1. MY LIFE AS A CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW RUSSELL LEFEVRE russell_lefevre@rockefeller.senate.gov (202) 224-9843

2. OUTLINE IEEE CONGRESSIONAL FELLOW 2002 R&D BUDGETS GETTING ALONG WITH CONGRESS MY CURRENT ISSUES DISCUSSION

3. AAAS FELLOWS CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWS (35) DEFENSE POLICY FELLOWS DIPLOMACY FELLOWS ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWS OTHERS ~90 TOTAL

4. 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

5. 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)

6. REQUIREMENTS LETTER OF INTENT RESUME CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST STATEMENT EMPLOYER LETTER (OR ALTERNATIVE) 3 TECHNICAL/PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES 3 PERSONAL REFERENCES (IEEE/SOCIAL)

7. AAAS R&D REPORT FY2002 HIGHLIGHTS 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

8. 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)

9. 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

10. 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%)

11. 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%)

12. 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

13. 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%)

14. CONGRESSIONAL VISIT RESEARCH BACKGROUND MATERIAL ON THE MEMBER ADDRESS ONE ISSUE RESEARCH THE ISSUE RESEARCH PERTINENT LEGISLATION PLAN THE MEETING

15. RESEARCHING THE MEMBER USE IEEE-USA CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY AND YOUR ZIP CODE CALL CHRIS BRANTLEY (202) 785-0017 OR c.brantley@ieee.orgc.brantley@ieee.org VISIT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY VISIT THE MEMBERS WEB PAGE

16. 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

17. MY CURRENT ISSUES K-12 SCIENCE/MATH EDUCATION GLOBAL WARMING FCC ENGINEER RECRUITMENT AVIATION CAPACITY AND SAFETY UWB ISSUES WEST VIRGINIA CONCERNS