Public Policy Update – January RSAC

John RoseDeputy, Public Policy Committee7 January 2015

2015 Policy Focus

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•Congressional Visits Day• Key Issues

•State Activities

•Forum Messaging

•PPC Organization

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A great way to get involved!

• New Date: Wednesday, 4 March 2015• Key Issues form supporting pillars of CVD• A day of advocacy, meeting with…

Congressional delegation Congressional committee staff

• Participant travel subsidy requests were due Dec. 31 (hope to review requests this week)

• Training schedule: 6 weekly telecons starting week of Jan. 20

– 90 min. calls with CVD attendees– Review and discuss KIs– Event logistics– Proper etiquette – Volunteers to lead?

2015 Key Issues - A different approach this year…

• Workforce

• Cybersecurity

• Funding & Acquisition

• Competitiveness

Approved by the BoD at 1/7 meeting

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Information Papers (cont.)

• Budget Funding and Procurement Budget Instability Acquisition Reform R&D Tax Credit

• Competitiveness U.S. Export-Import Bank ITAR Reauthorize Agencies

(FAA and NASA)

• Cybersecurity and Safety Agency cyber review Public/Private framework –

space & defense

• Workforce Enhancement Workforce Preparation and

Entry Workforce Sustainment

PAPERS DUE: MID-FEB.

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Upcoming Events with AIAA Participation in Planning

• California (CA): March 24-25 in Sacramento (tentative new dates) Planned dates changed to de-conflict with Agriculture Week Broadened theme sought this year: “State of Aerospace in California”

- A past focus was UAV-specific Events will include displays, panels, a reception, office visits John Rose is representing AIAA in CA Aerospace Week planning

• Florida (FL): Wednesday, March 24-25 in Tallahassee Focus is on space Events will include a reception, office visits

- Also a steering committee reception is planned in Cocoa Beach on February 4 Joaquin Castro is representing AIAA in FL Space Day planning

• Georgia (GA): Wednesday, February 4 (tentative date) Event includes a stand-up breakfast held in the capitol building with legislators and

local aerospace leaders, enabling broad Georgia aerospace issue discussions Steve Justice represents AIAA and leads the annual GA event planning

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Existing Events Currently Without Formal AIAA Roles

• Colorado (CO): TBD date (usually mid-March) A standing coalition holds an annual event No AIAA participation has been provided to planning since the 2013 event Seeking new, local AIAA volunteers to participate in CO event planning

• Virginia (VA): February 4 An existing group holds an annual event Includes office visits and a reception Past AIAA participation limited to staff attendance (Steve Sidorek will attend this year) Seeking to establish an AIAA role in planning event for 2016 and after

- Could add to content: e.g. issue panels Robert Lindberg is helping to tie AIAA leadership to current VA event planners

• Texas (TX): TBD date for next event An existing coalition holds bi-annual events tied to the once-every-two-years TX legislative

calendar Local AIAA/TX volunteers need to be identified for future AIAA participation in planning

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States with Nascent Event Planning Activities

• Utah (UT) A local AIAA representative, Ronald Thue, is exploring paths to bring together UT

aerospace leaders and representatives of the state government AIAA national leadership is investigating how to help in UT

• Arizona (AZ) Local AIAA members have expressed interest in organizing AZ state-level

aerospace advocacy events Paths for working effectively with the AZ legislature and/or governor’s office still

need to be established

• Delaware (DE) The Region 1 DD for Public Policy, Tim Dominick, aims to hold an initial “Aerospace

Awareness Day” in DE Plans are still pending

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Sci Tech 2015• Opening Keynote: Science and Technology Policy

• Forum 360: USG Aerospace Technology Roadmaps

• Durand Lecture: Making an Impact in Public Service

• Plenary: Diversity & Inclusion in Aerospace Workforce

• Policy content at all forums through Forum 360

Policy Messaging at Forums

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• Bloated roster…70+ but small group participates

• Current sub-committee support new KI process?

• Better CMC connection

• Leveraging regional DDs

• VP-Elect position on ballot• 2 EXCEPTIONAL candidates! (both from R6)

PPC Organization

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