March 23, 2001, Hour 1: Science and Technology Policy

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Hour One: Science and Technology Policy

What should be the top priorities of the Bush administration when it comes to science and technology?

Two months into the new administration, the position of the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (aka the President's science adviser) remains vacant. And yet issues in which scientific input might be appropriate, from the fate of stem cell research to the recent decision not to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, continue to press forward.

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In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk with three leaders in the field of science policy in the U.S -- the chair of the House Committee on Science, the head of the National Science Foundation, and the editor of the journal Science, about science and technology issues facing the nation. We'll take a look at budget battles, the balance between academia and industry, and the question of 'just what does the science advisor do, anyway?'

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Guests:
Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY)
Chairman, Committee on Science
U.S. House of Representatives
New Hartford, New York

Rita Colwell
Director
National Science Foundation
Arlington, Virginia

John Gibbons
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology (1993-1998)
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy (1993-1998)
Senior Fellow, National Academy of Engineering
The Plains, Virginia

Donald Kennedy
Former Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
President Emeritus and Bing Professor of Environmental Science
Stanford University
Editor-in-Chief
Science
Washington, DC

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