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SUMMARY:An agent\, not a mole: Assessing the White House Office of Science
  and Technology Policy - Professor David M Hart (Director\, Center for Sci
 ence and Technology Policy\, School of Public Policy\, George Mason Univer
 sity)
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DTEND:20140626T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ursa Mali
DESCRIPTION:In this seminar David Hart argues in favour of four criteria f
 or assessing the performance of the Office of Science and Technology Polic
 y (OSTP) within the Executive Office of the US President: trying to kill b
 ad ideas (and sometimes succeeding)\, mobilizing expertise and confidence 
 to support crisis response\, identifying new issues and developing preside
 ntial policy initiatives\, and catalysing and coordinating multi-agency sc
 ience and technology activities\, especially in response to presidential g
 oals. These criteria are illustrated with episodes from OSTP’s history. 
 They place OSTP in a variety of roles\, ranging from disinterested broker 
 of expertise to policy entrepreneur\, but always as an agent of the Presid
 ent.
LOCATION:Judge Business School\, W2.01
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