Policy Blog

The AAS Public Policy team uses the Policy Blog to communicate with the membership about current events in the science policy world. Most policy blog posts are written by the John N. Bahcall Public Policy Fellow.

House Appropriations for FY 2022

21 Jul 2021
The House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees met to finalize their fiscal year 2022 markups. Here are some details on the funding for NASA and other federal agencies that support the astronomical sciences.

US Innovation and Competitiveness Act Passes the Senate

22 Jun 2021
The Senate passed the US Innovation and Competitiveness Act on 8 June. Here we provide some detail about what that means for the National Science Foundation and other federal agencies supporting the astronomical sciences...