Relation between Science and Government

The Rationale for Federal Funding of Science

Early Policy Visions (post WW II)

1945 Science the Endless Frontier (Vannevar Bush)

1947 Science and Public Policy (John Steelman)

Modern Policy Visions (post Cold War)

1994 Science in the National Interest (Clinton and Gore)

1998 Unlocking Our Future (V. Ehlers R-MI)

Federal Agencies Supporting Astronomy

· National Science Foundation (NSF), formed in 1950

· Division of Astronomical Sciences (AST)

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formed in 1958

· Office of Space Science (OSS)

Government Committees Charged with Science Policy Related to Astronomy

· House of Representatives

o House Science Committee (see also Democratic Caucus on HSC)

§ Subcommittee on Research

§ Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics

· Senate

o Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

§ Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space

· White House

o Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Government Committees Charged with Science Budgets Related to Astronomy

· House of Representatives

o Committee on Appropriations

§ Subcommittee on Veteran’s Affairs and Housing and Urban Development and Independent Agencies

· Senate

o Committee on Appropriations

§ Subcommittee on Veteran’s Affairs, Housing Urban Development and Independent Agencies

· White House: Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Policy Pages for Scientific Societies that influence Science Policy related to Astronomy

· American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

· National Academy of Sciences (NAS)

· Washington Science Policy Alliance (WSPA)

· American Astronomical Society (AAS)

· American Institute of Physics (AIP)

· American Physical Society (APS)