IEEE USA
AS AN
ORGANIZATION
The Professional Activities Arm of the IEEE
IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. created in 1973 to support the career and public policy interests of IEEE's U.S. members.
Our Mission: To recommend policies and implement programs specifically intended to serve and benefit the members, the profession, and the public in the United States in appropriate professional areas of economic, ethical, legislative, social and technology policy concern.
Our Vision: To serve the IEEE-USA member by being the technical professional's best resource for achieving life long career vitality and by providing an effective voice on policies that promote U.S. prosperity.
Where Your $27 U.S.
IEEE Assessment Goes
Every IEEE member residing in Regions 1-6 pays a restricted assessment of $27 in addition to basic IEEE dues for support of IEEE's professional programs, including the operations of IEEE-USA. The following chart and description shows where this money goes:
IEEE-USA Board of Directors/Operations
Legislative Initiative Task Force
Long Range/Strategic Planning Committee
New Business Development Committee (Inactive)
Nominations and Appointments Committee
Washington Internships for Students of Engineering Task Force
Career Activities
Intellectual Property Committee
Member Activities
Alliance of IEEE Consultants Networks (AICN)
Awards and Recognition Committee
Career and Employment Services Committee
Professional Activities (PACE)
Professional Activities Committee
Technology Policy Activities
Committee on Communications and Information Policy
Committee on Transportation Policy
Guidelines to the Professional
Employment of Engineers
Contents
AMERICAN ENGINEERS AT RISK (ONE EXAMPLE ISSUE)
On 21 October, IEEE-USA President Le Earl Bryant (right) and U.S. IEEE Member Stephen Morton (center) distributed more than 500 leaflets, titled
"American Engineers at Risk,"
on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.