April 27, 2012

NSPE Partners with USA Science & Engineering Festival
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. NSPE is a festival partner and will have a booth featuring an engineering activity, "Pop Fly: Catapults in Action!", where kids and parents can build catapults for launching ping pong balls while learning about engineering design and simple machines. The festival has gained the support of the President and has an honorary congressional host committee of 22 senators and 73 representatives.

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April 20, 2012

NSPE Supports Qualifications-Based Selection
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.

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April 18, 2012 

House Passes Transportation Funding Extension
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. The Senate passed its version of the transportation bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (S. 1813), in March.

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April 17, 2012 

NSPE Cosponsors Engineering Public Policy Symposium
NSPE cosponsored the 2012 Engineering Public Policy Symposium, which was held in conjunction with the National Academy of Engineering Convocation and the American Association of Engineering Societies Awards. Entitled "Outlook for Federal Funding of Research and Development," the symposium featured remarks by White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director John Holdren, National Institute of Standards and Technology Director Patrick Gallagher, Acting Under Secretary of Energy Arun Majumdar, Reps. Judy Biggert (R-IL-13) and Rush Holt (D-NJ-12), and National Science Foundation Engineering Directorate Deputy Assistant Director Kesh Narayanan. NSPE President Christopher M. Stone, P.E., F.NSPE, F.ASCE, LEED AP, Past President Kathryn Gray, P.E., F.NSPE, member Harve Hnatiuk, P.E., F.NSPE, and Executive Director Larry Jacobson attended the event. 

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