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Web Sites in Category Science and Technology Policy
Issues in Science & Technology  - Journal published by the National Academy Press (U.S.) - Publicly available archives going back many years from influential people in US government science policy.
AAAS Directorate for Science and Policy Programs - Programs devoted to activities in realms where science, government and society intersect, to further the work of scientists, promote of human welfare, and foster scientific freedom and responsibility.
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships - Provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process.
ACM Public Policy Office - Statements of goals, position papers, letters and testimony to Congress and other government bodies.
Al Teich's Technology & the Future Toolkit - A resource for students, teachers, and anyone else interested in how technology and society are shaping each other and our future.
American Geophysical Union: Science and Policy - Upcoming legislation and government regulations that have implications for the geophysical sciences, and position statements on policy-related topics.
Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy, National Academy of Sciences - Integrates understanding of scientific, technological, and economic elements in the formulation of national policies affecting the economic well-being of the United States.
Bringing science back to life - thoughts on goal-oriented science funding.
Centre for Research Policy (Australia) - Carrying out research into science and technology policy, research management, and research policy in Australia.
Civil Society and the EU - Masters degree thesis suggests increased participation in research policy by groups not representing business or science.
Conseil de la science et de la technologie - Science, technology and innovation policy. Many publications available online. Advisory agency to the Québec government.
Consulting in Regulation Innovation & Systems Policy - Company focused on providing national and international analysis and advice for the benefit of government, business and society.
Ecological Society of America - Public Affairs - Information and position statements on environmental policy.
Federation of American Scientists - Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring emerging diseases.
Foresight: Making the future work for you - The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to look beyond normal commercial time horizons to identify potential opportunities from new science and technologies and actions to help realise those opportunities.
FYI - Summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community. Summaries are approximately one page long and are issued two or more times every week. FYI e-mail subscriptions are free; they are provided by the American Institute of Physics as a service to the science community.
FYI -- American Institute of Physics - FYI summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community.
Gender, Science and Technology Gateway - Global web portal presented by the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Policy recommendations and resources pertaining to sustainable development that addresses gender inequality.
Geology & Public Policy - Join the G&PP List Serve or Geology in Government Mentor Program. Be a Congressional Science Fellow. Read congressional and federal actions which affect the geoscience community.
Information Technologies and Social Development - UNRISD project exploring how new information and communications technologies can be used in developing countries. Events, publications, unpublished papers, and researcher profiles. Some content in French.
Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy - An instutute in Portland Oregon, that attempts to develop the local dialogue on science, technology and society issues.
Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation - Provides advice to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on key national and international issues.
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities - Promoting scientific excellence, providing advice to the government on scientific issues of national importance, maintaining scientific relations with similar bodies worldwide, and publishing scholarly works.
Joint Global Change Research Institute | University of Maryland - Publications and information from a joint Pacific Northwest Lab/University of Maryland institute dedicated to examining the problems associated with global climate change.
Koshland Science Museum - Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on "science behind the headlines", in particular current and sometimes controversial policy issues.
Nanodot - A Foresight Institute web site - Nanotechnology Foresight focuses on nanotechnology and public policy surrounding it.
National Science Board - The National Science Board is the US science policy advisor to the President and the Congress. Their homepage contains many documents on the US science and technology policy.
OAS - Office of Science and Technology - Science and technology policy statements from the Organization of American States(OAS).
Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) Legacy - Topical reports on numerous subjects in science and technology (1974-1995).
Optical Society of America - Policies - OSA promotes the generation, application and archiving of knowledge in optics and photonics and disseminates this knowledge worldwide.
RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute - A federally funded US research and development center sponsored by the National Science Foundation and managed by RAND
Research Competitiveness Program - An effort to assist U.S. states participating in the National Science Foundation's "Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research", from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Science and Technology Policies in India - Focus is on policy reforms and intellectual property law reforms in India.
scienceinpolicy.org - Grassroots group of scientists opposed to environmental policies of the Bush administration.
Space Policy Digest - Archive of articles on various topics in space policy, particularly U.S. NASA.
Space Policy Project - Information and analysis on civil and military space issues, policies and programs. Covers a variety of topics including life on Mars, advanced aircraft, Russian aerospace, Challenger accident, space weapons, exploration, and links.
Technology Policy & Assessment Center - This Georgia Institute of Technology Center engages in interdisciplinary research and analysis of technology-intensive issues occurring at the interface of engineering, management and technology policy.
Technopolis - An innovation policy consultancy, which specialises in the evaluation, comparative analysis and implementation of government science and technology policy and SME support programmes.
The Decline of Unfettered Research - Essay explaining the reasons for the decline of "unfettered" or "curiosity-driven" research.
The European Commission, Official Documents - Contains official documents of the European Commission, including documents on their science and technology policy.
The Foundation for Science and Technology - Aims to provide a neutral platform for the debate of science or technology issues of importance to society. Includes PDF downloads of journals and ordering information for other materials.
The rise of technocapitalism - Prof. Suarez-Villa on technocapitalism, its sources and phenomena, continuous invention and innovation, networks, the experimental firm, innovative capacity, technological eras.
The Science Foresight Project - The first completely Internet-based international science foresight activity. The goal was to identify emerging research developments in the physical and engineering sciences using experts selected by purely objective methods.
U.S. Department of Commerce Technology Administration - Homepage of this government department, containing downloadable copies of their publications, news and other information.
U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy - In the Executive Office of the President. Current and archived information about policy on fundamental science, education and scientific literacy, investment in applied research, and international cooperation.
US President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) - PCAST consists of 18 members from the private sector plus the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology who serves as the Committee's Co-Chair.
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