CNSF Letter urging Congress to support NSF in FY17
ASPB joins the Coalition for National Science Funding in support for Fiscal Year 2017 funding for the National Science Foundation. Read the letter.
Policy
ASPB joins Friends of ARS Coalition in support of FY17 ARS appropriation
ASPB joins Friends of the Agriculture Research Service Coalition (FARS) in support of Fiscal Year 2017 funding for the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Read the letter.
AFRI Coalition in support of FY17 AFRI appropriation
ASPB joins AFRI Coalition in support of FY17 AFRI appropriation. Read the letter.
Plant scientists: GM technology a safe tool to help meet food supply demands Washington, DC
More than 1,000 scientists from nonprofit, corporate, academic, and private institutions say public doubts about genetically modified food crops are hindering the next Green Revolution. In a letter published in the journal Science, six researchers from three institutions explain their recent petition in support of science-based criteria in guiding the safe and effective employment of … Read more
Analysis of the President’s FY 2017 Budget Request
President Obama released the last budget request of his Administration on February 9th. The budget proposal nominally adheres to the top defense and non-defense discretionary spending levels agreed to by Congress in the fall of last year. However, the White House is relying on mandatory spending, which requires Congress to pass legislation to make these … Read more