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		<title>APS: Extremely Urgent &#8211; 2009 Science Budgets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The APS is asking all its members to write their representatives immediately.  The congress is expected to vote Thursday or Friday.  See a copy of the email and links to letters below. +++++++++++++++++++++ From:  Arthur Bienenstock, President, the American Physical Society To:     Members of the American Physical Society Re:     Federal Funding Alert &#8212; URGENT: http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=apspa&#038;hotissue=79 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/09/24/aps-extremely-urgent-2009-science-budgets/</link>
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		<title>scienceaction.org site blocked by AIP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you know, this site has long provided links (with credit) to the AIP FYI bulletins on the left side of the page. Recently, the AIP started blocking access to their site from scienceaction.org. This has prevented the ability to gather the links from their site, or from their RSS feed, and place them on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/07/18/scienceactionorg-site-blocked-by-aip/</link>
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		<title>FY 2009 Senate DOE Office of Science Appropriations Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[AIP article on the Senate DOE Office of Science Appropriations Bill.    The article includes links to the entire text of the bill. http://www.aip.org/fyi/2008/078.html]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/07/18/fy-2009-senate-doe-office-of-science-appropriations-bill/</link>
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		<title>Efforts to get science from the supplemental</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Politico has a short article on science groups&#8217; efforts to lobby for a small chunk of additional money in the war supplemental spending bill now working its way through Congress. This is a nice summary of efforts both by science groups and industry to get Congress and the President to do more than talk about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/05/01/efforts-to-get-science-from-the-supplemental/</link>
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		<title>Scientists and Engineers Interested in Running for Local Office</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The APS, together with several other science and engineering organizations, is holding a &#8220;Campaign Workshop&#8221; on May 10th, to educate those who may be interested in running for local office. More information regarding the event, including how to register, can be found at: http://elections.sefora.org]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/04/30/scientists-and-engineers-interested-in-running-for-local-office/</link>
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		<title>American Statistical Society calls for supplemental science spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is another professional society calling for supplemental spending on science: &#8220;American Statistical Association Urges Funding for Science Research and Education in FY 2008 Supplemental Funding Legislation&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/04/28/american-statistical-society-calls-for-supplemental-science-spending/</link>
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		<title>Leaders in Business, Education, Science, and Technology Support Supplemental Spending</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found this article in Forbes today. It&#8217;s about two weeks old, but it may be useful information for anyone looking to connect their own scientific work to the context of American comptetiveness. &#8220;Leading Business, Higher Education, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Organizations Call for Supplemental Funding for Critical Research and Education Priorities&#8220; Here is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/04/27/leaders-in-business-education-science-and-technology-support-supplemental-spending/</link>
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		<title>scienceaction.org site migration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of you who have visited scienceaction.org in the past will notice a change in the site&#8217;s appearance. In order to keep up with more modern web technologies, the site has been moved to a new software platform and given a new look. We hope that this will make it easier to post and find [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/04/26/scienceactionorg-site-migration/</link>
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		<title>APS Encourages Members to Write to Congress about Supplemental Science Funding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The American Physical Society (APS) has an on-going letter drive calling for support of supplemental spending on science in FY08. This spending would ameliorate some of the losses in the FY08 Consolidated Appropriatons Act (omnibus bill), passed in December 2007 and signed into law by the President earlier this year. The APS letter asks for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2008/04/26/aps-encourages-members-to-write-to-congress-about-supplemental-science-funding/</link>
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		<title>John Marburger on FY08</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The President&#8217;s science and technology advisor testified this week about the proposed FY08 funding. The testimony is available here: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=23342]]></description>
		<link>http://scienceaction.org/2007/02/16/test/</link>
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