AMS Position Letters

From time to time, AMS signs letters of support with other organizations in an effort to reach policy and thought leaders on critically important topics across the greater scientific community.

May 22, 2026
Multi-Organization Letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding Qualcomm Petition
March 9, 2026
Multi-Organization Letter to the Federal Communications Commission regarding Reflect Orbital
February 10, 2026
Weather Enterprise Letter on S 3639
January 20, 2026
Multi-organization Comment on the Importance of Passive Remote Sensing to Weather Forecasts in Response to the FCC's recent Upper Microwave proceeding
January 8, 2026
Multi-organizational letter to President Trump in support of NCAR
August 27, 2025
Multi-organization Reply Comment on the Value of Passive Remote Sensing to Weather Modeling in Response to the FCC's Satellite Spectrum Abundance proceeding
July 28, 2025
Multi-organization Comment on the Value of Passive Remote Sensing to Weather Modeling in Response to the FCC's Satellite Spectrum Abundance proceeding
April 22, 2025
Multi-organization letter to President Trump on the Ligado Order
April 22, 2025
Multi-organization letter to Congress on the Ligado Order
February 28, 2025
Multi-organization letter to the FCC on supplementing the record on proposal rules to reallocate 1675-1680 MHz band
February 12, 2025
Coalition letter of support for science and scientific integrity
February 11, 2025
Multi-organization letter to Congress regarding availability of public scientific data
November 22, 2024
Comments of the American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Society, National Weather Association And University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
March 4, 2024
Multi-organization letter to the FCC on modifying emissions limits for the 24.25-24.45 GHz and 24.75-25.25 GHz bands
April 17, 2023
AMS Inputs to National Spectrum Strategy
October 28, 2022
Letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Radiofrequency Spectra Vital to Earth System Observation and Emergency Management
September 13, 2022
Multi-organization letter on the SPRES Program Report
April 25, 2022
Multi-organization letter to Congress on the Ligado Order
April 25, 2022
Multi-organization letter to President Biden on the Ligado Order
November 16, 2021
Joint letter to Senate Commerce Committee on FCC Chair nominee
October 28, 2021
Multi-society letter supporting weather and climate funding in reconciliation package
September 8, 2021
Multi-society letter to Congress requesting an increase in EB visas for STEM
July 26, 2021
AMS, AGU, and NWA comments to FCC on protecting the 24 GHz spectrum band
July 20, 2021
Joint statement from AMS, AGU, and NWA for the Congressional hearing on "Spectrum Needs for Observations in Earth and Space Sciences"
May 27, 2021
Multi-society letter supporting increased funding for the National Science Foundation