The AGI Government Affairs Program (GAP), established in 1992, serves as an important link between the federal government and the geoscience community. Through Congressional workshops, testimony, letters, and meetings, GAP ensures that the voices of the AGI Member Societies are heard on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch. At the same time, GAP is working to improve the flow of geoscience information to policy-makers. Equally important is the program's mission of providing federal science-policy information back to the Member Societies and the geoscience community at large.

Position statements prepared by AGI and its Member Societies provide a blueprint for guiding the intersection of the geosciences and policy.

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