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April 20, 2012
NSPE Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden participated in a Council on Federal Procurement of Architectural and Engineering Services meeting. NSPE is a founding member of COFPAES, an organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the Brooks Act (PL 92-582) and the use of qualifications-based selection.
April 18, 2012
The House approved the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, Part II (H.R. 4348) with bipartisan support. The bill would extend transportation funding through September 30, 2012. Critically, the legislation's passage enables the House and Senate to begin negotiations that could lead to agreement on a multiyear transportation bill.
April 17, 2012
The USA Science & Engineering Festival will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on Saturday, April 28, and Sunday, April 29.
March 29, 2012
Executive Director Larry Jacobson represented NSPE at a meeting with Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Craig Allen. The meeting, a small-group discussion with architecture, engineering, construction, and planning organizations, focused on improving the business environment for firms that perform A/E services in China.
NSPE Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden participated in a Coalition for National Science Funding congressional briefing on the importance of fundamental science and engineering research to technological advances in the marketplace.
March 22, 2012
NSPE Treasurer Leanne Panduren, P.E., F.NSPE, Vermont member Amanda Hanaway-Corrente, P.E., Executive Director Larry Jacobson, and Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden met with Rep.
March 16, 2012
NSPE Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden participated in a congressional briefing on "The Economic Benefits of Federally Funded R&D." Economist correspondent Vijay Vaitheeswaran moderated a panel discussion with Dow Chemical Company R&D Director of Innovation Sourcing and Sustainable Technologies Katie Hunt, Battelle M
March 14, 2012
NSPE Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden participated in a congressional briefing on "STEM Education for an Innovative Workforce." The event featured a panel discussion of methods to improve undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education and the public policy needed to support these strategies.
March 13, 2012
NSPE Senior Manager of Government Relations Sarah Ogden attended a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy teleconference on recent administration events, activities, and initiatives in support of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
March 8, 2012
NSPE President Christopher M. Stone, P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE, LEED AP, was the keynote speaker at the Department of Transportation's National Engineers Day, which encourages high school students to pursue careers in engineering. Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez also spoke.