Topeka ? State Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, has been chosen to serve on two panels of national organizations.

He has been appointed vice chairman of the Council of State Government’s Energy and Policy Task Force.

The task force educates policymakers on water and energy issues.

Sloan also has been appointed to the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Military Sustainability Task Force, which examines issues affecting military and community relations, and the health and well-being of veterans.

Serving his eighth term in the House, Sloan is chairman of the Vision 2020 Committee, and a member of the Energy and Utilities Committee and Government Oversight and Efficiency Committee.