National issues in science and technology, 1993 [[electronic resource] /] / National Academy of Sciences ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (96 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9/7306
• Soggetto topico: Science and state - United States; Engineering and state - United States; Medical policy - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""NATIONAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1993""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""NATIONAL ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 1993""; ""I SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Ensuring The Best Presidential Appointments""; ""SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT Ensuring the Best Presidential Appointments""; ""THE PROBLEM""; ""CAUSAL FACTORS""; ""AMELIORATING ACTIONS""; ""Improve Recruitment"" ; ""The President's Science and Technology Advisor as Recruiter""""Involvement of Departments and Agencies""; ""A Special S&T Unit in the White House Personnel Office""; ""Reduce Hurdles and Disincentives""; ""Adopt Reasonable Conflict-of-Interest and Postgovernment Employment Restrictions""; ""Reduce the Disincentives to Government Service""; ""Streamline Administrative Actions""; ""Make Jobs More Attractive""; ""II CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY Establishing United States Leadership Under The Climate Change Convention"" ; ""CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY Establishing United States Leadership under the Climate Change Convention""""THE THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE""; ""THE CONTEXT FOR INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC ACTION""; ""REDUCING OR OFFSETTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS""; ""Energy Policy""; ""Halocarbon Emissions""; ""Forest Offsets""; ""ENHANCING ADAPTATION TO GREENHOUSE WARMING IN THE UNITED STATES""; ""Helping Human Systems Adapt""; ""Helping Natural Systems Adapt""; ""IMPROVING KNOWLEDGE FOR FUTURE DECISIONS""; ""EXERCISING INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP""; ""PROMOTING THE CONTROL OF POPULATION GROWTH"" ; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""""III TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION The Federal Government's Role""; ""TECHNOLOGY POLICY AND INDUSTRIAL INNOVATION The Federal Government's Role""; ""THE RATIONALE FOR CHANGE""; ""STRENGTHENING CURRENT GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS""; ""PROMOTING INVESTMENT IN PRE-COMMERCIAL R&D""; ""A CIVILIAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION""; ""IV TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM Selected Issues From Reports Of The Institute Of Medicine""; ""TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM Selected Issues from Reports of the Institute of Medicine,..."" ; ""TOWARD MORE EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE REFORM""""QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT""; ""VALUE IN HEALTH CARE""; ""SPECIAL POPULATIONS: CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN""; ""HEALTH CARE DATA AND INFORMATION""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""V SUMMARIES OF SELECTED RECENT REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL""; ""Summaries of Selected Recent Reports of the National Research Council""; ""IMPROVING AMERICA'S DIET AND HEALTH""; ""NUCLEAR POWER: TECHNICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE""; ""AUTOMOTIVE FUEL ECONOMY: HOW FAR SHOULD WE GO?""; ""NEW APPROACHES TO REDUCING OZONE POLLUTION"" ; ""HIGH SPEED TRAINS""
• Titolo autorizzato: National issues in science and technology, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-21119-9; 9786610211197; 0-309-57296-7; 0-585-15351-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778796003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II