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| The '''National Science and Technology Council''' ('''NSTC''') is a council in the [[Executive branch of the U.S. Government|Executive Branch]] of the United States. It is designed to coordinate science and technology policy across the branches of federal government.
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| ==History==
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| The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) was established by [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] through [[Executive order|Executive Order]] [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12881 12881] on November 23, 1993.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|title=NSTC|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/nstc/|access-date=2020-10-17|website=The White House|language=en-US}}</ref> Each presidential administration has utilized the NSTC in varying ways. During the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], the NSTC wrote 6 Presidential Review Directives, used for President Clinton's own future directives. The council has not issued any of these since.<ref name=":1">{{Cite report|url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R43935/20|title=Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): History and Overview|date=2020-03-03|publisher=Congressional Research Service|issue=20}}</ref> Instead, the council's recommendations often serve as advice for other committees as policy is drafted. Members of the science and technology community have debated whether the NSTC should play a more direct role in policymaking by issuing formal directives and having increased authority.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kelly|first1=Henry|last2=Oelrich|first2=Ivan|last3=Aftergood|first3=Steven|last4=Tannenbaum|first4=Benn H.|date=2004-12-01|title=Flying Blind: The Rise, Fall, and Possible Resurrection of Science Policy Advice in the United States|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada524840|location=Fort Belvoir, VA|doi=10.21236/ada524840 }}</ref>
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| The structure of the NSTC has changed multiple times in the last few decades. Under the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama Administration]], the Council's subcommittees were restructured and a new committee for directing STEM education was added. A committee focused on science and technology enterprise was added under the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump Administration]], as well as special committees on artificial intelligence and research environments.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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| ==Mission==
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| The primary functions of the NSTC are:
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| # to coordinate the science and technology policy-making process;
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| # to ensure science and technology policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President's stated goals; | |
| # to help integrate the President's science and technology policy agenda across the Federal Government;
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| # to ensure science and technology are considered in development and implementation of Federal policies and programs; and
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| # to further international cooperation in science and technology.<ref>Executive Order 12881, “Establishment of the National Science and Technology Council,” 58 Federal Register 62491-62492, November 23, 1993.</ref>
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| Another objective of the NSTC is the establishment of clear national goals for federal science and technology investments in virtually all the mission areas of the executive branch. The Council prepares research and development strategies that are coordinated across federal agencies to form investment packages aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals.<ref name=":02"/> While a fundamental mission of the NSTC is to further the President's scientific policies, it also has been directly and indirectly charged by [[United States Congress|Congress]] to coordinate activities in a number of federal projects. These include combating ocean acidification,<ref>P.L. 111-11, “The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009,” §12403.</ref> overseeing the National Nanotechnology Program,<ref>P.L. 108-153, §2, “21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act.”</ref> and supporting STEM education.<ref>P.L. 111-358, “America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010,” §101</ref>
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| == Committees ==
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| At present, the work of the NSTC is organized under six primary committees and two special committees. Each committee oversees theme-specific subcommittees and working groups.
