Abstract
Where President Bush's science adviser, D. Allan Bromley, is concerned, journalism's rules of impartial reporting are stretched to frustration. Bromley is absolutely free of serious criticism by people who follow science advice in Washington. If Ronald Reagan was the country's first Teflon President, Bromley may be its first Teflon science adviser. He may also be the best prepared science adviser ever to take the office. Not only does Bromley seem to have a rich grasp of all the technical issues facing the country but he also has keen survival instincts in the rough and tumble atmosphere of the White House. In a year and half in office Bromley: • Reestablished the office as a full player in the executive branch. • Issued the first statement of a national technology policy. • Backed that statement by issuing a set of critical technologies. • Led the way, with the Office of Management & Budget, in setting coordinated ...
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