Informational Emails

AAS Informational Emails - 2008

2008-14Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey Committee Named

2008-13NASA Conference Funding

2008-12 Special Announcement from NASA and DOE regarding JDEM

2008-11 AIP — Industrial Physicists

2008-10 Congressional Visits Day

2008-09 Ad Hoc JDEM Science Working Group

2008-08 Compromise Supplemental Funding Bill that Includes Money for Science

2008-07 Space Studies Board Colloquium, Washington, DC

2008-06 Appointment of Dr. G. Wayne Van Citters, Senior Advisor, OAD/MPS and Dr. Craig Foltz as Acting Division Director, AST

2008-05 Sound Science for Florida's Public Schools: Panel Discussion with Renowned Scientists and Educators

2008-04 Sean Solomon to speak at Geological Society of Washington

2008-03 Top Level Summary of the President's Budget for FY 2009 for Astronomy

2008-02 Special Reminder to vote from President J. Craig Wheeler

2008-01 Invited Sessions and Prize Talks at Austin AAS Meeting Now Available Online

AAS Informational Emails - 2007

2007-01 Town Hall Meetings

2007-02 AAS Sponsored NSF Town Hall on the AST Division Senior Review

2007-03 The President's FY08 Budget and Astronomy

2007-04 February 16, 2007 Town Hall Meeting

2007-05 AAS President J. Craig Wheeler letter to NASA Administrator Mike Griffin

2007-06 Rattlesnake Mountain Observatory in southeastern Washington State Under Threat of Closure

2007-07 Exoplanet Taskforce White Papers Due April 2

2007-08 President's American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI)

2007-09 Journals Publisher Change To IOP Publishing

2007-10 America COMPETES Act and NSF Authorization

2007-11 Astrophysical Journal Office Moving

2007-12 New NASA Explorer AO

2007-13 Help AAS advocate for NSF funding

2007-14

2007-15 Forging the Future of Space Science

2007-16

2007-17 NSF Dear Colleague on the Senior Review

2007-18 AAS Survey on the Future of AAS Publications

2007-19 AAS Council Resolution on BEPAC Report

2007-20 Recommended Deadline for Acceptance of Postdoctoral Offers

2007-21 Appropriations Endgame

AAS Informational Emails - 2006

2006-01 AAAC AAS Town Hall

2006-02 FY 2006 Budget

2006-03 The President's FY 2007 Budget for Astronomy

2006-04 AAS Issues Statement on Competitiveness Initiative

2006-05 Congressman Culberson (R-TX) Calls on Science Community to Take Action

2006-06 NASA's Science Mission Directorate

2006-07 Senior Review Update

2006-08 NASA SMD Note to the Community

2006-09 Announcement of EPP2010 policy study release

2006-10 AAS Statement on the NASA Budget

2006-11 AAS Releases Statement on Atacama Large Millimeter Array

2006-12 Senior Review Update

2006-13 AAS to Advocate for NSF Funding

2006-14 Expect Travel Disruptions for IAU Travel

2006-15 Senior Review Update

2006-16 Interactions with NASA Administrator Michael Griffin

2006-17 Release of NSF Senior Review

2006-18 Special Chilean Astronomy Lecture

2006-19 AAS Releases Statement on NSF-AST Senior Review

2006-20 AAS Journals

AAS Informational Emails - 2005

2005-01 NASA Universe Division Call for White Papers

2005-02 House Science Committee Holds Hearing on Hubble Servicing

2005-03 Summary of House Science Committee Hearing on the Hubble Space Telescope

2005-04 Links to budget documents for NSF, NASA, DOE; and President's main budget

2005-04 Correction to NSF Office of Polar Programs

2005-05 NRC Astronomy and Astrophysics Letter Report

2005-06 AAS Issues Statement on Hubble Servicing

2005-07 Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee Annual Report Released

2005-08 Communication from AGU

2005-10 NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Confirmed

2005-11 AAS Statement on NASA's Science Mission Directorate

2005-12 AAS Signs Community Letter on Enhancing the US Visa System

2005-13 Defeat of the Weiner Amendment to H.R. 2862

2005-14 NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences Senior Review

2005-15 AAS Statement on Central Role of Science in Implementation of Vision for Space Exploration

2005-16 House of Representatives has passed NASA Authorization Bill

2005-17 Status and Future of Ongoing Senior Review

2005-18 Senior Review Communication

2005-19 Senior Review Update

2005-20 AAS Issues Statement Supporting Teaching of Evolution

2005-21 NSF Town Hall for astronomers in the DC region

2005-22 Membership of NSF-AST Senior Review Committee

2005-23 Correspondence from NSF-AST Senior Review Committee chair, Roger Blandford

2005-24 Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Approved by Senate and House Conference Committee

AAS Informational Emails - 2004

2004-01 Future Shuttle Servicing Missions

2004-02 Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission

2004-03 The President's FY 2005 Budget

2004-04 Communication from NASA OSS Management

2004-05 AAS Legislative Strategy in Response to the President's FY 2005 Budget

2004-06 Update on Congressional Resolutions related to HST-SM4 Cancellation

2004-07 National Academy of Science Announces Formation of Hubble Options Panel

2004-08 Good News: 157 Ehlers-Holt "Dear Colleague" Signers Thanks to AAS Member Help

2004-09 NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe Announced Beginning of Transformation of Agency

2004-10 Procedures and Policies Regarding VISA Applications

2004-11 National Academy Releases HST Servicing Interim Report

2004-12 Presidential Candidate Statements

2004-13 PBS Show "Origins"

AAS Informational Emails - 2003

2003-01 Foreign National's Visa Woes

2003-02 Comments Requested on Draft NSF Strategic Plan

2003-03 NASA Blue Ribbon Panel on HST Termination and Transition to JWST

2003-04 The Future of US VLBI

2003-05 Representative Vernon J. Ehlers Thanks Science Community

2003-06 HST-JWST Committee Report

2003-07 Special NSF Symposium on Ground- Based Astronomy

2003-08 Joint Meeting of the Origins and Structure and Evolution of the Universe Subcommittees of the Space Science Advisory Committee

AAS Informational Emails - 2002

2002-01 President's Budget Released

2002-02 AAS Endorses NSF Authorization Act of 2002

2002-03 McCain Amendment to NSF Authorization Act of 2002 Not Successful

2002-04 NSF Authorization Act of 2002 Passes, Calls for Doubling of NSF Budget

AAS Informational Emails - 2001

2001-01 President's Blue Ribbon Panel on NSF/NASA merge

2001-02 Letter from G. Riegler on NASA-OSS Grant Delays

2001-03 Summary of Blue Ribbon Panel Activities and Membership

2001-04 Initial summary of House FY 2002 VA-HUD-IA appropriations report language

2001-05 Maryland Lighting Advisory Board: Position for an Astronomer

2001-06 COMRAA Report Released

2001-07 AAS Endorsement of COMRAA Report

2001-08 Background on Potential Move of SAO Funds to NSF Issue