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- CONTENTS
- *NEW AND NOTABLE @ IEEE-USA*
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- - HELP SET IEEE-USA'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR
2001-2002
- - COMMENTS SOUGHT ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM POSITION
STATEMENT
- - HOUSE PASSES ENHANCEMENTS TO PENSIONS/IRAs
- - CONSULTANTS DIRECTORY UPDATE
- - APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR 2001 MASS MEDIA S&E
FELLOWS PROGRAM
- - AAES SEEKS NOMINEES FOR JOURNALISM AWARD
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- *NEWSBYTES*
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- - IN SCI-TECH, AMERICANS LIKE BEING #1
- - WOMENS' FIRST ON WEB
- - COLLEGE GRADS LEANING AWAY FROM DOT-COMS
- - ENGINEERING SURVEY IDENTIFIES FUTURE CHALLENGES
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- HELP SET IEEE-USA'S LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2001-2002
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- Every two years at the start of each new federal Congress,
IEEE-USA
- publishes a Legislative Agenda, which highlights IEEE-USA's
legislative
- priorities during the coming legislative session and informs
IEEE U.S.
- members, policy-makers, other organizations and the public
about our
- profession's public policy concerns. To help IEEE-USA set its
agenda for
- the 107th Congress in 2001, U.S. IEEE members are invited to
participate in
- an on-line survey of public policy priorities.
-
- Survey participants are asked to evaluate 14 prospective
issues in terms of
- your personal support for IEEE-USA's proposed position and the
relative
- priority you place on this issue. You can also recommend
alternative
- issues and provide general feedback. The survey will run
through 2 October,
- 2000. Based on the survey responses and other input received
regarding the
- outlook for legislation in the 107th Congress, IEEE-USA's
Board of
- Directors will narrow down the list to 5-10 high priority
issues comprising
- the Legislative Agenda at its November 2000 meeting.
-
- For more information and to participate in the survey, go
to
- https://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/survey.
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- COMMENTS SOUGHT ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM POSITION
STATEMENT
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- IEEE-USA's Engineering Employment Benefits Committee invites
member
- comments and feedback on the draft of a position statement
proposing
- guidelines for Social Security reforms. Your comments are an
important
- part of shaping this important legislation. To view the draft
and to
- submit feedback, go to
- https://www.ieeeusa.org/boards/Forum2/HTML/000010.html.
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- HOUSE PASSES ENHANCEMENTS TO PENSIONS/IRAs
-
- On July 19, the House of Representatives passed the
Comprehensive
- Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102) by a
vote of 401 to
- 25 (with 9 non-voting). The bill will now move to the Senate
for
- consideration and for negotiation with the White House. In
early August,
- IEEE-USA arranged for a group of high-level representatives
from IEEE-USA,
- AAES, AIChE, and ASME to meet with Clinton administration
officials from
- the U.S. Departments of Treasury and Labor to convey the
engineering
- community's support for the pension and IRA improvements in
H.R. 1102, and
- to discuss the Administration's objections to that
legislation. To find out
- more on this and other important issues, visit the IEEE-USA
Public Policy
- Forum at https://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/index.html.
-
-
- CONSULTANTS DIRECTORY UPDATE
-
- The final print edition of the 2000 Directory of
Electrotechnology &
- Information Technology Consultants is available now through
the IEEE-USA
- office. To request a free copy, please call +1 202 785 0017.
This is the
- last year that the print version will be produced. The
IEEE-USA
- Electrotechnology & Information Technology Consultants
searchable online
- database at https://www.ieeeusa-consultants.org,
is replacing the print
- format. All new listings will be included in the searchable
online
- database of consultants. The online database is currently
live and
- consultants are urged to sign up online at
- https://www.ieeeusa-consultants.org/submissions/update.html.
