ABSTRACT
Many of those scientists and engineers whose personal experience includes participation in providing such advice seem to prefer a committee or council which will advise the President directly on science and technology. In 1977 it was resurrected in part by President Carter with the appointment of a Presidential Science Adviser. Apparently the establishment of a President’s Science and Technology Advisory Committee (PSTAC) is also being considered by President Carter. There can be no question of the fundamental importance of science and technology in a contemporary, highly-developed nation such as the United States. The needed mechanism is probably one which avoids providing science and technology in segregated form, but rather which integrates science and technology into the overall advice that the President needs, seeks and receives. Among the advisory mechanisms to the President, the Council of Economic Advisers would appear to have most persistently contributed coherent and useful recommendations.
