Abstract
The International System Safety Society (ISSS) is still suffering from the impacts of the 2011 Budget Control Act that imposed “sequestration” measures within many members of the Society’s government contractor customer base. The Act resulted in immediate, and significant, decreases in membership and attendance at the annual Conference. Over a period of several years our member base was reduced by almost two thirds, going from approximately 1,200 paying members to about 500. Many system safety programs were “defunded,” forcing people to move to new fields where a Society membership no longer seemed necessary. In addition, funding cuts and an apparent distaste for “conferences” by government agencies slashed budgets supporting engineers’ Conference attendance.
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