Scientific Data for Evidence Based Policy and Decision Making: A Public Symposium Sponsored by the Board on Research Data and Information, was held September 24, 2009 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Audio of the symposium is available here (HT Cheryl Williams Levey of the National Academies), and slides for several of the presentations are available here (scroll down).
The speakers were:
- Beth Noveck, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
- Vivek Kundra, Chief Information Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President;
- Janet Woodcock, Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; and
- Peter Preuss, Director of the National Center for Environmental Assessment, Environmental Protection Agency.
The symposium’s organizers described the event as follows: “The symposium … feature[d] presentations by high-level Administration officials on the use of scientific data in federal regulations and policymaking, scientific information policy for promoting better decision making and innovation, new mechanisms for public access to federal data, and examples of high-value applications of scientific data for drug approval and for environmental policymaking. These presentations w[ere] … followed by a panel discussion of the invited speakers and several Board members, and which … provide[d] an opportunity for interaction with the audience.”
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