From the ARRL website:
Attention All Amateurs…
2010 Field Day Packets Now Available (Feb 2, 2010) — It’s that time of year again — time to start gearing up for ARRL Field Day, June 26-27, 2010! ARRL’s flagship operating event — always held the fourth full weekend in June — brings together new and experienced hams for [...]

In this issue:

A Message From IARU President Tim Ellam
Haiti Earthquake Report

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A Message From Tim Ellam, VE6SH/G4HUA
Secretary Stafford requested that I provide an update on IARU activities for the IARU E-Letter. I am pleased to do so.
Some recent activities:

IARU Secretary Rod Stafford, W6ROD and IARU Coordinator for Emergency Communications, Hans Zimmermann, [...]

I really hate it when people ask me, “Ham radio? Do people still do that?” Yes, of course, we still do that. Not only that, ham radio is growing. Below, is the latest press release from the ARRL. Now, granted, this release does hype up the statistics, but the facts are there. Almost double [...]

This came from the ARRL PR Mailing List:
Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Response
Primary Objective of Position:
Develop and maintain ARRL’s Emergency Communications and Emergency Preparedness functions, both internally and externally.
Accountability:
The Manager, Emergency Preparedness and Response reports to the Manager of the Membership and Volunteer Programs Department.
Qualifications:

At least five years experience with amateur radio emergency communications [...]

At first, I wasn’t going to blog about this, but one of my readers persuaded me that it was noteworthy. This is a condensation of a news item on the ARRL website. Read the complete article, then contact your representative and tell him or her that you support this bill……Dan
On Monday, December 14, S 1755 [...]

The first newsletter from the International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) in more than two years has just been published. The November 2009 issue of the IARU Electronic Newsletter has the following short articles:

WRC-12 Preparations Underway
IARU Administrative Council Meeting October, 2009
GAREC-09

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The W1AW Frequency Measuring Test (FMT) has taken several different formats over the past few years. This year, the ARRL returns to the “classic” FMT — measuring the frequency of an unmodulated carrier. Accurate frequency measurement is required of all hams for both regulatory compliance — “stay in the band!” — and operating convenience, particularly [...]

From the monthly (?) newsletter of Great Lakes Division Director, Jim Weaver, K8JE:
For many years, FCC did not provide feedback to ARRL on Official Observer (OO) reports it received. This has changed. Because of legal constraints, the feedback isn’t very detailed, but it is being given.
In June there were a total of 692 [...]

Broadband over power lines, or BPL, hasn’t been in the news much lately, but make no mistake, there are companies out there still pushing it. Case in point is the article, “Is This the Moment for Broadband Over Power Lines?” by David Schneider, a senior editor for IEEE Spectrum.
Schneider writes:
One reason for the renewed [...]

From the 7/2/09 edition of the ARRL Letter:
The ARRL Annual Report for 2008, now available online and in print, reviews the major events of the year and documents the renewed growth of both the ARRL and the activities of the Amateur Radio Service. In 2008, the ARRL experienced a growth in membership, ending the year [...]