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ASM Supports Agricultural Research Funding Print E-mail

In April, ASM worked with a coalition of scientific organizations to develop a letter of support for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI).

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ASM Participates in CCCLW Meeting Print E-mail

On 8 June, Vickie Baselski represented ASM at the Coordinating Council for the Clinical Laboratory Workforce (CCCLW)Meeting in Chicago, Ill. The CCCLW is a coalition of organizations interested in working together to ensure a high-quality clinical laboratory workforce.

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ASM Coalition Efforts on Health Care Reform Print E-mail

ASM is a member of the Clinical Laboratory Coalition's Health Care Reform Task Force and assisted in the drafting of a document outlining clinical laboratory-related health care reform principles.

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Scientific and Education Societies Recommend Steps to Improve Visa Problems Print E-mail

 

ASM joined about 30 academic and scientific associations in a statement on 10 June asking the federal government to address lengthy and unnecessary delays in visa processing that impede travel by foreign scientists and scholars to the United States.
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Federal Funding Report Available Print E-mail

 

The Public and Scientific Affairs Board (PSAB) recently produced a new report, Federal Funding for FY  2010: Biomedical and Life Sciences Research.

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