ABSTRACT
A logical deduction from the foregoing is that the structure of the federal government makes it very difficult for the departments, the White House, or the Congress to obtain useful inputs from members of the scientific community, even if they see advantage to eliciting it. The thrust of this analysis does not lead straightforwardly to a set of specific recommendations of actions that will assure that the federal Executive and legislature become the beneficiaries of informed advice about scientific matters from leaders of the scientific community. The more effective use of educational and communication mechanisms to increase the public's scientific literacy and interest. Efforts to enhance the quality of science reporting in the daily, weekly, and monthly press. In the absence of a better-informed and -involved public in matters affecting science policy, neither the President nor the Congress is likely to reach out for informed consultative help.
