Your Science Policy Sphere

2. The Commander-in-Chief’s spending wishes produced by the Office of Budget and Management annually. Abbr
5. Where one checks in, or a group that seeks to influence politicians
7. “It’s getting warmer and drier, but storms are worse.” 2 words
8. Is made up of 29 agencies and offices with nearly 100,000 employees at more than 4,500 locations across the country and abroad. Abbr
9. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. Will be renewed in 2023. 2 words
12. Congressional law that provides an agency with budget authority
13. Containing DNA introduced by artificial means
15. A group-within-a-group focused on specific issues (or Where we send the answer to “Your SPC signs on to these as needed”)
16. Powerful rule makers and an old baseball team
19. Named by Thomas Jefferson and home to the US legislative branch. 2-word nickname
20. The government makes it complicated, but we do this after a fight.

1. The share of a country's wealth and resources based on products, services, and processes derived from biological resources. Plants are an essential component.
3. Algae, corn and canola are sources of this
4. All the DNA in an organism
5. Your SPC signs on to these as needed
6. Produced by the Plant Science Research Network 2020, ten year plan. 2 words
9. The money to get research done
10. Through this, the NSF funds postdoc fellowships in plant science. Abbr
11. This body “shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes”
14. Amit Dhingra is ASPB’s representative to this sister organization. Abbr
17. Control by transcription factors or government
18. Publicly showing support, what the SPC does!