Policymaking in the Information Age Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/23-4/ The best minds on the most important topics. Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:30:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://issues.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-issues-favicon-32x32.png Policymaking in the Information Age Archives | Issues in Science and Technology https://issues.org/issue/23-4/ 32 32 Archives – Summer 2007 https://issues.org/archives-39/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/archives-39/ SUZANNE ANKER, Laboratory Life, Digital print edition of 46 with 5 artist’s proofs, 13 x 19 inches, 2007.
Laboratory Life
Suzanne Anker, who served as moderator for the recent online symposium… Read More

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]]> How the Internet Got Its Groove https://issues.org/br_blumenthal-3/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_blumenthal-3/ Where did the Internet come from? Why has it affected society as it has? These questions have prompted several books over the past few years, books that have celebrated the technologists of… Read More

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]]> The Politics of Jobs https://issues.org/br_bonvillian/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_bonvillian/ Speaking recently to a group of lawyers, Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, voiced concern about U.S. science literacy and called for expanding the science talent base. The lawyers… Read More

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]]> No model for policymaking https://issues.org/br_carpenter/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/br_carpenter/ Technical solutions have been found for many complicated problems of environmental science. For example, enormous challenges have been overcome to deploy and maintain networks of sophisticated Earth-observing satellites that provide rich global… Read More

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]]> Getting Our Act Together https://issues.org/editorsjournal-29/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/editorsjournal-29/ Getting Our Act Together
Several of the articles in this issue look beyond specific policy debates to the larger question of the definition of science policy (in the broad sense that includes… Read More

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]]> The Promise of Data-Driven Policymaking https://issues.org/esty-2/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/esty-2/ During the past decade, advances in information technology have ignited a revolution in decisionmaking, from business to sports to policing. Previously, decisions in these areas had been heavily influenced by factors other… Read More

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]]> Full Disclosure: Using Transparency to Fight Climate Change https://issues.org/fagotto-2/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/fagotto-2/ Congressional leaders are finally working seriously on long term-approaches to counter climate change. But all the major proposals leave a critical policy gap because they would not take effect for at least… Read More

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]]> Forum – Summer 2007 https://issues.org/forum-summer-2007/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/forum-45/ Not enough U.S. engineers?
Vivek Wadhwa, Gary Gereffi, Ben Rissing, and Ryan Ong from Duke University have clearly put a lot of work into their study of engineering education in the United… Read More

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]]> From the Hill – Summer 2007 https://issues.org/hill-41/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/hill-41/ Major bills to boost U.S. competitiveness advance
Congress appears poised to approve major legislation to boost U.S. economic competitiveness, with Senate approval of the America COMPETES Act (S. 761) and House passage… Read More

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]]> The University As Innovator: Bumps in the Road https://issues.org/litan/ Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://dev.issues.org/litan/ For much of the past century, universities and university-based researchers have played a critical role in driving technological progress. In the process, universities have been a strong catalyst for U.S. economic growth.… Read More

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