Neal Lane Memorandum for President Clinton

• Main Author: Lane, Neal F.
• Other Authors: Funding for the digitization of this material was provided by the National Science Foundation grant SMA SBE 1854055, the Richard Lounsbery Foundation, and Humanities Texas., United States. Executive Office of the President, United States. Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University 1999
• Subjects: United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton); Gene therapy; Science > Study and teaching; Mathematics > Study and teaching; Digital divide; Science > International cooperation; Ozone layer depletion; Climatic changes; Natural disasters; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/114417

A weekly report memorandum for President Clinton from Neal Lane, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). Lane informs Clinton of the development of a retinal implant that could restore vision to people with degenerative retinal diseases, investigations into the death of Jesse Gelsinger, a human gene therapy test subject, Lane's awarding of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring, progress on the Computers for Learning program, an anniversary celebration of the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), recent measurements of the Arctic ozone hole, and forecasts by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that indicate a stronger than average hurricane season for 2000.