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Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Bibliography of Reports by the National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1985
Author: Bibliography of Studies and Reports on Science Policy and Related Topics, 1945-1985
Author: American Science and Science Policy Issues
Author: Don FuquaPublisher:
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Category : Federal aid to research
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1048
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Science and Technology Advice for Congress
Author: M. Granger MorganPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136526757
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The elimination of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in 1995 came during a storm of budget cutting and partisan conflict. Operationally, it left Congress without an institutional arrangement to bring expert scientific and technological advice into the process of legislative decisionmaking. This deficiency has become increasingly critical, as more and more of the decisions faced by Congress and society require judgments based on highly specialized technical information. Offering perspectives from scholars and scientists with diverse academic backgrounds and extensive experience within the policy process, Science and Technology Advice for Congress breaks from the politics of the OTA and its contentious aftermath. Granger Morgan and Jon Peha begin with an overview of the use of technical information in framing policy issues, crafting legislation, and the overall process of governing. They note how, as nonexperts, legislators must make decisions in the face of scientific uncertainty and competing scientific claims from stakeholders. The contributors continue with a discussion of why OTA was created. They draw lessons from OTA's demise, and compare the use of science and technological information in Europe with the United States. The second part of the book responds to requests from congressional leaders for practical solutions. Among the options discussed are expanded functions within existing agencies such as the General Accounting or Congressional Budget Offices; an independent, NGO- administrated analysis group; and a dedicated successor to OTA within Congress. The models emphasize flexibility--and the need to make political feasibility a core component of design.
NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Report 11: Chronology of Selected Literature, Reports, Policy Instruments, and Significant Events Affecting Federal Scientific and Technical Information (STI) in the United States
Author: LC Science Tracer Bullet
Author: History Of Science In The U.S.
Author: Clark A. ElliottPublisher: Garland Science
ISBN: 1000524957
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 554
Book Description
First published in 1996. The intention of this volume is two-fold: first, to give a chronologically arranged overview of selected data on the history of science in the United States, and second, to orient the reader to the substantial reference literature and research sources as guidance to further study of the topic. The subject areas that are covered include astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics, physics, and their related disciplines; areas such as anthropology and psychology are covered to a lesser extent. Science is the central focus, but the content of the work recognizes that the boundaries between subjects or activities are not absolute and certainly not when coverage spans several centuries.
Publications Listing, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, National Research Council
Author: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 40
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