ACS CONGRESSIONAL & SCIENCE POLICY FELLOWSHIPS
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Available 2001 Take part in a Washington, DC, experience that former fellows have described as "a real window on Washington," and "an opportunity to take my career in a new direction."
As a Fellow in Washington, DC: • gain first-hand experience with the federal research budget process, rule making, and the interplay of science with decisionmaking; • make scientific and technical expertise available to the government; and • forge links between the scientific and government communities. The Congressional Fellows work for a member of Congress or a congressional committee for one year starting in September 2001 or January 2002. The Science Policy Fellow works in the ACS Office of Legislative and Government Affairs for one or two years, and the next Fellow will start in either the fall of 2001 or 2002. The American Chemical Society is seeking experienced chemical professionals, recent Ph.D.s, and master's graduates with work experience to apply with one application for two Congressional Fellowships and a Science Policy Fellowship. For a program brochure contact: ACS Office of Society Services 1155 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20036 Phone: 1-800-227-5558 E-mail:
[email protected] More information is available on the Internet at: http://www.acs.org/government
Globalization and other changes
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ost of our readers are aware that ES&Tis a "special publication", but in ACS parlance, this means something more than praise. We are a Special Publication because we are both a research journal and a magazine, with a distinct editorial staff for each of these functions. We also work within the Special Publications Division of ACS, directed by Mary Warner. One of the other Special Publications is Analytical Chemistry, edited by my University of North Carolina colleague Royce Murray. Given the importance of measurements in environmental science, this juxtaposition of our two complementary publications is convenient and mutually beneficial. Now we have made it more so by making some changes in management in our Washington, DC, office. Alan Newman, managing editor for Analytical Chemistry, has now also assumed the same position for ES&T. Almough our editorial staff in DC is expected to remain unchanged, this consolidation will make it possible for Alan to strike some efficiencies in the editorial processes for both magazines. Many readers will remember that Alan was an associate editor for ES&T for several years, so he knows and appreciates the publication. Already, there are plans for taking advantage of mis opportunity. We will use Alan's appointment to re-emphasize our commitment to four attributes of the publication, which might be called our future "brand". First, we will continue to be committed to publishing high-quality material in both the magazine and research sections. Readers will see mat the level of science and technology in our magazine articles will rise, yet we will still be aware of the diversity of interests and backgrounds of our readers. Second, we will continue to be comprehensive in our coverage of environmental progress. We are aware that environmental science and technology is continually growing in depth and breadth, adding new fields such as green chemistry and environmental genomics, to name only two. Third, readers will see mat the content and tone of the magazine will become increasingly international in scope over the next year. We will be shifting more attention to the European community particularly, but we will also be including coverage of the other major centers in the world. We plan to seek the advice of experts in science, engineering, policy, and sustainable business enterprise to lead us as we extend our global coverage. Finally, we are determined to keep up wim the changing opportunities and meet the challenges that new information technologies present to us. We expect to launch initiatives that take advantage more fully of our electronic publishing capability and that meet the needs of readers who will use this medium increasingly in the future. As Walter Shaub transitions from the managing editor position to one as senior editor we are especially grateful to him for working so tirelessly for ES&T We look forward to Alan Newman's leadership to the renewed energy of our fine staff in Washington including Walter and to lots of interesting stuff in the A-paees (print and electronic) in the future
William H. Glaze, Editor (
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