Science and Technology Advice
Science and Technology Advice

Author: William T. Golden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-08

Total Pages: 494

ISBN-13: 1351491911

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This volume aims to attract attention to the necessity for quality advice on science and technology issues to the president of the United States, to the Congress, and to the judiciary. It emphasizes reconsideration and improvement of existing organizations and mechanisms, mindful of the need to adapt to changing circumstances. Golden has gathered facts and opinions useful to a wide range of people: government officials and staffs in all three branches; journalists; scholars and students of political science, science policy, and the history of science policy; members of the industrial and financial communities; and the concerned citizenry. The eighty-five prominent experts include both of President Reagan's science advisors, President Gerald R. Ford, congressional leaders, and distinguished members of the judiciary.

Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary
Science and Technology Advice to the President, Congress, and Judiciary

Author: William T. Golden

Publisher: Pergamon

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 552

ISBN-13:

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This volume aims to attract attention to the necessity for quality advice on science and technology issues to the president of the United States, to the Congress, and to the judiciary. It emphasizes reconsideration and improvement of existing organizations and mechanisms, mindful of the need to adapt to changing circumstances. Golden has gathered facts and opinions useful to a wide range of people: government ofcials and staffs in all three branches; journalists; scholars and students of political science, science policy, and the history of science policy; members of the industrial and nancial communities; and the concerned citizenry. The eighty-ve prominent experts include both of President Reagan's science advisors, President Gerald R. Ford, congressional leaders, and distinguished members of the judiciary."

Funding Health Sciences Research
Funding Health Sciences Research

Author: Institute of Medicine

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1990-02-01

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0309043433

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Biomedical scientists' concern about the future of funding of health science research prompted this volume's exploration of the financing of the entire health research enterprise and the complex reasons underlying these increasing concerns. The committee presents clear-cut recommendations for improving allocation policies to ensure a balanced distribution of resources that will allow the biomedical research community to build on exciting recent discoveries in many areas. Funding Health Sciences Research also provides the first-ever comprehensive reports on the 1980s policies that have affected the research landscape, including stabilization, downward negotiation, and extended grant duration.

Worldwide Science and Technology Advice
Worldwide Science and Technology Advice

Author: William T. Golden

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-28

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 100094753X

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First published in 1990. The contributors discuss the organizations for provision of science and technology advice to the highest levels of governments of some 35 countries, including major countries of the world and a selection of important smaller countries. Inclusion of some communist and developing countries adds piquancy. The papers comment on functioning of those organizations as well as describe their formal structure. Each author was asked to describe the science and technology advising organizations for the highest level of his or her country's government and comment on its effectiveness and how it influences policy formulation and action.

Minding the Machines
Minding the Machines

Author: William M. Evan

Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780130656469

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A provocative and authoritative guide to understanding the questions surrounding technology disasters that occur, with a blueprint for the prevention of future disasters, this book looks at over three dozen case studies and the lessons learned from them.

Science Advice to the President
Science Advice to the President

Author: William T. Golden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-29

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1351306952

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This is a provocative, behind-the-scenes introduction to the vital and complex role science plays in United States politics. It includes the first formal statement from former President Clinton's former Science Advisor, John H. Gibbons; a fresh retrospective from D. Allan Bromley on science advice in the George H. W. Bush Administration; and a unique viewpoint from John McTague about his brief tenure under President Reagan. Among the twenty-four contributors are former members of the President's Science Advisory Committee, distinguished scholars, and industrialists.