Renewing U.S. science policy : private sector views hearing before the Subcommittee on Science of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, second session, September 24, 1992.

  • United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science.
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1993
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    OPENING STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE RICK BOUCHER (D-VA) CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON SCIENCE ON RENEWING U.S. SCIENCE POLICY: VIEWS FROM USERS OF FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH 10:00 a.m. - 2318 RHOB September 24, 1992 This morning the Subcommittee on Science begins an inquiry into the future of federal science and technology policy. This is the first in a series of hearings that will continue throughout next year. This ‘inquiry is the result of recent signs of stress in the research } system and dramatic changes in the world in the past several years that have profound implications for the future of federal science and technology policy. New opportunities and new challenges are created by the end of the Cold War, the rise of multi-lateral economic competition from abroad, and the emergence of global environmental problems, among other factors. The fundamental tenets of federal science and technology policy have not changed since the promulgation of Vannevar Bush’s report,