IP: BUSH SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE? THINK AGAIN: What's New for Jan 12, 2001

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> 2. BUSH SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE?  THINK AGAIN. Informed sources
> report that President-Elect Bush, at the urging of a close Texas
> technologist, plans to split the Office of Science and Technology
> Policy and appoint two separate presidential advisors, one for
> science and one for technology.  Two prominent university
> presidents have reportedly turned down offers for the science
> advisor slot.  No wonder!  This prompted former GOP Science
> Advisors D. Allan Bromley and Edward David, as well as APS
> President George Trilling, to caution the Bush-Cheney team that
> cleaving S&T would be disastrous policy.  WN Readers can weigh in
> by writing Vice-President-Elect Cheney at the Bush/Cheney
> Transition Office, 1800 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006.



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