seeking Participants for Congressional Science & Technology Visits Day, February 25-26 (Posted: 1-9-98; Action completed
  2-26-98)

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• Senate Eliminates Eisenhower Science Education Program (Posted: 9-22-97; Action completed 12-11-97)
• NSF Seeks Public Comment on GPRA Strategic Plan
  (Posted 7-12-97; Action completed 8-1-97)
• Letters to Congress Needed In Support of Science Budget (Posted 6-11-97; Action completed)
• Action Needed to Support NSF Increase (Posted 5-23-97; Action completed 10-2-97)
• Action Needed on Draft Bill Affecting Scientific Publications (Posted 5-14-97; Last updated 8-26-98)
• Participants Needed for Congressional Science & Technology Visits Day, April 16-17 (Posted 3-26-97; Action completed
  4-17-98)
• Action Needed to Obtain Senate Passage of Geologic Mapping Bill (Posted 3-13-97; Action Completed 8-5-97)
• International Database Treaty Causes Concern in Scientific Community (Action suspended; Last updated 1-2-97)

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• NSF Proposes Changes to Merit Review Process (Action completed; Last updated 12-23-96)
• Action Needed to Support NSF, NASA Funding (Action completed; last updated 10-19-96)
• House Cuts Funds for National Geoscience Data Repository System (Action completed; last updated 10-19-96)
• House Eliminates Eisenhower Education Program (Action completed; last updated 10-19-96)