Learn about the amazing must-read email newsletter that keeps the science policy community informed. Explore important science policy boundaries and emerging issues like spectrum interference and light pollution. Discover the comprehensive nature of FYI as a valuable science policy resource. Dive into the process of creating a weekly newsletter and staying updated with the science policy landscape. Get insights into the growth of FYI and their plans to provide more context and resources.
FYI focuses on the procedural aspects of science policy, including the budget process and understanding individual priorities.
FYI gathers information through document scanning, monitoring congressional hearings, and tracking advisory committee meetings to identify important topics and emerging issues.
Deep dives
Defining Science Policy
Science policy is viewed as a combination of science for policy and policy for science. However, in the case of FYI, they approach science policy in a procedural manner, focusing on the budget process, the cast of characters involved, and understanding individual priorities.
Surveillance and Tracking
FYI uses various methods to gather information for their reporting. They scan documents, pay attention to congressional hearings, and track advisory committee meetings. By doing so, they can identify significant changes, observe emerging issues, and highlight important topics that require attention.
Expanding Resources
FYI plans to enhance their existing resources like the weekly newsletter and the trackers to provide more context and analysis. They aim to create a research hub where users can access comprehensive and up-to-date information on various science policy issues, helping both the scientific community and interested individuals stay informed.
Every Monday afternoon, the Washington, DC, science policy community clicks open an email newsletter from the American Institute of Physics’ science policy news service, FYI, to learn what they’ve missed. We spoke with Mitch Ambrose and Will Thomas about this amazing must-read: how it comes together in real time and what it reveals about the ever-changing world of science policy itself.
Find FYI’s Trackers and subscribe to their newsletters at aip.org/fyi.