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*ITRInews*	January, No. 49

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In This Issue of ITRInews
A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate
S&T Undersecretary for Homeland Security Named
In Search of a U.S. S&T Policy: A New Clue
EU Challenge to US Leadership

Featured Sites in International S&T:
European S&T Clearinghouse

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Picture of Sen. Frist with human heart A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate As you have seen on the front pages, Senator Bill Frist has become majority leader in the U.S. Senate. Some even make him the leader in the 2008 presidential race; politics has a long view in the U.S. What you might not know is that Sen. Frist has been quite active in promoting S&T in the Senate. Until he came in 1994, the Senate had little to say on S&T, compared to the House Science Committee. As a physician and scientist, the new Senator Frist took an interest in national S&T policy and soon co-founded the Senate Science and Technology Caucus. He was also active in the movement to double the NSF budget. Richard M. Jones has summarized Frist's role in the promoting science in the Senate in FYI, The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News. Number 4: January 4, 2003. http://www.aip.org/enews/fyi/2003/004.html. (The picture shows Dr. Frist transplanting a human heart.)

S&T Undersecretary for Homeland Security Named On January 10, the White House announced that Charles E. McQueary would be nominated to serve as the first Undersecretary for Science and Technology in the new Department of Homeland Security. McQueary is the retired President of General Dynamics. Prior to General Dynamics, McQueary was with AT&T/Lucent Technologies from 1987 -1997 as President and Vice President. He has a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics from the University of Texas at Austin. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030110-6.html

	A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate As you have seen on the front pages, Senator Bill Frist has become majority leader in the U.S. Senate. Some even make him the leader in the 2008 presidential race; politics has a long view in the U.S. What you might not know is that Sen. Frist has been quite active in promoting S&T in the Senate. Until he came in 1994, the Senate had little to say on S&T, compared to the House Science Committee. As a physician and scientist, the new Senator Frist took an interest in national S&T policy and soon co-founded the Senate Science and Technology Caucus. He was also active in the movement to double the NSF budget. Richard M. Jones has summarized Frist's role in the promoting science in the Senate in FYI, The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News. Number 4: January 4, 2003. http://www.aip.org/enews/fyi/2003/004.html. (The picture shows Dr. Frist transplanting a human heart.)

In Search of a U.S. S&T Policy: A New Clue In August, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) drafted a letter to President Bush urging that his FY 2004 request include a doubling of the federal investment in physical sciences and engineering over FY 2002 levels. Apparently there was some back and forth with the White House on whether the letter was actually wanted, but a version was posted on the OSTP website in late January. It had an October 16, 2002 date, when it was apparently officially sent to President Bush. The letter is based on a study by the RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute, which was commissioned by the PCAST subcommittee on the Federal Investment in S&T and Its National Benefits. The letter no longer calls for doubling, but does speak of bringing physical science funding to parity with life sciences funding over a five year period. There's lots more in the letter, including an appeal for more international technology monitoring, which might be good for WTEC. While PCAST makes recommendations in the letter, logically they do not become policies until they are endorsed by the President. http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/FINAL%20R&D%20REPORT%20WITH%20LETTERS.pdf

EU Report on S&T Indicators -- cover pix The EU Challenges the U.S. and Japan in S&T In contrast with the elusive U.S. S&T policy, the European Union has set a goal of catching up to the U.S. in S&T, i. e. "to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world" by 2010. A key element of achieving this goal is tighter integration of the EU into a European Research Area. Another goal, endorsed by the heads of European governments in March 2002, puts their money where their mouth is (as we say in the U.S.) They agreed to sharply increase EU R&D investment from 1.93% of GDP in 2000 to 3.0% in 2010. The admission of ten more nation-states into the EU this year will also strengthen its position, particularly in S&T human resources.
The EU has a staff organization that monitors its progress toward these goals, using objective indicators of S&T leadership. These web pages include current publications about indicators, ongoing projects on the development of new indicators, calls for proposals and studies, links to databases. http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/indicators/home.html Their most recent report has just been posted, "Towards a European Research Area: Indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation." http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/indicators/publications.htm

