Describes recent events suggesting that Frank Press, a 52-year-old geophysicist who currently heads the department of earth and planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, may be named Science Advisor to the President. (MLH)

Describes the research and development funding as proposed in the 1978 federal budget submitted by President Ford on January 17, 1977. (SL)

Surveys appointments in the areas of energy and environment made by President Carter. Reviews appointee's past experience. Covers appointments in Environmental Protection Agency, Council on Environmental Quality, Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Energy Administration. (CS)

Outlines the energy strategy of the Democrats and details the energy proposals of the Ford Administration. The Administration plan involves a complex system of taxes and tariffs and a proposed Synthetic Fuels Commercialization Program. (GS)

Discusses the role of the national laboratories as new sub-agencies of the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA). (SL)

The possible impact of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals and the issuance of the regulations implementing the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 on the handicapped movement in education are detailed. (BT)

Describes the legislative hearing conducted June 8, 1977, by the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space which was a videoconference via satellite to interview witnesses located 800 miles away in Illinois. Future possible use of the technology involved is reviewed. (SL)

The basic message of this report is that the policy of using general tax revenue to pay for water resource development has served its purpose. What will happen if projects must be self-supporting and if planning and control are given to states and regions are unsolved problems. (DF)

Discusses decision making on environmental concerns with particular reference to the work of Congress. Describes sources of information available to Congress, coordination between various congressional committees, and techniques of policy research. (EB)

Reflects on energy initiatives of both the executive and legislative branches. Suggests some actions to achieve energy independence. (GS)

Explores the arguments that justify a three-member council for science and technology and outlines the nature of the tasks to be performed by such a council. (GS)

Presents the position that the federal government will have to take a direct hand in holding down demand for energy while promoting new sources of supply. Increased consumption and the dim short-term prospects for major alternatives to oil are cited as major problems. (GS)

Describes adverse congressional reaction to a recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS) recommendation that the Veteran's Administration's (VA) health care system be phased into a general health care system. (SL)

It appears that Thomas R. Pickering, a career foreign service officer with no science in his background, has been nominated as the new head of the Federal science bureau. This is a discussion of the past and future importance of that office. (BB)