News from Washington

August 1, 2000
News Alert: It's time to call your Senators in support of NSF FY2001 Budget Request

July 20, 2000
AMS mathematics briefing on Capitol Hill draws capacity crowd to hear Mary Wheeler talk on "What does water know about mathematics?"

April 26, 2000
News Alert: NSF FY 2001 Budget Request needs your support now.

April 12, 2000
AMS President testifies before House Appropriations Committee.

March 29, 2000
AAS-AMS-APS present Year 2000 Public Service Awards to Senators Bill Frist and Joseph Lieberman, and Dr. Harold Varmus

January 27, 2000
Encouraging start to FY 2001 budget process: Clinton to propose significant increase for NSF .

AMS Washington Office Contact for more information:
Monica Foulkes
AMS Washington Office
202-588-1100
mxf@ams.org

• Appropriations FY2000: Final numbers for NSF and defense research (10/26/99)
  
• Appropriations FY2000: Defense R&D increase approved by House/Senate Conference (10/14/99)
  
• Update on appropriations for science, FY 2000 (10/5/99)
  Scientific Society Presidents concerned about funding cuts(9/8/99)
  
• Alert: Legislation on Access to Research Data - Comments to OMB Invited (8/20/99)
  
• Alert: Support for NSF FY 2000 Budget needed (8/11/99)
  
• First Numbers Cut NSF's FY 2000 Funding,
  S.296 ("Doubling Bill") Passes Senate,
  Science loses a Champion in Congress: Rep. George Brown dead (7/27/99)
  
• Status of FY 2000 Appropriations for Science,
  Doubling Bill passes Senate Committee,
  Freedom of Information Act Update (6/7/99)
  
• Mathematics Exhibit on Capitol Hill: Don McClure at CNSF Exhibition (5/19/99)
  Mathematicians Visit Congress on Congressional Visits Day, April 1999 (5/10/99)
  
• AMS President testifies before House Appropriations Committee,
  Cathleen Morawetz awarded National Medal of Science,
  COSEPUP Analysis of Clinton's FY 2000 Science Budget (4/28/99)
  
• Legislation on Access to Research Data: Revision of OMB Circular A-110 (3/30/99)
  
• COSEPUP Report on Evaluating Federal Research Programs (3/20/99)
  
• R&D Funding Down 1% in Clinton's FY 2000 budget (2/2/99)
  
• Federal R&D Doubling Bill reintroduced in Senate (1/28/99)
  
• News postings before 1999