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The following is a list of organizations that have pertinent relations to the
policy community. We hope that by exploring these sites you will get a sense of
how peer organizations are portraying their information. Distinctive sites that
may be of interest have been marked with a  .
Think Tank: Science
and Technology Policy Related
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Center for Democracy and
Technology
All
the latest issues, news and debates over computer communication policy is
covered by this advocacy center's support base.
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Center for Law and Social
Policy
A
public policy research firm that focuses on law and policy affecting the
poor.
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Cato Institute
Public
policy based on limited government and free market economy is demonstrated in
audio archives, publications, research and an atlas.
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Council on Competitiveness
The
Council sets an action agenda to drive U.S. economic competitiveness and
leadership in world markets in order to raise the standard of living for all
Americans. We focus on strengthening
U.S. innovation, upgrading the workforce, and benchmarking national economic
performance. Our members are corporate chief executives, university presidents,
and labor leaders. Our national affiliates include nonprofit research
organizations, professional societies, and trade
associations.
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RAND Science
and Technology Policy Institute
The
institute's mission is to help improve public policy by conducting objective,
independent research and analysis to support the White House Office of Science
and Technology Policy (OSTP) and other government agencies. As the institute has
evolved, research management and the institute's sponsor have refined this
mission to emphasize analysis that helps with decisions involving multiple
government agencies. The S&T Policy Institute is uniquely suited to carry
out its mission because it combines technical objectivity and depth of expertise
with a knowledge of policy contexts and processes that is far more detailed than
an outside contractor--much less a series of contractors chosen ad hoc--could
hope to provide.
The
design itself is moderate. But in terms
of content, maybe most similar to CSPO.
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Stanford
Law and Technology Policy Center
Helping
Policymakers Better Understand How the Law Promotes Technology Development,
Regulates New Technology, and Responds to Technological Change. The
Stanford Law and Technology Policy Center provides information that helps
policymakers understand longer-term (five years or greater) technology law
issues and make decisions that have far reaching impact. Technological change is accelerating, and
vital public policy decisions depend on understanding the consequences of this
accelerating change and the policy implications. Biotechnology is redefining the boundaries of
life and death; Fundamental notions of privacy and other individual rights are
being challenged; Large corporations and regulated monopolies are giving way to
smaller, networked enterprises; Knowledge is emerging as the most important form
of property.
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Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs
The
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs (BCSIA) is the hub of the
John F. Kennedy School of Government's research, teaching, and training in
international security affairs, environmental and resource issues, and science
and technology policy. The Center's mission is to provide leadership in
advancing policy relevant knowledge about the most important challenges of
international security and other critical issues where science, technology, and
international affairs intersect.
BCSIA's leadership begins with the
recognition of science and technology as driving forces transforming threats and
opportunities in international affairs. The Center integrates insights of social
scientists, natural scientists, technologists, and practitioners with experience
in government, diplomacy, the military, and business to address critical
issues.
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National
Technology Transfer Center
The
National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) was established in 1989 by Congress
to provide American companies and individuals with access to federal R&D to
better enable them to compete in the international marketplace.
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Progress & Freedom Foundation
The
Progress & Freedom Foundation was founded in 1993 to study the digital
revolution and its implications for public policy. The Foundation believes that
the digital revolution portends fundamental cultural, economic, political and
social changes. While these changes bring challenges, they also create the
potential for a new era of human progress. The foundation embraces the idea of
progress -- i.e., the belief that Mankind has advanced in the past, is presently
advancing, and will continue to advance through the foreseeable future. And it
believes that the sort of progress brought about by the digital revolution is
inherently favorable to enhanced human individuality and freedom.
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Research Triangle Institute
Research
Triangle Institute is dedicated to improving the human condition through
multidisciplinary research, development, and technical services that meet the
highest standards of professional performance.
Founded in 1958, Research
Triangle Institute is an independent, nonprofit organization that serves clients
in government, industry, academia, and public service throughout the United
States and abroad. The Institute conducts research and development and provides
technical services in five major areas: Advanced Technologies, Environment,
Health and Pharmaceuticals, Public Policy, Survey and Statistics.
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Carnegie Corporation of New York
Carnegie Corporation of New
York was created by Andrew
Carnegie in 1911 to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and
understanding. The last of Carnegie’s great endowments, it is the only one
established as a grantmaking foundation.
For
the first eight years of the Corporation’s history, Carnegie himself was
president of the board of trustees and personally directed the foundation.
Shortly after his death in 1919, the trustees elected a full-time president as
the chief executive officer.
Under
Carnegie’s will, grants must benefit the people of the United States, although
up to 7.4 percent of the funds may be used to benefit the people of some
countries that are or have been members of the British overseas
Commonwealth.
The Corporation’s capital fund, originally donated at a value
of about $135 million, had a market value of $1.55 billion on March 31,
1999.
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The Innovation Network
Organized
in 1991, The Innovation Network is a partnership dedicated to providing results-
oriented, cost-effective general management consulting to our clients. We focus
exclusively on assisting higher education to design and execute
institutional change and renewal strategies. Our clients are large and small,
public and private colleges and universities across both the U.S. and Canada, as
well as multi-campus systems and consortia seeking to initiate and successfully
manage large-scale
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World Wide S&T Related Research
Institutions
Asia and
Pacific
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Centre for Entrepreneurship
National University of
Singapore.
