October 23, 1998

For U.S. Science Policy, It's Time for a Reality Check

By RICHARD E. SCLOVE

Advances in information technology, genetic engineering, and other technical fields are reshaping the world minute by minute. A year and a half ago, House Speaker Newt Gingrich announced an initiative to bring U.S. policy in line with those fast-moving developments. The Speaker asked the House Science Committee to develop "a new, sensible, coherent long-range science and technology policy," a charge that clearly went

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