Putting science back in the White House

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By David Brewster
Computerworld posts an interesting forum today in which some top science and technology luminaries send an open letter to the next president on how to address what the website calls "the country's ongoing decline in global technological competitiveness." Barack Obama has called the Bush years "one of the most anti-science administrtations in American history."

Obama has promised to double federal funding of basic research over 10 years, to appoint a chief technology officer, and to make the R&D tax credit for corporations permanent. McCain has said less, and wants to help the private sector through more capital formation, low taxes, streamlined regulations, and other incentives.

http://crosscut.com/blog/crosscut/18589/