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CRP
Centre
for Research Policy, University of Wollongong, Australia.
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ISTP
Institute
for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Perth,
Australia.
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KIST
Korea
Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul,
Korea.
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NISTEP
National
Institute of Science and Technology Policy of
Japan.
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REPP
Research
Evaluation and Policy Project, Australian National University.
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STEPI
Science
and Technology Policy Insitute, Seoul, Korea.
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STS
Department
of Science and Technology Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
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Technology Management
Centre
University
of Queensland,
Australia.
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TIM
Graduate
Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National Chengchi
University,
Taiwan.
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TITech
Department
of Industrial Engineering and Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology,
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Europe
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BETA
Research
Laboratory in Theoretical and Applied Economics, Strasbourg, France.
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CENTRIM
Centre
for Research in Innovation Management, University of Brighton, UK.
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CESPRI
Centre
for Research on Innovation and Internalization, La Bocconi, Milan,
Italy.
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Chalmers
School
of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers University of Technology,
Göteborg,
Sweden.
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CRIC
ESRC
Centre for Research on Innovation and Competetion, UMIST and the University of
Manchester, UK.
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CSI
Centre
de Sociologie de l'Innovation (Centre for Socioligy of Innovation), Ecole des Mines de Paris, France.
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CSSSP
Centre
for Science Studies and Science Policy, University of Lancaster, UK.
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CURDS
Centre
for Urban and Regional Development Studies, University of Newcastle,
UK.
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CWTS
Centre
for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, The
Netherlands.
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ECIS
Eindhoven
Centre for Innovation Studies, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands.
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IDS
Institute
for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. Includes library
catalogue.
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IHDP-IT
International
Human Dimensions Program on Industrial Transformation, Vrije
Universiteit,
Amsterdam, The
Netherlands.
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IIASA
International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.
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IKE
Group
IKE
Group, Department of Business Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark.
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IPTS
Institute
for Prospective Technological Studies, Seville,
Spain.
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ISI
Fraunhofer
Institute for Systems Technology and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe,
Germany.
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ITAS
Institute
for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe,
Karlsruhe,
Germany.
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MERIT
Maastricht
Economic Research Institute on Innovation and Technology, The
Netherlands.
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PREST
Policy
Research in Engineering, Science and Technology, University of Manchester,
UK.
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RIIA
Royal
Institute of International Affairs, London, UK.
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The Royal
Society
The
UK Academy of Science,
London.
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RPI
Research
Policy Institute, Lund University, Sweden.
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SATSU
Science
and Technology Studies Unit, Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge,
UK.
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SIPRI
Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute, Sweden.
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SMIT
Studies
on Media, Information and Telecommunication, Free University, Brussels,
Belgium.
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STEP Group
Studies
in Technology, Innovation and Economic Policy, Oslo, Norway.
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STS@Ed
Science
and Technology Studies at Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, UK.
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SUPRA
Scottish
Universities Policy Research and Advice Network, Universities of Edinburgh and
Strathclyde,
UK.
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Technopolis
Ltd
Brighton,
UK.
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TNO
Netherlands
Organization for Applied Scientific Research, Delft, The Netherlands.
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UNU/INTECH
Institute
for New Technologies, United Nations University, Maastricht, The
Netherlands.
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VTT
Group
for Technology Studies, Espoo, Finland.
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WZB
Wissenschaftszentrum
Berlin für Sozialforschung (Social Science Research Center), Berlin,
Germany.
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Wellcome Trust
London,
UK. Includes the information service of the Wellcome Centre for Medical
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North America
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AAAS
American
Association for the Advancement of Science, Directorate for Science and Policy
Programs, Washington, D.C., USA.
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CISTP
Center
for International Science and Technology Policy, George Washington University,
Washington, D.C.,
USA.
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CPROST
Centre
for Policy Research on Science and Technology, Simon Fraser University,
Canada.
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CRUISE
Carleton
Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment, Carleton University,
Ottawa, Canada.
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George C. Marshall
Institute
Washington,
D.C., USA.
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Haas School of
Business
University
of California, Berkeley,
USA.
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IC2
Institute
A
research center for the study of Innovation, Creativity, and Capital, University
of Texas, Austin,
USA.
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IDRC
International
Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada.
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MINT
Management
of Innovation and New Technology (MINT) Research Centre, McMaster University,
Hamilton,
Canada.
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SIPA
School
of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, USA.
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STEP
Program
in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, USA.
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TIM
Academy
of Management, Technology and Innovation Management Division, USA.
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TOM
Technology
and Operations Management, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, USA. |
World Wide S&T Related Government Servers
S&T
related
Activist Links
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Alliance for Public Technology
Washington,
DCAPT
is composed of public interest groups and individuals, some of whom historically
have been left out of the Information Age, including the elderly, minorities,
low income groups and people with disabilities.
