AGI Government Affairs Advisory Committee
Draft Meeting Agenda and Background Information

Sunday, April 21, 2002
American Geological Institute Headquarters
4220 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia

12:00 pm     Lunch at AGI

12:30 pm     Introductions and Preliminary Business

• Approval of Report from 11/01 meeting
• Review of GAP finances

12:45 pm     Update from Government Affairs Program Staff

• Staff Presentations
• Member Society Support Activities
• Selection of AGI's 2002-2003 Congressional Science Fellow
• Summer and Semester Internships
• Virtual Geoscience Agency Project

• Review of President's Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request
• Geotimes Political Scene: Taking Aim at a Defense Budget (3/02)
• Special Update: The President's FY 2003 Budget Request: DOE  (2-23-02)
• Special Update: The President's FY 2003 Budget Request: NOAA, NASA & EPA  (2-21-02)
• Special Update: The President's FY 2003 Budget Request: USGS  (2-7-02)
• Special Update: The President's FY 2003 Budget Request: NSF  (2-6-02)
• AGI Testimony
• USGS and DOE Fossil Energy -- FY 2003 House Appropriations Testimony (4-4-02)
• National Science Foundation -- FY 2003 Senate Appropriations Testimony (3-22-02)
• Department of the Interior Strategy and Performance Dialogue on Using Natural Resources (1-14-02)
• Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition
• Coalition Activities
• Engaging the Geoscience Community
• Geotimes Political Scene: Turning a Request into Reality (4/02)

1:45 pm     Reports from Member Societies

• Priority Issues
• Shared Concerns and Ideas
• Mobilizing Society Memberships

• Opportunities for AGI and Member Society Collaboration in Geoscience Policy
• Government Affairs Program Strategic Plan (1998)
• Geotimes Political Scene: A Decade in the Game: AGI's Government Affairs Program (1/02)

III. Federal Policy Issues Facing the Geoscience Community

3:30 pm     Geoscience Role in National Security

• AGI Activities (Special Geotimes Issue)
• Challenges and Obstacles

• AAPG Testimony and Forum
• Educational Opportunities

• White Paper on Homeland Security Linkages
• Caucus Events

4:30 pm Education Policy Initiatives

• Federal/State Challenges to Teaching Evolution
• State Challenges to the Teaching of Evolution (4-2-02)
• Federal Challenges to the Teaching of Evolution (1-22-02)
• Earth Science Graduation Requirements & Curriculum Standards
• AGI Update on Earth Science Education in California (2-25-02)
• Geotimes News Note on Texas (3/02; to be posted soon)
• AGI Role at the State/Local Level

• ICSU Position Statements
• Future Directions

5:15 pm     Presentation by 2001-2002 Fellow David Curtiss

• Geotimes Political Scene: Anthrax in the House (by AGI 2000-2001 Fellow Katy Makeig; 2/02)
• Geotimes Political Scene: A Fellow's Welcome to Washington (by AGI 2001-2002 Fellow David Curtiss; 12/01)

5:45 pm     Action Items/Plans for Next Meeting

6:00 pm     Adjourn

6:30 pm     Dinner at Peking Gourmet

Please send any comments or requests for information to AGI Government Affairs Program at govt@agiweb.org.

Posted April 9, 2002

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