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Legislative Services Office introduces science policy fellow to support Resources and Conservation Committee
Summary
Caitlin Casey, a one-year science policy fellow with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee she will provide nonpartisan research support on natural-resources and environment issues, including literature reviews and legislative histories.
The committee heard from Caitlin Casey, a one-year science policy fellow assigned to the Legislative Services Office, who outlined the research support she will provide to legislators.
"As a fellow, I perform non partisan research to support all legislators," Casey said, identifying herself and summarizing her background. She told the committee she holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Montana State University and undergraduate degrees in biology and Spanish from Gettysburg College.
Casey said she can assist with legislative histories, past committee actions, budget questions (in collaboration with LSO budget staff), reviews of other states’ policies and summaries of peer-reviewed literature. She also said she abides by LSO confidentiality rules and that a contact sheet with her information was placed in members’ folders.
Representative Brandewater asked, in a light exchange, whether Casey had "all the solutions for the water issues," to which Casey replied she did not; she said some questions were beyond the scope of a single fellow. The chair encouraged members to use the fellow for research requests but cautioned against overloading her.
Ending: Casey’s introduction establishes an on‑call nonpartisan research resource for technical and scientific questions the committee may encounter during the session.
