MY LIFE AS A CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW

RUSSELL LEFEVRE

russell_lefevre@rockefeller.senate.gov

(202) 224-9843

OUTLINE

• IEEE CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW

• 2002 R&D BUDGETS

• GETTING ALONG WITH CONGRESS

• MY CURRENT ISSUES

• DISCUSSION

AAAS FELLOWS

• CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWS (35)

• DEFENSE POLICY FELLOWS

• DIPLOMACY FELLOWS

• ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWS

• OTHERS

~90 TOTAL

IEEE CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW

• SOLICITATION OPEN ALL YEAR• COMPETITIVE-1 YEAR APPOINTMENT• 2003 FELLOWSHIP DEADLINE-

2/22/2002• STIPEND-$35-50K+10% RELOCATION• MEMBER GRADE-4 YEARS• 10 YEARS ENGINEERING

EXPERIENCE

PURPOSE

• MAKE PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO USE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE IN GOVERNMENT

• EDUCATE THE SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PUBLIC POLICY PROCESS

• BROADEN THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNITIES ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE INTERACTION

• (EDUCATE THE FELLOW ABOUT THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO ENABLE HIM/HER TO EFFECTIVELY WORK WITH CONGRESS)

• (SUPPORT THE FELLOW HAVING A YEAR OF EXCITEMENT AND FUN)

REQUIREMENTS

• LETTER OF INTENT• RESUME• CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST STATEMENT• EMPLOYER LETTER (OR ALTERNATIVE)• 3 TECHNICAL/PROFESSIONAL

REFERENCES• 3 PERSONAL REFERENCES (IEEE/SOCIAL)

AAAS R&D REPORT FY2002HIGHLIGHTS

• R&D INCREASE FOR 2002=$5.6– DOD=$3.6– NIH=$2.7– ALL OTHERS HAVE LESS

– http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/rd/prev02p.htm

MULTI-AGENCY INITIATIVES

• NANOTECHNOLOGY=$482M (8.1%)

• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY=$2.B (2.1%)

• GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH=$1.6B (-4.4%) (BIG DROP IN NASA EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM)

DOD

• CURRENTLY DOD BUDGET IS A “PLACEHOLDER” BUT

• R&D BUDGET IS $45.9B (8.5%)

– $2.6B MAY BE EARMARKED FOR NATIONAL MISSLE DEFENSE

NASA

• BUDGET=$14.5B (1.8%)• ISS=$2.1 (-1.2%) (UNDER REVIEW)• R&D=$10.0B (0.4%)

– SPACE SCIENCE $2.8B (6.2%)

– EARTHSCIENCE ENTERPRISE $1.5B (-11.7%)

– BIO. & PHYS. RES. $361M (-4.7%)

– AERO-SPACE TECH $2.4B (7.3%)• SPACE LAUNCH INI. $475M (75%)

DOE

• BUDGET=$7.4B (-4.5%)– RENEWABLE ENERGY (-30.8%)– NUCLEAR ENERGY (-29.4%)– ENERGY CONSERVATION (-28.3%)– FOSSIL ENERGY (-25.3%)

– COAL GRANTS $150M (NEW)– NIF $245M (24%)

NIH

• ON-TARGET TO DOUBLE R&D BETWEEN 1998 AND 2003

• NIH R&D=$22.4B (13.6%)

• E.G. BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING GOES FROM $2M TO $40M

OTHER

• DOA $1.8B (-8.1%)

• DOC $1.1B (-7.6%)

• DOE $593M (-6.1%) USGS (-10.7%)

• DOT $798M (6.8%) (TR. TRUST FUNDS)

• EPA $569 (-6.5%)

CONGRESSIONAL VISIT

• RESEARCH BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE MEMBER

• ADDRESS ONE ISSUE

• RESEARCH THE ISSUE

• RESEARCH PERTINENT LEGISLATION

• PLAN THE MEETING

RESEARCHING THE MEMBER

• USE IEEE-USA CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY AND YOUR ZIP CODE

• CALL CHRIS BRANTLEY (202) 785-0017 OR c.brantley@ieee.org

• VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY

• VISIT THE MEMBERS WEB PAGE

CONSIDERATIONS

• MEMBER VS STAFF

• WASHINGTON, DC OFFICE BS DISTRICT OFFICE

• REPRESENTATIVE VS SENATOR

• BE PROMPT AND PATIENT

• BE PREPARED

• BE POLITICAL

• BE PERSONAL

• BE RESPONSIVE

• ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT

• FOLLOW-UP

• http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/care/visit.html

MY CURRENT ISSUES

• K-12 SCIENCE/MATH EDUCATION

• GLOBAL WARMING

• FCC ENGINEER RECRUITMENT

• AVIATION CAPACITY AND SAFETY

• UWB ISSUES

• WEST VIRGINIA CONCERNS