When I set out to write my latest Science Progress column about the current status of efforts to restore the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, I have to say I was naive. I simply thought that with Democrats back in control of Congress, restoring the Republican-killed office would be a cinch. Think again. It's much more complicated than that--and a lot of elected Democrats don't seem to grasp the importance of good science advice either, sadly. They seem to think that science advice is for scientists, rather than for them. For more detail, read the piece, entitled "Science, Delayed."
