Keep Selection Process for Panels Free of Politics, Report Urges

Candidates for federal advisory panels on science and technology, many of whom are faculty members, should be chosen for their expertise and not their politics, a new report by the National Academies argues.

The report, "Science and Technology in the National Interest: Ensuring the Best Presidential and Federal Advisory Committee Science and Technology Appointments," says that it is "inappropriate" to ask advisory-committee candidates about their voting records, political-party

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