Our Hearing Summaries

On March 10, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on the FY2012 budget requests for research and development activities at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency. SpacePolicyOnline.com published an article summarizing the NOAA part of the hearing that day, which is reproduced here as hearing notes.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request is a SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of a hearing held by the House Science, Space and Technology Committee on March 2, 2011. The witness was NASA Administrator Charles Bolden.

On February 17, 2011, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee held a hearing on President Obama's FY2012 budget request for federal research and development (R&D) programs. Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren was the witness. A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing is available that concerns those aspects of the hearing that focused on the space program.

The Commerce-Justice-Science subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee held a hearing on NASA's FY2011 budget request on April 22, 2010. A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing is available here.

The Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on March 24, 2010 on "Proposed Changes to NASA's Exploration Program: What's Known, What's Not, and What Are the Issues for Congress?" A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing is available by clicking here.

The House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on February 25, 2010 on NASA's FY2011 Budget Request and Issues. A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing is available by clicking here.

The Science and Space Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on NASA's FY2011 budget request on February 24, 2010. A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the hearing is now available.

"NASA Issues and Challenges: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs " is a SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of a February 3, 2010 hearing by the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics of the House Science and Technology Committee.

A SpacePolicyOnline.com summary of the House Science and Technology Committee's December 10, 2009 hearing on "Decisions on the Future Direction and Funding for NASA: What Will they Mean for the U.S. Aerospace Workforce and Industrial Base?" is now available.

Two subcommittees of the House Science and Technology Committee held a hearing on December 3, 2009 to look at issues arising from NASA's most recent audit by its outside independent auditor, Ernst & Young. This SpacePolicyOnline.com hearing summary provides a concise synopsis of the hearing.