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AAAS Directorate for Science and Policy Programs
Programs devoted to activities in realms where science, government and society intersect, to further the work of scientists, promote of human welfare, and foster scientific freedom and responsibility.
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowships
Provide opportunities for accomplished postdoctoral to mid-career scientists and engineers to contribute to the public policymaking process.
ACM Public Policy Office
Statements of goals, position papers, letters and testimony to Congress and other government bodies.
Al Teich's Technology & the Future Toolkit
A resource for students, teachers, and anyone else interested in how technology and society are shaping each other and our future.
American Geophysical Union: Science and Policy
http://earth.agu.org/sci_soc/policy/sci_pol.html
Upcoming legislation and government regulations that have implications for the geophysical sciences, and position statements on policy-related topics.
Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy, National Academy of Sciences
http://www7.nationalacademies.org/step/
Integrates understanding of scientific, technological, and economic elements in the formulation of national policies affecting the economic well-being of the United States.
Bringing science back to life
http://alifeinscience.blogspot.com
thoughts on goal-oriented science funding.
Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy
http://www.advancedstudies.org/
The Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy is a private, non-partisan research and advisory organization focused on information, technology, and national security policy and related issues.
Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes
A non-profit think tank that works with the U.S. Congress on issues involving science policies and their effects on society. Includes issues papers and analyses on current topics.
Civil Society and the EU
http://www.geocities.com/dspichtinger/cseu.html
Masters degree thesis suggests increased participation in research policy by groups not representing business or science.
Council of Science and Technology Advisors
Offers council to Canada's executive cabinet in Canada. Includes list of reports, government responses, and group newsletter.
Ecological Society of America - Public Affairs
Information and position statements on environmental policy.
Federation of American Scientists
Involved in a variety of projects, including monitoring arms sales and weapons development, cyberstrategy, intelligence reform, military analysis, nuclear weapons, space policy, and monitoring emerging diseases.
Foresight: Making the future work for you
The UK Foresight programme is managed by the Office of Science and Technology and brings together key people, knowledge and ideas to look beyond normal commercial time horizons to identify potential opportunities from new science and technologies and actions to help realise those opportunities.
FYI -- Bulletin of Science Policy News
American Institute of Physics publication that summarizes legislation and science policy developments in Washington DC.
Gender, Science and Technology Gateway
Global web portal presented by the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD). Policy recommendations and resources pertaining to sustainable development that addresses gender inequality.
Geology & Public Policy
http://www.geosociety.org/science/govpolicy.htm
Join the G&PP List Serve or Geology in Government Mentor Program. Be a Congressional Science Fellow. Read congressional and federal actions which affect the geoscience community.
Information Technologies and Social Development
UNRISD project exploring how new information and communications technologies can be used in developing countries. Events, publications, unpublished papers, and researcher profiles. Some content in French.
Institute for Science, Engineering and Public Policy
An institute in Portland Oregon, that attempts to develop the local dialogue on science, technology and society issues.
Irish Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
Provides advice to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on key national and international issues.
Israel Academy of Sciences & Humanities
Promoting scientific excellence, providing advice to the government on scientific issues of national importance, maintaining scientific relations with similar bodies worldwide, and publishing scholarly works.
Issues in Science & Technology
Journal published by the National Academy Press (U.S.) - Publicly available archives going back many years from influential people in US government science policy.
Koshland Science Museum
http://www.koshland-science-museum.org/
Museum of the National Academy of Sciences, focusing on 'science behind the headlines', in particular current and sometimes controversial policy issues.
Nanodot - A Foresight Institute web site
Nanotechnology Foresight focuses on nanotechnology and public policy surrounding it.
OAS - Office of Science and Technology
Science and technology policy statements from the Organization of American States(OAS).