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House Begins Year-Long S&T Policy Review
The House Committee on Science has begun a year-long study of the nation's science and technology policy in order to determine funding priorities for federal support of research. The study will be the first attempt by the House to systematically assess the nation's research and development needs since the end of the Cold War.
The Science Policy Study, commissioned by committee chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich, will be headed by committee vice chairman Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI). Rep. Ehlers is a nuclear physicist and one of the few scientists in Congress.
According to the House Committee on Science, Rep. Ehlers' team will address long-range S&T policy and science and mathematics education, as well as serve as a contact with the science community. The public will be invited to submit letters and papers to the team for consideration. The team intends to hold field briefings and hearings in the spring.
One of the first actions undertaken by Rep. Ehlers was to convene a roundtable in late October. The roundtable of more than 30 representatives of government, industry and academia discussed long-range issues of national science policy to create a framework for the items or issues to be included in the study.
More information about the study is available at www.house.gov/science/science_policy_study.htm