There is yet another separate EU indicator effort that posts a scoreboard to track progress toward their goals. http://trendchart.cordis.lu/Scoreboard2002/index.html This effort is also intended to encourage changes in national policies that will help meet goals. These folks have organized a Benchmarking Workshop: The Future of the European Innovation Scoreboard, to be held 24-25 February 2003, in Luxembourg. The European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) has attracted considerable attention from the policy world, the research community and the media. From a policy perspective, the EIS is expected to raise awareness concerning the need to bring about improvements in specific policy areas and/or to engage a more proactive innovation strategy to catch up with leading countries. In this respect, this workshop will discuss possible changes to the EIS indicators that could improve its usefulness for policy. http://trendchart.cordis.lu/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=NewsProps&Aid=301

	The EU Challenges the U.S. and Japan in S&T In contrast with the elusive U.S. S&T policy, the European Union has set a goal of catching up to the U.S. in S&T, i. e. "to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world" by 2010. A key element of achieving this goal is tighter integration of the EU into a European Research Area. Another goal, endorsed by the heads of European governments in March 2002, puts their money where their mouth is (as we say in the U.S.) They agreed to sharply increase EU R&D investment from 1.93% of GDP in 2000 to 3.0% in 2010. The admission of ten more nation-states into the EU this year will also strengthen its position, particularly in S&T human resources. The EU has a staff organization that monitors its progress toward these goals, using objective indicators of S&T leadership. These web pages include current publications about indicators, ongoing projects on the development of new indicators, calls for proposals and studies, links to databases. http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/indicators/home.html Their most recent report has just been posted, "Towards a European Research Area: Indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation." http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/indicators/publications.htm

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FEATURED SITES THIS MONTH

European S&T Links

The EU is increasingly challenging the U.S. for leadership of S&T in some indicators. This trend will accelerate when the EU expands its membership from 15 countries to 25 member states within the next year. To better understand European S&T the links below were compiled. Some are repeats from ITRInews for July-August, 2002.

European Science Organizations Clearinghouse This is a nice listing from the NSF International Division for 32 countries in Europe. Russia is included, but Turkey is not. The typical country has links for its ministry of science and its national academy of sciences. Love the flags.
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/int/europe.htm

CORDIS is the European Commission's official information services for research and development. http://www.cordis.lu/en/home.html In addition to links to the EU-wide programs, like the Framework6 program, it has links to the national R&D sites for each of the 15 current EU members. http://www.cordis.lu/national_service/en/home.html There is an interesting table of the participation of the 10 new candidate countries in the Fifth Framework program at http://www.cordis.lu/national_service/en/candidate_countries.htm

EU S&T Indicators Unit The EU has a substantial effort underway to measure its progress toward becoming the world's most competitive technological power. It is the Competitiveness, Economic Analysis, and Indicators unit of the DG Research of the European Commission, where Ugur Muldur heads a staff of 19. http://www.cordis.lu/rtd2002/indicators/contacts.htm The U.S. doesn't really have anything comparable to this except WTEC, which mainly uses qualitative approaches to measuring world leadership.

European Commission Website on Research in the EU
http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/index_en.html

The Sixth Framework Program of EU Research On 15 May, the European Parliament gave its go-ahead to the Commission’s proposal for next EU Research and Development Framework Program. The €17.5 billion budget is a 17% increase on the last program. http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/index_en.html

Phillipe Busquin, Commissioner of Research for the EU
http://europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/busquin/index_en.html

London Tri-Service Technology Watching Site The U. S. Army, Navy, and Air Force now share a web site in London as well as physical space in Edison House.. http://www.ehis.navy.mil/

NSF Europe Office The National Science Foundation (NSF) is the agency of the U.S. Federal government that promotes excellence in basic research and education in science and engineering. NSF maintains a small office in the U.S. Embassy in Paris. This NSF Europe Office represents the Foundation to the countries of Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, and to the multinational science organizations located in Europe. http://www.nsf.gov/home/int/europe/index.htm

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DATE FEATURE ARTICLE URL

Jan 03 A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N49.html

Dec 02 OSTP Deletes Goal of Maintaining World Leadership in S&T http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N48.html

