Science and Technology Policy

Thai-ASEAN News Network - BMA Disagrees on Separating Western Site of Chao Phraya River as a New Province

9 Feb 2012

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration disagrees with a proposal made by the science and technology minister to separate the western side of the Chao Phraya River as a new province, while he's confident in the water management system and feels the nation will face only minor flooding this year.

What You Missed: Open for Questions on Innovation for Global Development

9 Feb 2012

Yesterday, the White House hosted a live video chat with Dr. Rajiv Shah, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development, Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President & Senior Director of the National Security Council and Tom Kalil, Deputy Director for Policy, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy & Senior Advisor for Science, Technology, and Innovation, National ...

Carnegie's Richard Meserve receives inaugural Garwin Award

9 Feb 2012

( Carnegie Institution ) The Federation of American Scientists presented Richard A. Meserve, the Carnegie Institution president, with the inaugural 2011 Richard L. Garwin Award on Feb. 8, for "his distinguished service and significant contributions to nuclear safety as chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and for more than 30 years of leadership in science policy." The award "reaffirms ...