Comments on: Ask Prometheus: OTA http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3230 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kerry McEvilly http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3230&cpage=1#comment-762 Kerry McEvilly Sat, 31 Jul 2004 14:07:04 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3230#comment-762 ...excellent commentary gentlemen. I found the comments on the need for a more deadline driven "contractor" culture new and enlightening. Which leads me to ask - would an alternative institutional model, say something akin to the Woodrow Wilson Institute, staffed primarily by "visiting fellows" of some duration (during a one year sabbatical perhaps?) provide both the expertise and non-partisan cover needed to assauge the Republican leadership (when Gibbons left in 1993 to assume the lead in Clinton's OSTP it simply reinforced Republican suspicions of an institutionalized Democratic bias)? Another interesting idea, at least from my perspective, might include a massive expansion of the AAAS and IEEE-USA Congressional Fellows programs to provide technical expertise to committees or even individual Members offices. But where would the money come from? Would it have to be a Legislative Appropriation? Private, perhaps philantropic, funds. A mix? There has been a lot of printed words committed to the idea, the Carnegie Commission comes to mind, but it seems institutional hurdles are always coming up? …excellent commentary gentlemen. I found the comments on the need for a more deadline driven “contractor” culture new and enlightening.

Which leads me to ask – would an alternative institutional model, say something akin to the Woodrow Wilson Institute, staffed primarily by “visiting fellows” of some duration (during a one year sabbatical perhaps?) provide both the expertise and non-partisan cover needed to assauge the Republican leadership (when Gibbons left in 1993 to assume the lead in Clinton’s OSTP it simply reinforced Republican suspicions of an institutionalized Democratic bias)?

Another interesting idea, at least from my perspective, might include a massive expansion of the AAAS and IEEE-USA Congressional Fellows programs to provide technical expertise to committees or even individual Members offices.

But where would the money come from? Would it have to be a Legislative Appropriation? Private, perhaps philantropic, funds. A mix?

There has been a lot of printed words committed to the idea, the Carnegie Commission comes to mind, but it seems institutional hurdles are always coming up?

]]> By: Tind Shepper Ryen http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3230&cpage=1#comment-761 Tind Shepper Ryen Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:57:00 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3230#comment-761 Good call Jeremy... I've added the full name and a link to their old site. OTA [Office of Technology Assessment] Good call Jeremy… I’ve added the full name and a link to their old site. OTA [Office of Technology Assessment]

]]> By: Jeremy http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=3230&cpage=1#comment-760 Jeremy Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:51:27 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheusreborn/?p=3230#comment-760 You should at least define the acronym "OTA." You should at least define the acronym “OTA.”

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