As former OTA Director
John H. Gibbons points out, "If you take the simple truism that science and technology now dominate our lives and our nation's future, that alone should tell you that those who are charged with governance need the capacity to access national wisdom in their formulation and decision making on public policy.
Lane, director of the National Science Foundation, to succeed
John H. Gibbons as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Gibbons, who has held the post for the last 5 years, plans to resign on March 15.
Presidential science adviser
John H. Gibbons tackled such questions at a press briefing last week.