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  Office of Science and Technology Policy
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  PartyDemocratic
NameArati Prabhakar
Won09/22/2022
Votes56 (58.33%)
Margin16 (+16.67%)
Term10/03/2022 - 01/20/2025


Cabinet Rank Member DETAILS
Parents > United States > U.S. Executive  
Websitehttps://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/
Established May 11, 1976
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorQbanito
Last ModifiedQbanito March 25, 2021 10:59pm
Description Congress established the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in 1976. The OSTP advises the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, and the environment.

OSTP leads efforts across the Federal government to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets, and works with the private and philanthropic sectors, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, the research and academic communities, and other nations toward this end.

OSTP also assists the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and analysis of Federal research and development in budgets, and serves as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal government.

OSTP’s Senate-confirmed Director may also serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. The Director co-chairs the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and supports the Cabinet-level National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), which is chaired by the President.

In January 2021, US President Joe Biden announced he was upgrading the White House science advisor position to cabinet-level.

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