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LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE VIA AIBS

As a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), SCB invites you to explore AIBS's new online Legislative Information Center. This powerful resource offers a searchable directory of members of Congress, a bill-tracking mechanism linked to the Library of Congress, committee schedules, and templates for individuals to write to Congressional representatives. Learn about current legislation, key votes, and how to communicate in the policy arena. From the AIBS homepage, http://www.aibs.org/, link to the Legislative Information Center through the Government Affairs entry, where you also will find the monthly column Washington Watch and information about AIBS's Congressional Fellowship Program. Also available from the AIBS website are select articles from BioScience, updates on current events and meetings, and educational and career information.

Founded in 1947, AIBS is a non-profit scientific service organization comprising more than 6000 individual members as well as 55 professional societies and other scholarly organizations with a collective membership of approximately 130,000 individuals. AIBS supports biologists and the biological sciences through a variety of programs, including coalition actions with its member societies and organizations, publishing the journal BioScience, conducting scientific peer review and advisory services for government agencies and other clients, convening meetings, providing administrative and operational support for member societies, and conducting education, research, and public outreach activities. For more information about AIBS and the Legislative Information Center, contact the AIBS Communications Office, Telephone (202) 628-1500 x 253, Email jkolber@aibs.org.

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