Presidential Leadership to Ensure Science and Technology in the Service of National Needs

Senior leaders from the public and private sectors affirm that the success of the next administration will likely be determined by the President’s effectiveness in dealing with an array of policy challenges all of which have essential ingredients of science and technology. They outline steps to ensure that the President and the Executive Branch have at hand the expertise and analytical assets required to marshal the best science and technology capabilities within the Federal government and throughout the nation to address major global and domestic challenges – the renewal of prosperity for Americans in a changed world, environmental protection, climate change, food and water scarcity, energy, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.