[Taxacom] US Government Policy on Scientific Collections

[Peter Rauch]

Hi Scott, It's been a while....

It is an upbeat message to see this Policy's three recommendations be pressed into action items:

"This memo provides deadlines by which agencies should implement the following three recommendations."

But, this skeptic asks, "So what are the consequences to the agencies if they fail to implement the recommendations --especially the "should ... fund" part ?".

Do they have their budgets frozen for the duration ?

Do they have their directors taken to the wood shed for remedial guidance ?

... ?

Peter   ;>)


At 13:11 10/10/20, Miller, Scott wrote:
>A new policy on scientific collections has been issued by Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.  This builds on the work of the Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC), and in setting targets for the ongoing work of the IWGSC and federal agencies, further raises the profile of scientific collections.  The policy can be found on the OSTP website:
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>http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/ostp-2010-scientific-collections.pdf
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>On the international scene, the organization of the International Scientific Collections initiative (SciColl) under the auspices of the OECD Global Science Forum continues.  Watch for announcements from this group soon.  More information can be found at http://www.scicoll.org
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>Both IWGSC and SciColl are looking forward to working with the broader scientific collections communities in implementing their goals.
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>Scott Miller
>Co-chair, IWGSC
>Deputy Under Secretary for Science, Smithsonian Institution