Federal Science Policy in Practice: A Perspective from the House Science Committee
Abstract
As the legislative body with jurisdiction over nearly all of our civilian science agencies, the House Science Committee serves both as an arbiter of science policy and user of science. Our mission is to ensure that our nation's science best meets the needs of its citizens. We both craft policies that shape the nation's research portfolio and oversee the science within it to ensure that it meet the needs of the nation. With the input from scientists, staff experts, and the public, the committee fosters the discussion of the consequences and potential regulations of science and technology. I will discuss these activities in more detail in my talk. Specifically, I will address how the legislative process contributes to the production of usable science, and further how constraints, political and otherwise, affect the formation of federal science policy.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006AGUFMPA23A..03G
- Keywords:
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- 6615 Legislation and regulations (6324);
- 6620 Science policy (0485)