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- APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR 2001 MASS MEDIA S&E FELLOWS
PROGRAM
-
- For a 10-week period during the summer, the AAAS Mass Media
Science and
- Engineering Fellows Program places advanced college and
university students
- in the natural and social sciences and engineering at radio
stations,
- television stations, newspapers, and magazines throughout the
country. The
- goal of the program is to strengthen the connections between
science and
- the media. This past summer marks the first time that
IEEE-USA has placed
- a Science and Engineering Fellow. Elan Ruskin, a junior at
the University
- of Pennsylvania majoring in computer science engineering,
spent 10 weeks
- this summer at the St. Louis (MO) Post Dispatch covering
environment,
- nature and technology news. IEEE-USA is looking forward to
continuing its
- participation in the Mass Media Sceince and Engineering
Fellows Program in
- 2001. IEEE-USA will sponsor a U.S. IEEE who is a Junior,
Senior, or
- Graduate/Post-Graduate level student in the 2001 program. For
more
- information, visit https://www.ieeeusa.org/notable/mediafellow2001.htm.
The
- deadline for receipt of applications is 15 January, 2001.
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- AAES SEEKS NOMINEES FOR JOURNALISM AWARD
-
- The American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) is
seeking
- nominations for the 2000 AAES Engineering Journalism Award.
The 2000 prize
- consists of a plaque and a $5,000 hororarium. The award,
which recognizes
- outstanding reporting of an event or issue that furthers
public
- understanding of engineering, will be given in one of these
three
- categories: daily newspapers, general circulation print
media, and
- broadcast radio or television. Nominations should be sent to
AAES at 1111
- Nineteenth St., NW, Suite 403, Washington, D.C. 20036-3690.
Submissions
- must be postmarked no later than 31 January, 2001. For more
information,
- contact Rebecca Jones, AAES, at +1 202 296 2237, ext. 17.
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- *NEWSBYTES*
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- IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, AMERICANS LIKE BEING #1
-
- According to a recent Gallup Survey sponsored by the Bayer
Corporation and
- NSF on public attitudes toward Science and Technology
(S&T) and education,
- Americans take pride in our nation's leadership in science and
technology,
- support continued investments in research and development, and
are
- concerned that our educational system is not preparing
students for the
- challenges that lie ahead as the pace of scientific discovery
increases. A
- significant majority of survey respondents indicated that they
are more
- likely to vote for candidates in this year's election who put
a high
- priority on supporting science and technology, strengthening
science
- education and technical literacy, and expanding access to the
Internet.
- Highlights of "Bayer Facts of Science Education VI: Americans'
Views on
- Science, Technology, Education, and the Future" are available
on-line at
- https://www.bayerus.com/msms/news/indexfact.html.
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- WOMENS' FIRST ON WEB
-
- For the first time ever, the number of women online in the
United States
- surpassed that of men. A report released in August reveals
that during the
- first quarter of this year, 50.4 percent of Internet users
were women, as
- opposed to men at 49.6 percent. The report, entitled "It's a
Woman's World
- Wide Web," from Media Metrix, Inc. and Jupiter Communications,
examined
- websites with the highest percent composition of females in
every stage of
- life, confirming the notion that women on the Web are no
longer a niche
- market. Among the report's findings, analysis concluded that
the
- population of women online is growing more rapidly than the
online
- population overall and that teen girls, ages 12 - 17,
comprised the most
- notable increase by age group from 1999 to 2000. You can view
the report
- in its entirety in (.pdf) format at
- https://www.mediametrix.com/data/MMXI-JUP-WWWW.pdf.
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- COLLEGE GRADS LEANING AWAY FROM DOT-COMS
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- Despite the hype about job opportunities with new dot-com
organizations,
- most new college graduates would rather work elsewhere, given
their choice.
- In a new survey conducted by the National Association of
Colleges and
- Employers (NACE), only 13 percent of new graduates said they
would like to
- work for a dot-com while 42 percent picked a Fortune 500 firm
as their
- employer of choice. For more, visit
- https://www.naceweb.org/press/display.cfm/2000/pr061500.htm.
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- ENGINEERING SURVEY IDENTIFIES FUTURE CHALLENGES
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- The results of a recent ITT Industries/DISCOVER Magazine
Engineering Survey
- reveal that engineering experts see finding new energy sources
and
- supplying the world with clean water as the top challenges the
engineering
- community will face in the 21st century. Four hundred
engineers from
- various disciplines -- including electrical, civil, chemical
and mechanical
- engineering -- participated in the telephone survey conducted
by Ketchum,
- the ITT Industries public-relations agency. Check out the
results of the
- ITT Industries/DISCOVER Engineering Survey at
- https://www.ieeeusa.org/features/ITTSurvey.html.
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