Fern Davies Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 This news and analysis are provided by the Ornithological Council, a consortium supported by 12 ornithological societies. Join or renew your membership in your ornithological society if you value the services these societies provide to you, including Ornithology Exchange and the Ornithological Council! Federal agency travel has been restricted for several years but the situation has worsened with the looming budget sequestration that will automatically cut the budgets of every federal agency by 8.2%. Those planning conferences and trying to project attendance should be aware of the virtual cessation of authorization of federal employee travel. This applies to every federal agency, not just the USGS, but this memo from the USGS demonstrates how serious a situation this is. The USGS has decided to suspend employee participation in upcoming conferences. The details of the announcement are laid out in following email, which was distributed to USGS staff on Friday, February 22.Email sent to USGS staff:Effective today, because of the uncertainty of the budget and at DOI direction to reduce or cancel attendance at conferences, the USGS is implementing the following: - All February, March, and April attendance at conferences is suspended. This means USGS-hosted and non-hosted meetings, both DOI-approved and pending. - Only mission essential travel should be allowed. Even mission-critical travel is limited to no more than 14 participants. Specific conferences on the list are: FEBRUARY o SME Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, Feb 24, 16 attendees $24Ko ESRI, Washington, D.C., Feb 25, 50 attendees, $54K MARCH o PACLIM, Pacific Grove, CA, March 3, 14 USGS, 13 invitational, $20Ko Science in PNW (USGS Mtg), Tacoma, WA, March 5, 90 attendees, $35Ko AWRA Chapter Meetings, Wisconsin, March 7, 16 attendees, $4Ko Missouri Natural Resources Conf, Columbia, MO, March 11o Natl Geospatial Advisory Committee, Wash., D.C., March 12, $46Ko SAGEEP, Denver, CO, March 17, 23 attendees, $23Ko 44th Lunar Planetary Inst Sci Conf, Houston, TX, March 17, 22 attendees, $54Ko GSA NE, Bretton Woods, NH, March 18, 37 attendees, $35Ko GSA SE, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 20, 19 attendees, $35Ko ASPRS, Baltimore, March 24, 23 attendees, $55Ko AWRA, St Louis, MO, March 25, 33 attendees, $49Ko 78th N. American Conf., March 25, Arlington, VA, 23 attendees, $53K APRIL o Asian Carp Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 2, 24 attendeeso AAG Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 9, 47 attendees, $84Ko ACWI (FACA), Iowa City, IA, April 9, 30 attendees, $32Ko GW WRR Conference, Athens, GA, April 10, 20 attendees, $3Ko Landscape Ecology, Austin, TX, April 13, 15 attendees, $29Ko AFS Western Division, Boise, ID, April 15, 25 attendees, $25Ko Seismology Society of America, Salt Lake City, UT, April 17, 82 attendees, $129Ko GIS Louisiana Remote Sensing, Lafayette, LA, April 23, 16 attendees, $7Ko GW Association Summit, San Antonio, TX, April 28, 29 attendees, $50Ko EURING Conference, Athens, GA, April 28, 15 attendees, $30Ko Chesapeake Bay Workshop, Shepherdstown, WV, April 30, 38 attendees, $18KAlso included in this suspension are the following:o National Water Data Conference, Kansas City, MO, May 14o National Map Users Conference, CDI, Denver, CO, May 20o All sponsorships for this time period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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