Science Policy Insider News
Science Directorate
July 2010
Science Policy Insider News (July 2010)
APA’s summer science fellows join the science GRO for policy day

Behavioral and social science community meets with new OSTP staff
The behavioral and social science advocacy community met with Daniel Goroff, PhD, who has just arrived at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
It’s official, Alan Guttmacher appointed NICHD Director
Guttmacher has been serving as acting director since December 2009
Proposed K-12 science education standards omit psychological science
The National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Science Education is collecting comments on its proposed Conceptual Framework for New Science Education Standards
APA to submit comments on proposed HHS conflict of interest rule
APA will voice its concern about HHS’s revised definition of Significant Financial Interest


