Blast from the Past
[2 answers required] In what years were the STPF and PPF programs founded?
1973 and 2025
Your digital fellowship home, including employment information, the fellows' directory, news updates, and information about upcoming events, has what name?
FellowsCentral
The power of the purse, Congress's most important power, is outlined in which article of the Constitution?
Article I (1)
How many electoral college votes are needed to win a U.S. presidential election?
270
Which has grown most over the last 20 years: the lobbying industry, the executive branch or the legislative branch?
The lobbying industry
Your go-to spot to submit tickets or requests relating to just about any aspect of your fellowship, but particularly for technical support and finance-related matters, has what name?
Freshdesk
In shaping policy ideas into action, Congress has what three one-word core functions, all starting with a vowel?
Authorize, appropriate, oversee
The 1921 Budget and Accounting Act established what two three-letter institutions, as they are known today?
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Government Accountability Office (GAO)
What were STPF's original three partner societies?
American Physical Society (APS), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineering (IEEE)
STPF and PPF fellows staff what four-word blog and podcast, which can be found under the "News" section of FellowsCentral?
Sci on the Fly
When describing the different branches of government, James Madison famously wrote that "what" must be made to counteract ambition?
Ambition
What famous scholar of the presidency and author of the 1960 classic Presidential Power once said that "presidential power comes from the power to persuade"?
Richard Neustadt
In what year did the United States adopt the constitutional amendment to elect senators by popular vote?
1913
You can catch up with program news and updates, fellow spotlights, and upcoming public events, with what STPF and PPF quarterly newsletter?
Fellowship Focus
Both the House and the Senate receive legislative drafting services from what nonpartisan offices?
Office(s) of Legislative Counsel
Approximately how much of the R&D budget is Defense in the FY 2027 PBR?
65%