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March 14th, 2011
MAPPS Urges Congress to Reform USGS Initiatives in FY2012 Budget

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“There is a critical need to refocus the mission and priorities of the USGS, and to align its budget with this new direction,” John Palatiello, Executive Director of MAPPS, told a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives March 9. Palatiello’s testimony before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources of the House Committee on Natural Resources entitled “Examine the Spending Priorities and the Missions of the U.S. Geological Survey and the President’s FY 2012 Budget Proposal.” Learn More

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