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Science Friday > Archives > 2002 > November > November 1, 2002:
Hour One: Voting
Technology / Science vs Security
In the wake of the terrorist and anthrax attacks, some scientists
have been coming under increasing pressure to censor information on
"sensitive" topics. What scientific information should be kept secret?
And who should make the decisions on what scientists can and can't
publish?
In this hour of Science Friday we'll talk with the Director of the
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy--the President's
Science Advisor--on the balancing of national security concerns with
the rights of scientists to publish their data.
Plus, with elections scheduled nationwide next Tuesday, we'll talk
about changes in voting technology. Lots of proposals for improving
how we vote were put forward following the 2000 election -- are any
of those proposals ready for prime time?
Call in with your comments and questions at 1-800-989-8255, and share
your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Michael Alvarez
Co-Director, Voting Technology
Project
Professor, Political Science
California Institute of Technology
Pasedena, California
John Marburger, III
Director, Office of Science and Technology
Policy
Science Advisor to President Bush
Washington, DC
Robert Dynes
Physicist
Chancellor, University of California
San Diego
Member, National Academy of Sciences Council
San Diego, California
Steven Block
Professor of Applied Physics and Biological Sciences
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
NY
Times: Researchers Say Science Is Hurt by Secrecy Policy Set Up by
the White House
News
from the Washington File
Reuters
story on Scientce and Secrecy
National
Academies: Statement on Science and Security in an Age of Terrorism
September
13, 2002, Hour One: West Nile / Scientific Freedom / Cloning Problems
AAAS
Science and Policy Programs
Technology
Review - Science and Secrets
Caltech-MIT
Voting Technology Project
Voting
technology: Will the chads still hang? | csmonitor.com
Race
is on to improve voting technology
NIST
Hearings on Voting Technology
Electronic
Voting
Douglas
W. Jones on Voting and Elections
This segment produced by Annette Heist
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