Snowmass '21 Community Engagement Frontier 6: Public Policy and Government Engagement: Congressional Advocacy for Areas Beyond HEP Funding

TL;DR

This paper reviews how the High Energy Physics community engages with government beyond funding, emphasizing advocacy on various public policy issues and its importance for community influence and policy shaping.

Contribution

It provides an overview of advocacy efforts beyond funding, highlighting strategies and opportunities for the HEP community to influence public policy on diverse issues.

Findings

HEP community has potential to impact broader public policy areas.

Advocacy beyond funding can strengthen community influence.

Effective engagement requires strategic planning and awareness.

Abstract

This document has been prepared as a Snowmass contributed paper by the Public Policy \& Government Engagement topical group (CEF06) within the Community Engagement Frontier. The charge of CEF06 is to review all aspects of how the High Energy Physics (HEP) community engages with government at all levels and how public policy impacts members of the community and the community at large, and to assess and raise awareness within the community of direct community-driven engagement of the US federal government (\textit{i.e.} advocacy). The focus of this paper is the potential for HEP community advocacy on topics other than funding for basic research.