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Bush Names Science Advisors
President Bush named his Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the waning days of 2001. The panel, to be chaired by John H. Marburger III, director of the Office of Science Technology Policy, and E. Floyd Kvamme, a partner in Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, sports a host of new members from the computer field, including Carol Bartz, board chairman, president, and CEO of Autodesk, Inc; Michael S. Dell, chairman and CEO of Dell Computer Corporation; Gordon E. Moore, chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation; Robert J. Herbold, executive vice president of Microsoft Corporation; and George Scalise, president of the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Other new members include Bernadine Healy, MD, a former director of the National Institutes of Health, nationally recognized cardiologist, and embattled former leader of the American Red Cross, who was forced to resign from the Red Cross; Charles M. Vest, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology. A full membership list can be found at http://www.ostp.gov/PCAST/membership2.html.
Canadian Research Budget Grows, but Flat Healthcare Funds Draw Protests
The Canadian government announced that it plans to spend 8% more on health and research in fiscal year 2002, which equates to $7.4 billion Canadian or $4.7 billion in US dollars. Canadians are planning a renaissance in research in the coming years.
However, various provinces blasted the national budget because it promised no new funds for healthcare spending, according to the December 11, 2001, issue of the Toronto Star. Mike Harris, premier of Ontario, said as many as