Issued each Monday, FYI This Week highlights upcoming science policy events and summarizes news from the past week.

Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), whose state is home to Los Alamos and Sandia National Labs, is a leading proponent of including a large role for the Department of Energy in the Endless Frontier Act.

The Week of May 17, 2021

- Endless Frontier Act Reaches Floor
- House NSF Bill Clears Subcommittee
- Lander Nomination Advancing
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of May 10, 2021

- Dueling NSF Bills Up for Votes
- Scientist Disclosure 'Amnesty' Said To Be Close
- NIST Reactor Incident Linked to Operator Error
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of May 3, 2021

- DOE and NSF R&D Proposals in Spotlight
- Biden Picks DOD and DOE Science Leaders
- OSTP Nominee Grilled by Senators
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of April 26, 2021

- Eric Lander Faces Senate
- Heads Picked for DOE Science Office, NOAA
- New Endless Frontier Act Up For Vote
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
Then-Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at a 2016 climate change summit in Beijing, China.

The Week of April 19, 2021

- Biden Holds Climate Summit
- Endless Frontier Debate Intensifies
- Former Sandia Director Picked to Lead Nuclear Weapons Agency 
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of April 12, 2021

- NSF Debate Heats Up
- Biden Seeks Science Budget Surge
- Senators Eye Means of Blocking Foreign Funding to Universities
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
President Biden meets with lawmakers at a March meeting on infrastructure priorities.

The Week of April 5, 2021

- Infrastructure and R&D Focus Shifts Back to Congress
- DOD S&T Officials Named
- EPA Resetting Science Panel
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of March 29, 2021

- Biden Previewing Budget Priorities
- New NSF Restructuring Proposal Introduced
- DOE Deputy Confirmed
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
An image of the Yakutat Glacier in Alaska captured by Landsat 8 in 2013. The glacier is one of the fastest-retreating in the world due to a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors.

The Week of March 22, 2021

- Former Sen. Bill Nelson Picked to Lead NASA
- Former NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco Joins White House
- Space Science Week Convenes
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web

The Week of March 15, 2021

- Panel to Probe Federal ‘Brain Drain’
- Former NSF Leaders Embrace Endless Frontier Act
- Pandemic Relief Funding Enacted
- Plus: Upcoming Events / Opportunities / Around the Web
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