Science and Technology in the National Interest

Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2005
• eBook ISBN: 9780309181280
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In 2004, an ad hoc committee was charged with preparing this third report examining the most senior S&T appointments to federal government positions and updating the accompanying list of the most urgent S&T presidential appointments. Sufficient changes have occurred since the National Academies 2000 report on presidential appointments"e;including the 2001 terrorist attacks, the anthrax deaths, the reorganization of homeland-security activities in the federal government, new developments in S&T, and concerns about the politicization of S&T decision making and advice"e;to warrant this new edition. In contrast with previous reports on the subject, this one covers not only presidential appointments to top S&T leadership positions but also the appointment of scientists, engineers, and health professionals to serve on federal advisory committees that focus on science-based policy or on the review of research proposals. The committee recognizes that other areas of federal responsibility are as important as S&T, but S&T appointments are the only ones within its purview.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• COMMITTEE ON ENSURING THE BEST PRESIDENTIAL AND FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY APPOINTMENTS
• COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND PUBLIC POLICY
• PREFACE
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• CONTENTS
• Boxes, Figures, and Table
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• INTRODUCTION
• PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY APPOINTMENTS
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY APPOINTMENTS TO FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
• CONCLUSION
• APPENDIXES