WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE CENTER, TRUMAN ROOM
726 JACKSON PLACE
WASHINGTON, DC 20502
 
 

PLENARY SESSION - 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Attendance:

PCAST Members: John A.Young (Co-Chair); Neal Lane (Co-Chair); Franscisco J. Ayala; David A. Hamburg; John P. Holdren; Diana MacArthur; Shirley M. Malcom; Mario J. Molina; Peter H. Raven, Charles Sanders; Sally K. Ride, Judith Rodin; Charles M.Vest; Virginia V. Weldon; Lillian Shiao-Yen Wu.

Staff: Deanna Behring; Arthur Bienenstock; Rosina Bierbaum; Bruce MacDonald; Duncan Moore; Joan P. Porter

Public Attendance: Approximately 70 members of the public, including the press, were present.

Welcome and Introductions

John Young and Neal Lane, PCAST Co-Chairs, opened the meeting at 1:10 PM February 22. Dr. Lane commented briefly about the meeting of PCAST with the Vice President that took place earlier in the day.

Reports of the PCAST Panels and Office of Science and Technology Policy Divisions

Reports were given by John Holdren, International Energy R&D Panel Chair; Peter Raven, Environment and Natural Resources Panel Chair; Shirley Malcom, Acting Education Panel Chair. Members commented and asked questions about the ongoing panel work.

Arthur Bienenstock, Associate Director for Science, gave a report on the Education Panel's deliberations on proposed revisions to OMB Circular A-110 on data access; the revisions were published for public comment in the Federal Register. The proposed revisions are part of the written record of this meeting. He also reported on activities in the Science Division of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

Deanna Behring and Bruce MacDonald reported on activites in the National Security and International Affairs Division, OSTP.

The President's FY 2000 Budget Update

Tom Kahn, Staff Director, Minority, House Budget Committee, gave comments on the FY 2000 Budget. His counterpart on the Majority was unable to attend the meeting.

Elgie Holstein, Associate Director, Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget, next presented a perspective.

He was followed by Charles Larson, Executive Director, Industrial Research Institute, Inc., who commented on trends in private industry investments in R&D. A copy of Mr. Larson's overheads is part of the written record of the meeting.

The last speaker in this segment was Albert Teich, Director of Science and Policy Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science. A copy of

Dr. Teich's overhead presentation is a part of the written record of this meeting.

Members asked questions and commented after each presentation.

Report of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee

Kenneth Kennedy, Cochair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) gave a summary of the report that PITAC was to release later in the week. Members discussed the report with Dr. Kennedy. A copy of Dr. Kennedy's handout to PCAST, the draft PITAC report, is part of the written record of this meeting.

Public Comment

Robert L. Stern, S & E Associates, Washington, DC, provided public comments.

Adjournment

Neal Lane adjourned the meeting at 4:30 PM

Minutes submitted by:

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Joan P. Porter

Executive Secretary

Presidential Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

Approved:
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Neal Lane

Co-Chair, President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

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John A. Young

Co-Chair, President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology

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