Reports

Below is a list of reports on science and technology (S&T) issues that have been released by various organizations. Additional groups are continuing to produce white papers and monographs on a range of science, technology and governance issues to be addressed by the new administration. Please come back for future updates, or sign up for the News Alerts listserv.

Competitiveness & Innovation

• An Innovation Economics Agenda for the Next Administration, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 24 September 2008
• Comparing the Presidential Candidates' Technology and Innovation Policies, The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, September 11, 2008.
• Science as a Solution: An Innovation Agenda for the Next President, Association of American Universities, March 2008

  • Related AAU press release: "AAU Proposes Science Policy Agenda for Presidential Candidates, Next Administration"

• Five for the Future, Council on Competitiveness, 2007
• Riding The Rising Tide: A 21st Century Strategy for U.S. Competitiveness and Prosperity, Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America (ASTRA), December 2007
• Progressive Growth: Transforming America's Economy through Clean Energy, Innovation and Opportunity, The Center for American Progress, November 28, 2007
• Building the Next American Century: The Past and Future of American Competitiveness, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Program on Science, Technology, America, and the Global Economy, 2005

STEM Education & Workforce

• Opportunity 08, Brookings Institution, November 2007
• Riding The Rising Tide: A 21st Century Strategy for U.S. Competitiveness and Prosperity, Alliance for Science & Technology Research in America (ASTRA), December 2007

Better Health for Americans

• Science Cures, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
• Opportunity 08, Brookings Institution, November 2007
• Your Candidates, Your Health, Research!America, January 2008

Energy & Environment

• The Energy Imperative: Report Update, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), November 2008
• Water: Threats and Opportunities - Recommendations for the Next President, The Pacific Institute, 9 October 2008
• Opportunity 08, Brookings Institution
• The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2007

Governance

• OSTP 2.0 Critical Upgrade: Enhanced Capacity for White House Science and Technology Policymaking, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2008
• A Call to Greatness: Challenging our Next President, Center for the Study of the Presidency, 2008
• Presidential Leadership to Ensure Science and Technology in the Service of National Needs: A Report to the 2008 Candidates, Center for the Study of the Presidency, Study Group on Presidential Science and Technology Personnel and Advisory Needs, 2008

National & Homeland Security

• The New Presidency and the Future of American Military Power, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 5, 2008
• Opportunity 08, Brookings Institution
• The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy and National Security Implications of Global Climate Change, Center for Strategic and International Studies, November 2007
• Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Free, Safe, and Prosperous, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 200

International Perspectives

• Transatlantic Relations 2009: European Expectations for the Post-Bush Era, Centre for European Policy Studies (Belgium), 2008