Rachelle D. Hollander ProgramDirector, SociemlDimensions ofEngineerin$ Science, & 2~chnology National ScienceFoundation rholland@nsf,gov Research on Social Dimensions of Information Technology at NSF: A Brief Update t the AAAS Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California, on meetings, data archives, and documents - is going on now, anuary 24, 1999, Vice-President Gore announced "IT with different disciplines taking very different approaches. Squared," the Clinton Administration's proposal for a $366 This research compares the changes between 1970-1999 in million, 28 percent increase in the government's investment the communications structures and procedures in six scienin information technology research for fiscal year 2000. One tific fields, drawing data from published and on-line sources, area highlighted for support in this budget request to Con- as well as extensive interviews with editors, forum organizgress is "research on the economic and social implications ers and active scientists. This kind of research has the potenof the Information Revolution." The total request for "Ethi- tial to provide results that can help support useful variations cal, Legal, and Sodal Implications and Workforce Programs" and avoid wasting resources through needless experimentain several Federal agencies is $15 million; $10 million of tion or the "one size fits all" approach. that is proposed for
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