SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- INTRODUCTION -- Science, Technology, and Government -- Problems -- CONSEQUENCES -- Solutions -- REDUCING HURDLES AND DISINCENTIVES -- Reasonable Postgovernment Employment Restrictions -- Consolidation and Periodic Review of Ethics Laws -- Reasonable Resolution of Substantive Conflicts of Interest -- Nonprofit Job Tenure -- Reducing Other Hurdles and Costs -- IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND EXPANDING THE POOL OF CANDIDATES -- Greater Reliance on Department and Agency Recruitment -- KEY PERSONNEL ROLE FOR THE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR S&T -- SPECIALIZED CAPACITY OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL FOR S&T RECRUITMENT -- Other Recruiting Recommendations -- MAKING THE JOBS THEMSELVES MORE ATTRACTIVE -- Appropriate Reclassification and Restructuring of Positions -- Reducing the Administrative "Overbrush" -- 1 Introduction -- SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND GOVERNMENT -- GOVERNANCE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY -- What Are the Jobs? -- Who Holds These Positions? -- PROBLEMS -- CONSEQUENCES -- SOLUTIONS -- 2 Reducing the Hurdles and Disincentives -- TOWARD REASONABLE AND EFFECTIVE ETHICS RULES -- Postgovernment Employment Restrictions -- Consolidation and Periodic Review of Ethics Laws -- Reasonable Resolution of Substantive Conflicts of Interest -- Nonprofit Job Tenure -- REDUCING THE COSTS OF SERVING -- Compensation -- Outside Income Exceptions -- Using New Pay Flexibilities -- ADMINISTRATIVE STREAMLINING -- Standardize Forms and Coordinate Procedures -- Update Previous FBI Background Investigations -- 3 Improving Recruitment and Expanding the Pool of Candidates -- RECRUITING TOP SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS -- OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL -- GREATER RELIANCE ON DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY RECRUITING.

KEY PERSONNEL ROLE FOR THE PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANT FOR SCIENCE ANDTECHNOLOGY -- SPECIALIZED CAPACITY OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSONNEL FOR S&T RECRUITMENT -- COOPERATION AMONG THE DEPARTMENTS, THE PRESIDENT'S ASSISTANT FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, AND THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENTIAL PERSO -- OTHER RECRUITING RECOMMENDATIONS -- Greater Involvement and Support of Nongovernmental Sectors -- Increasing the Interest of Scientists and Engineers in Government Service -- 4 Making the Jobs Themselves More Attractive -- APPROPRIATE RECLASSIFICATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF POSITIONS -- REDUCING ADMINISTRATIVE "OVERBRUSH" -- A Members of the Panel on Presidentially Appointed Scientists and Engineers -- B Presidentially Appointed Science and Technology-Related Positions -- C Postgovernment Employment Restrictions -- THE MAZE OF POSTEMPLOYMENT RESTRICTIONS -- PROBLEMS POSED BY OVERLAPPING AND CONFLICTING LAWS -- Overlap and Confusion -- Administrative Burden -- Adverse Effects on Federal S&T Agencies -- Waivers -- CONCLUSION -- References.