Nov 02 President to Sign "NSF Doubling" Bill Today http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N47.html

Sept/Oct 02 U.S. High Technology Trade Surplus Disappears http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N46.html

Jul/Aug 02 U. S. Internet Growth Halts http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N45.html

Jun 02 U.S. Raises the Stakes in the Supercomputer Game;
Japan Raises that Raise http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N44.html

May 02 Double-Double in U.S. S&T Investments http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N43.html

Apr 02 Japanese Lap the U.S. in the Supercomputer Race http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N42.html

Mar 02 Criteria for Basic Research Performance http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N41.html

Feb 02 Internet Growth Slows http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N40.html

Dec 01 /Jan 02 Japan Ups S&T Paper Quality and Quantity as U. S. Declines http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N39.html

Nov 01 Marburger Shakes Up OSTP http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N38.html

Oct 01 Impact of Terrorism on R&D http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N37.html

Sep 01 US Technologies Lead;
US Technologists Lag http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N36.html

Aug 01 Doctors of Economic Warfare http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N35.html

Jul 01 Marburger to be OSTP Director http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N34.html

Jun 01 Nano is Huge, and Getting Bigger http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N33.html

May 01 R&D Budget Crash http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N32.html

Apr 01 As DotComs Wilt, Internet Sprouts http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N31.html

Mar 01 Research Famines: FY2002 Budgets http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews30.html

Feb 01 Sherwood Boehlert:
New Science Committee Chair http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews29.html

Jan 01 Andreessen's Law for the Internet http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews28.html

Dec 00 S&T Policy of the Bush Administration http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews27.html

Nov 00 Research Feasts: FY2001 Budgets http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews26.html

Oct 00 Gingrich Praises Clinton http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews25.html

Sep 00 Industry Leads U.S. R&D http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews24.html

Aug 00
(Extra) Americans Like Being No. 1
and Want to Keep It That Way http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews23.html

Aug 00 Pale Green Manufacturing:
US is 3rd out of 3 http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews22.html

Jul 00 Science and Engineering Indicators 2000 Released by NSF http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews21.html

Jun 00 American Leadership of S&T: Reality or Myth? http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews20.html

May 00 Think That Government is Investing More in Research? Think Again. http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews19.html

Apr 00 Who's Getting U.S. Patents? http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews18.html

Mar 00 Bottom Line II: Trade Deficit Skyrocket Explodes http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews17.html

Feb 00 S&T: Ready for Prime Time? http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews16.htm l

Jan 00 /
Dec 99 New Technology Czar(ina) http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews15.html

Nov 99 Output in Papers: We're Number One? http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews14.html

Oct 99 Is International S&T Assessment Needed? http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews13.html

Sep 99 200GB Disk: 40 Films on One CD http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews12.html

Aug 99 Rep. George Brown Adjourns http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews11.html

Jul 99 More Good News / Bad News
from the Academy http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews10.html

Jun 99 /
May 99 Teraflops Computers Meet Gates' Law http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews9.html

Apr 99 GPRA Metastasizes Abroad http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews8.html

Mar 99 Who's On First?
(US, But Not for Long) http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews7.html

Feb 99 Who's the Bear, and Who's the Bull? Japan Doubles R&D; The US Cuts It http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews6.html

Jan 99 /
Dec 98 The Bottom Line:
US Trade Deficit Skyrockets http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews5.htm

Nov 98 NRC to State:
Ignoring S&T is Ignorant http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews4.htm

Oct 98 Is S&T to Blame for the Asian Financial Crisis? http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews3.htm

Sep 98 The Y1.998K Problem: Y2K Arrives 0.002K Early. Markets Crash, PMs Fired, Orioles 31 Games Behind http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews2.htm

Aug 98 Left Hand/Right Hand: NSF and NAS Both Assess US Math Research http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews1.htm

