SCIENCE AND GOVERNMENT:
An Earth Systems Science Agency
Mark Schaefer,* D. James Baker, John H. Gibbons, Charles G. Groat, Donald Kennedy, Charles F. Kennel, David Rejeski
Addressing serious environmental and economic challenges in the United States will require organizational changes at the federal level.
Each of the coauthors has held senior Earth and environmental science positions in the federal government, including M. Schaefer: Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior, Acting Director of the U.S. Geological Survey; D. J. Baker: Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association; J. H. Gibbons: Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Science Adviser to the President; C. G. Groat: Director, U.S. Geological Survey; D. Kennedy: Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration; C. F. Kennel: Associate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Director of Mission to Planet Earth; D. Rejeski: Served at the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Council on Environmental Quality from 1994 to 2000.
Author contact e-mail: djamesbaker{at}comcast.net, jackgibbons{at}hughes.net, cgroat{at}mail.utexas.edu, kennedyd{at}stanford.edu, ckennel{at}ucsd.edu, david.rejeski{at}wilsoncenter.org
*Author for correspondence. E-mail: markschaefer24{at}msn.com
