Useful Links - Federation of Materials Societies (FMS) represents the professional societies, universities and National Research Council organizations which are involved with materials science, engineering and technology.

Government and Other Useful Links

THOMAS, the official page of the U.S. Congress, includes general information, schedules, links, and access to pending legislation and the Congressional Record (thomas.loc.gov)
To look up or write your Senators (www.senate.gov)
To look up or write your Representatives (www.house.gov)
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OSTP)
Office of Management and Budget (www.whitehouse.gov/WH/OMB)
Office of Industrial Technologies (www.oit.doe.gov/iplocator)
Discover Engineering Online (www.discoverengineering.org)
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (www.mtpc.org)
MaterialsJobs.com (www.materialsjobs.com)
The National Academies (www.nationalacademies.org)
National Engineers Week (www.eweek.org)
National Materials Advisory Board (www.nationalacademies.org/nmab)
Solid State Sciences Committee (www.nationalacademies.org/bpa/sssc)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (www.nist.gov)
Department of Energy (www.doe.gov)
National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov)
NASA (www.nasa.gov)
Department of Defense (www.defenselink.mil)
American Association for the Advancement of Science Research and Development Project (www.aaas.org) for updates on research and development dollars in the Federal budget