Science advice for Congress: Do we need a new paradigm?
Rush Holt, (D-NJ), U.S. House of Representatives:
“Reinstating the Office of Technology Assessment: A View from Congress”
Christopher Hill, George Mason University:
“Science and Technology Information for Congress: Can Wikipedia Do the Job?”
David Goldston, Harvard University:
“Alternatives for Providing Reliable Technical Advice to Congress”
DISCUSSANT: Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University
MODERATOR: Gerald L. Epstein, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Congress faces policy decisions that often hinge on complex technical content. At the same time, lawmakers are deluged with scientific information of widely disparate quality and have little in-house ability to evaluate it. The Congressional Office of Technology Assessment provided rigorous, bipartisan, scientific and technological advice to Congress for nearly two decades before being eliminated in 1995. This session will focus on how to effectively place scientific and technical information into a policy context, analyze it, and communicate it to policy makers and the public.
At the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS),
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:30AM-10:00AM
Hyatt Regency, Columbus Room AB, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois
For further information, please contact the organizers:
Tony Fainberg, Institute for Defense Analyses; ([email protected])
Gerald L. Epstein, Center for Strategic and International Studies; ([email protected])