APT is a coalition of public interest groups and individuals whose goal
is to foster broad access to affordable, usable information and communication
services and technology. APT provides an effective grassroots voice for
equitable and affordable access to the benefits of telecommunications technology
in the Information
Age.
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Center for Democracy and Technology
Washington,
DCThe
Center for Democracy and Technology works to promote democratic values and
constitutional liberties in the digital age. With expertise in law, technology,
and policy, CDT seeks practical solutions to enhance free expression and privacy
in global communications technologies. CDT is dedicated to building consensus
among all parties interested in the future of the Internet and other new
communications media.
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Center for Neighborhood Technology
Center
for Neighborhood Technology is a non-profit organization that helps build
prosperous, sustainable communities by linking economic and community
development with ecological improvement. The Center's work in public policy,
market development and community planning is grounded in the Chicago region and
national in scope. Projects include:
Transportation & Air Quality, Sustainable Manufacturing & Recycling,
Research & Development, and Information & Public Education.
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CPSR:
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
CPSR
is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about
the impact of computer technology on society. We work to influence decisions
regarding the development and use of computers because those decisions have
far-reaching consequences and reflect our basic values and
priorities.
As
technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and policymakers with
realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of computer
technology. As concerned citizens, we direct public attention to critical
choices concerning the applications of computing and how those choices affect
society.
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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
The
purpose of the Pugwash Conferences is to bring together, from around the world,
influential scholars and public figures concerned with reducing the danger of
armed conflict and seeking cooperative solutions for global problems. Meeting in private as individuals, rather
than as representatives of governments or institutions, Pugwash participants
exchange views and explore alternative approaches to arms control and tension
reduction with a combination of candor, continuity, and flexibility seldom
attained in official East-West and North-South discussions and negotiations. The
US Office of International Pugwash is housed at the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences in Cambridge MA.
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The Loka Institute
The
Loka Institute is a non-profit research and advocacy organization concerned with
the social, political, and environmental repercussions of science and
technology. Founded in 1987, the Loka Institute is a non-profit [501(c)(3)]
research and advocacy organization concerned with the social, political, and
environmental repercussions of science and technology. Loka works to make
science and technology more responsive to social and environmental concerns by
expanding opportunities for grassroots, public-interest group, everyday citizen,
and worker involvement in vital facets of science and technology decision
making.
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Computers & Information Technologies Links
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ACTS - Advanced
Communications Technologies and Services
The
Programme supports research and development in advanced communications in order
to facilitate economic development and social cohesion in Europe. Under the
Programme, individual companies, public sector organisations, research
institutes, schools and universities agree to work together as individual
project consortia, pooling their knowledge and resources in pursuit of specific
research objectives covered by the ACTS workplan. All ACTS research is conducted
in the context of usage trials to ensure relevance of the results and to
encourage a broadening of awareness of the benefits that advanced communications
may bring.
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Benton's Communications
Policy & Practice Program
Benton's
Communications Policy & Practice Program seeks to infuse the emerging
communications environment with public interest values, and demonstrate the
value of communications for solving social problems and strengthening social
bonds.
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CPSR: Computer Professionals for
Social Responsibility
CPSR
is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about
the impact of computer technology on society. We work to influence decisions
regarding the development and use of computers because those decisions have
far-reaching consequences and reflect our basic values and priorities.
As
technical experts, CPSR members provide the public and policymakers with
realistic assessments of the power, promise, and limitations of computer
technology. As concerned citizens, we direct public attention to critical
choices concerning the applications of computing and how those choices affect
society.
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The Center for
Information Technology
The
Center for Information Technology is a multidisciplinary laboratory operated by
Stanford University in association with affiliated organizations from industry,
government, and academia. The staff of the Center includes a core of full-time
employees, together with faculty and students from Stanford and professionals
from the affiliated organizations.
The central focus of the Center's activity
is the development of advanced information technology -- computer technology
appropriate to the encoding, storage, communication, manipulation, and use of
information in digital form. Examples of this technology include digital
libraries, electronic education, electronic commerce, computer-based patient
records, and computer-based collaborative
engineering.
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Equal Access to Software and
Information
EASI's
mission is to serve as a resource to the education community by providing
information and guidance in the area of access-to-information technologies by
individuals with disabilities.
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Ethics in Science, Engineering, & Technology Links
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Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory's Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Science
Program
Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory's ELSI in Science program is a pilot project
designed to stimulate discussions on the implications of selected areas of
scientific research. These modules probably will be most useful to educators and
students at the middle school through high school level. However, we hope that
other visitors will find the information interesting and useful as well.
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Ethics in
Science
Privately
maintained list of links to science ethics
sites.
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IEEE
Society on Social Implications of Technology
The
Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has about 2000 members worldwide.
The scope of the society includes such issues as environmental, health and
safety implications of technology; engineering ethics and professional
responsibility; history of
electrotechnology; technical expertise and public policy; peace
technology; and social issues related to energy, information technology and
telecommunications. SSIT publishes a quarterly journal, IEEE Technology and
Society Magazine, and sponsors periodic conferences entitled The International
Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS).
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Web Clearinghouse for Engineering and Computing Ethics
List
of web sites.
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Resources: S&T related
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