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| === List of Committees ===
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| ''Primary Committees:''{{Columns-list|* Science & Technology Enterprise
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| * Environment
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| * Homeland & National Security
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| * Science
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| * STEM Education
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| * Technology|colwidth=35em}}''Special Committees:''{{Columns-list|* Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
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| * Joint Committee on Research Environment|colwidth=35em}}
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| == Committee Membership ==
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| The NSTC is chaired by the [[President of the United States|President]]. The rest of the NSTC membership is made up of Cabinet Secretaries and Agency Heads with significant science and technology responsibilities, and other [[White House]] officials and advisors where necessary. The APST is responsible for managing the NSTC. The [[Office of Science and Technology Policy]] (OSTP) Director [[Kelvin Droegemeier]] managed the NSTC under the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|first Trump administration]] even though Executive Order 12881 does not include the [[Office of Science and Technology Policy|OSTP]] Director in the NSTC. The president and cabinet-level officials are rarely present at meetings of the NSTC. Therefore, NSTC activities are carried out by OSTP and NSTC staff in collaboration with federal agency staff. Federal agencies assign staff to the NSTC and their numbers have ranged from 5 to 21 members in previous years.<ref name=":1" /><!--- source ? when were 'previous years' ? --------------->
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| == Member Agencies ==
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| Agencies represented in the NSTC include:
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| * Department of Agriculture
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| * DARPA
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| * Department of Commerce, NIST
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| * Department of Commerce, NOAA
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| * Department of Commerce, U.S. Patent and Trade Office
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| * Department of Defense
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| * Department of Education
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| * Department of Health and Human Services, NIH
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| * Department of Homeland Security
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| * Department of the Interior
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| * Department of Labor
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| * Department of State
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| * Department of Transportation
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| * Environmental Protection Agency
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| * U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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| * National Security Agency
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| * National Science Foundation
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| * NASA
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| * Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
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| * Office of Management and Budget
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| * Smithsonian Institution
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| == Funding ==
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| As the NSTC does not receive direct appropriations, member agencies contribute funding to the projects that the NSTC oversees. From FY2010 to FY2018, their contributions ranged from $12 million to $18 million per year and funding was $17.1 million in FY2018.<ref name=":1"/> These funds go towards multi-agency projects. The rest of the funding comes from agency contributions to their own internal NSTC projects or the OSTP infrastructure contributions.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
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| ==Key Staff==
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| {{Update section|date=November 2022}}
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| * Chair: [[Joe Biden|President Joe Biden]]
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| ** Managing Authority: [[Arati Prabhakar]], Director of OSTP
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| **Executive Director: OSTP
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| **''Former Executive Directors'' include: Chloe Kontos (service years, 2017-2021), Afua Bruce (2016-2017), Jayne B. Morrow (2013-2015), Pedro Espina
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| <u>''Primary Committees:''</u>
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| '''Committee on Science & Technology Enterprise'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Kelvin Droegemeier]], Director of OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: [[Walter Copan]], Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Sethuraman Panchanathan]], Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Paul Dabbar]], Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy (DOE)
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| '''Committee on Environment'''
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| * Co-Chair: Deerin Babb-Brott, OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: [[Neil Jacobs]], Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Environmental Observation and Prediction at the NOAA
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| * Co-Chair: David Ross, Assistant Administrator for Water (EPA)
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| * Co-Chair: Tim Petty, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Department of Interior (DOI)
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| '''Committee on Homeland and National Security (CHNS)'''
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| * Co-Chair: Aaron Miles, OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: Jih-Fen Lei, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology at the Department of Defense
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| * Co-Chair: Bill Bryan, Undersecretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security
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| '''Committee on Science (CoS)'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Kelvin Droegemeier]], Director of OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: [[Sethuraman Panchanathan]], Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Francis Collins]], Director of the National Institutes of Health
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| '''Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM)'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Kelvin Droegemeier]], Director of OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: [[Sethuraman Panchanathan]], Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Jim Bridenstine]], Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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| '''Committee on Technology (CoT)'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Michael Kratsios]], U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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| * Co-Chair: Walter Copan, NIST
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| * Co-Chair: Paul Dabbar, DOE
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| ''<u>Special Committees:</u>''
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| '''Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Michael Kratsios]], U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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| * Co-Chair: [[Sethuraman Panchanathan]], Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| * Co-Chair: Peter Highnam, Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| '''Joint Committee on Research Environment'''
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| * Co-Chair: [[Kelvin Droegemeier]], Director of OSTP
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| * Co-Chair: [[Walter Copan]], Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Sethuraman Panchanathan]], Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Paul Dabbar]], Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy (DOE)
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| * Co-Chair: [[Francis Collins]], Director of the National Institutes of Health
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Office of Science and Technology Policy|Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)]]
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| * [[President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology|President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)]]
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| ==References==
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| {{Reflist|2}}
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.ostp.gov/cs/nstc National Science and Technology Council]
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