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Conseil de la science et de la technologie http://www.cst.gouv.qc.ca/html/english.html ^pop Science, technology and innovation policy. Many publications available online. Advisory agency to the Québec government. AAAS Directorate for Science and Policy Programs http://www.aaas.org/spp/ 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 http://fellowships.aaas.org/ Provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process. ACM Public Policy Office http://www.acm.org/usacm/ Statements of goals, position papers, letters and testimony to Congress and other government bodies. Al Teich's Technology & the Future Toolkit http://www.alteich.com 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 http://earth.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/sci_pol.html 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 http://www7.nationalacademies.org/step/ 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 http://alifeinscience.blogspot.com thoughts on goal-oriented science funding. Civil Society and the EU http://www.geocities.com/dspichtinger/cseu.html Masters degree thesis suggests increased participation in research policy by groups not representing business or science. Ecological Society of America - Public Affairs http://www.esa.org/pao/ Information and position statements on environmental policy. Federation of American Scientists http://www.fas.org/index.html 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 http://www.foresight.gov.uk/ 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 http://www.aip.org/enews/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 http://webster.aip.org/enews/fyi/ FYI summarizes science policy developments in Washington affecting the physics and astronomy community. Gender, Science and Technology Gateway http://gstgateway.wigsat.org/ 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 http://www.geosociety.org/science/govpolicy.htm 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 http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/projects.nsf/(httpProjects)/A2C02484CD29933980256B5A0044EE67?OpenDocument 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 http://www.isepp.org/ 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 http://www.forfas.ie/icsti/ Provides advice to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on key national and international issues. Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities http://www.academy.ac.il 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. Issues in Science & Technology http://www.nap.edu/issues/ Journal published by the National Academy Press (U.S.) - Publicly available archives going back many years from influential people in US government science policy. Joint Global Change Research Institute \| University of Maryland http://www.globalchange.umd.edu/ 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 http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/ 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 http://nanodot.org/ Nanotechnology Foresight focuses on nanotechnology and public policy surrounding it. National Science Board http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/start.htm 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.
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