DATE	FEATURE ARTICLE	URL
Jan 03	A Friend of S&T to Lead Senate	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N49.html
Dec 02	OSTP Deletes Goal of Maintaining World Leadership in S&T	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N48.html
Nov 02	President to Sign "NSF Doubling" Bill Today	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N47.html
Sept/Oct 02	U.S. High Technology Trade Surplus Disappears	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N46.html
Jul/Aug 02	U. S. Internet Growth Halts	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N45.html
Jun 02	U.S. Raises the Stakes in the Supercomputer Game; Japan Raises that Raise	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N44.html
May 02	Double-Double in U.S. S&T Investments	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N43.html
Apr 02	Japanese Lap the U.S. in the Supercomputer Race	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N42.html
Mar 02	Criteria for Basic Research Performance	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N41.html
Feb 02	Internet Growth Slows	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N40.html
Dec 01 /Jan 02	Japan Ups S&T Paper Quality and Quantity as U. S. Declines	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N39.html
Nov 01	Marburger Shakes Up OSTP	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N38.html
Oct 01	Impact of Terrorism on R&D	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N37.html
Sep 01	US Technologies Lead; US Technologists Lag	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N36.html
Aug 01	Doctors of Economic Warfare	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N35.html
Jul 01	Marburger to be OSTP Director	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N34.html
Jun 01	Nano is Huge, and Getting Bigger	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N33.html
May 01	R&D Budget Crash	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N32.html
Apr 01	As DotComs Wilt, Internet Sprouts	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/N31.html
Mar 01	Research Famines: FY2002 Budgets	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews30.html
Feb 01	Sherwood Boehlert: New Science Committee Chair	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews29.html
Jan 01	Andreessen's Law for the Internet	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews28.html
Dec 00	S&T Policy of the Bush Administration	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews27.html
Nov 00	Research Feasts: FY2001 Budgets	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews26.html
Oct 00	Gingrich Praises Clinton	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews25.html
Sep 00	Industry Leads U.S. R&D	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews24.html
Aug 00 (Extra)	Americans Like Being No. 1 and Want to Keep It That Way	http://itri2.org/ITRInews/ITRInews23.html
Aug 00	Pale Green Manufacturing: US is 3rd out of 3	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews22.html
Jul 00	Science and Engineering Indicators 2000 Released by NSF	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews21.html
Jun 00	American Leadership of S&T: Reality or Myth?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews20.html
May 00	Think That Government is Investing More in Research? Think Again.	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews19.html
Apr 00	Who's Getting U.S. Patents?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews18.html
Mar 00	Bottom Line II: Trade Deficit Skyrocket Explodes	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews17.html
Feb 00	S&T: Ready for Prime Time?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews16.htm l
Jan 00 / Dec 99	New Technology Czar(ina)	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews15.html
Nov 99	Output in Papers: We're Number One?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews14.html
Oct 99	Is International S&T Assessment Needed?	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews13.html
Sep 99	200GB Disk: 40 Films on One CD	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews12.html
Aug 99	Rep. George Brown Adjourns	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews11.html
Jul 99	More Good News / Bad News from the Academy	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews10.html
Jun 99 / May 99	Teraflops Computers Meet Gates' Law	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews9.html
Apr 99	GPRA Metastasizes Abroad	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews8.html
Mar 99	Who's On First? (US, But Not for Long)	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews7.html
Feb 99	Who's the Bear, and Who's the Bull? Japan Doubles R&D; The US Cuts It	http://justice.loyola.edu/~rds/ITRInews6.html
Jan 99 / Dec 98	The Bottom Line: US Trade Deficit Skyrockets	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews5.htm
Nov 98	NRC to State: Ignoring S&T is Ignorant	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews4.htm
Oct 98	Is S&T to Blame for the Asian Financial Crisis?	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews3.htm
Sep 98	The Y1.998K Problem: Y2K Arrives 0.002K Early. Markets Crash, PMs Fired, Orioles 31 Games Behind	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews2.htm
Aug 98	Left Hand/Right Hand: NSF and NAS Both Assess US Math Research	http://itri.loyola.edu/NEWS/ITRInews1.htm

An Electronic Newsletter for the International S&T Community

An Electronic Newsletter
for the International S&T Community