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The American Institute of Physics has a science policy
website designed to assist you in communicating with
Congress. Among this
site's features are:
Guidance
is provided on corresponding to, and visiting with,
Members of Congress. Information on key chairman
and their committees and
links to locators for your representative and senators, including
their e-mail addresses, is available. E-mail is recommended because
of time-consuming screening procedures for U.S. mail. This site has
a correspondence link for members of the American Physical Society.
See http://www.aip.org/gov/commcong.html.
Tips on Contacting a Member of
Congress
- The letter is the most popular
form of communication with a congressional office.
List
of helpful suggestions.
- Call Members of Congress
Call the appropriate switchboard number and request
the name of the Member with whom you want to speak.
HOUSE: (202) 225-3121
SENATE: (202) 224-3121
- EMAIL
When writing to your member of congress, it is essential
that you include your name and address at the top
of your mail message. Most congressional offices have
adequate staff resources to respond only to their
constituents and your inclusion of name and address
will insure that your are so identified.
- Contact Senator Kerry:
john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
- Senator Edward Kennedy: senator@kennedy.senate.gov
- Representative William Delahunt:
william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
Information about your Members
of Congress
Massachusetts State Goverment
Information
on the Administration's FY 2005 budget request for
the Defense Department, Energy Department,
NASA, National Institute of
Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, National Science Foundation, U.S.
Geological Survey, and science education programs can be found at
http://www.aip.org/gov/budginfo.html.
Information
on the latest congressional budget action on the
Administration's budget requests for the above
departments, agencies
and budgets is at http://www.aip.org/gov/budginfo.html.
An
archive of 2004 issues (and earlier) of FYI, as well
as a search engine for FYI can be accessed at
http://www.aip.org/enews/fyi/.
Sixteen
AIP exhibits highlight the important links between
federal funding for basic and applied research
and development and their
economic benefits to society. Hard copy versions of these Physics
Success Stories are available without charge. See
http://www.aip.org/success/.
Policy
statements issued by different science coalitions
to which AIP and some of its Member Societies belong
recommend funding levels
for the science and technology programs of the Department of
Defense, the Office of Science of the Department of Energy, National
Science Foundation, and the Education Department's Math and Science
Partnership Program. See http://www.aip.org/gov/polstates.html.
Links
to public policy sites for six of AIP's Member Societies
are at http://www.aip.org/gov/pubpol.htm.
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