by Darlene Cavalier | May 7, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy
Many organizations exist to develop participatory experiences so citizens’ opinions are shared with policy decision makers. The President and his Executive Branch seem pretty tuned into this thinking. Congress/Legislative Branch, however, is about a decade...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 29, 2009 | Blog, News, OTA, Science Policy
Hot off the press, here’s Holt’s opinion piece on why Congress should restore the Office of Technology Assessment. In it, he wisely cites Obama’s plans to restore science to its rightful place by bringing scientists back into the fold as advisers to...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 28, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy
A friend and adviser, Dick Sclove, is a U.S. representative on the massive World Wide Views on Global Climate Change initiative. No surprise that this is being organized by the Danish Board of Technology, science and technology policy advisers to Parliament. All of us...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 17, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Policy
Flag-waving Republican, Newt Gingrich, dismantled the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (science policy advisers to Congress) as a symbol of his believe in the Contract with America back in the 90s. Bad move. And a little silly to slash a lean office with...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 17, 2009 | Blog, In the News, OTA, Science Policy
Looks like our push to restore the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (w/public participation) has attracted the attention of the editors at one of my favorite sites, the Personal Democracy Forum’s TechPresident. Found this article on their site...
by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 14, 2009 | Blog, OTA, Science Education, Science Policy
I received an email from a colleague at the American Association for the Advancement of Science who coauthored an important report: “Many Experts, Many Audiences: Public Engagement with Science and Informal Science Education.” Some terrific information in here re:...
