Journal Article - Issues in Science and Technology

Toward a U.S. Technology Policy

| Summer 1991

Abstract

Advises that a more activist approach is needed to secure the benefits of science and ensure that American industry can compete technologically with its friends in the west. Description of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); How the projects are breaking new ground; Role of D. Allan Bromley; Examination of the nation's scientific and technical future; Role of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

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For Academic Citation: Branscomb, Lewis M.. “Toward a U.S. Technology Policy.” Issues in Science and Technology, vol. 7. no. 4. (Summer 1991) .

The Author

Lewis M. Branscomb

Lewis M. Branscomb

  • Director Emeritus of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program; Aetna Public Service Professor Emeritus of Public Policy and Corporate Management
  • Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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