CONTENTS 

 PART II 



Summary 



Page 



I . Introduction 473 



The conceptual framework: Decisionmaking in Congress 473 



Congressional management of issues in process 473 



The kinds of information required for decisionmaking 474 



Acceptance of a problem for decisionmaking 474 



Preparation for structuring the problem for decision 474 



Structuring and deciding the issue 475 



Differences between scientific and political decisionmaking 475 



Differences between scientific and political information 475 



Procedures and methodology used in the study 476 



Scientific and political behavior in contrast 479 



II. Fields of congressional concern in science polic}^ decisions 480 



Political identification of incompatibilities of man with his 



environment ._ 480 



Determination of political goals and their relative priorities, in 



improving the compatibilit}' of man with his environment 480 



The forecasting of technology 480 



Establishment of technological goals and priorities 480 



Establishment of related basic and supporting research goals and 



priorities 481 



Applied technological system building 481 



Technological assessment 48 1 



Technological control 481 



Technological transfer 481 



Management of technological obsolescence 482 



Science policy factors relevant to cases studied 483 



III. The technical information function in political decisionmaking: 



The cases summarized 484 



Case 1 : The AD-X2 battery additive 484 



Case 2: The point IV program 485 



Case: Inclusion of the social sciences in the National Science 



Foundation (1946) 486 



Case 4: Project Camelot 488 



Case 5: Mohole 489 



Case 6: The Test Ban Treaty 491 



Case 7: The Peace Corps 492 



Case 8 : High energy physics 493 



Case 9: The Office of Coal Research 495 



Case 10: The Salk vaJccine 497 



Case 11: Water Pollution Control Act, 1948 499 



Case 12: Thahdomide 500 



Case 13: Federal pesticide control, 1947 502 



Case 14: Criteria for water projects 504 



(471) 



