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White House Science Division is Now Unstaffed
The climate-change-denying White House has little use for science. So it should infuriating all of us - but unfortunately not surprising - that the science department within the White House is now unstaffed.
The science division of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was unstaffed as of Friday as the three remaining employees departed this week.... All three employees were holdovers from the Obama administration.
The departures from the division -- one of four subdivisions within the OSTP -- highlight the different commitment to scientific research under Presidents Obama and Trump. Under Mr. Obama, the science division was staffed with nine employees who led the charge on policy issues such as STEM education, biotechnology and crisis response.
In late June, Eleanor Celeste, the assistant director for biomedical and forensic sciences at the OSTP, tweeted the following:
science division out. mic drop. pic.twitter.com/RoYTJqLoXa
— Elle Celeste (@elleabella1112) June 30, 2017