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Franca R. JonesSenior Policy Analyst
Chemical and Biological Countermeasures
National Security and International Affairs
Remarks for theInteragency Board Meeting
Seattle • 8 June 2011
Office of Science and Technology Policy101
National Security S&T is a Presidential Priority
“Reaffirming America’s role as the global engine of scientific discovery and technological innovation has never been
more critical … Our renewed commitment to science and technology … will help us protect our citizens and
advance U.S. national security priorities.”
National Security Strategy, May 2010
The place of science in the White House…
President
OSTP
Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
National Security
Council (NSC)Council on
Environmental Quality (CEQ)
National Economic
Council (NEC)
Domestic Policy Council (DPC)
EOP also includes Offices of: Vice President, Chief of Staff, Cabinet Affairs, Communications, Intergovernmental Relations, Public Engagement, Legal Counsel, US Trade Representative, Energy & Climate Change, and more.
Council of Economic Advisors (CEA)
…is centered in the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
Responsibilities of OSTP and the S&T Advisor
• Policy for science and technology– Analysis, recommendations, & coordination with
other White House offices on R&D budgets & related policies, S&T education and workforce issues, interagency S&T initiatives, broadband, open government, scientific integrity...
• Science and technology for policy– Independent advice for the President about S&T
germane to all policy issues with which he is concerned
OSTP Director John P. Holdren
Deputy Director Policy
Associate DirectorScience
Associate Director
Technology & Chief
Technology Officer
Associate Director
Environment
Associate DirectorNational
Security & International
Affairs
Senior Advisor
Ted WacklerTom Kalil
Aneesh ChopraCarl Wieman Shere Abbott Phil Coyle
Under President Obama, both Holdren and Chopra are “Assistant to the President”.
Jeff Smith
Ass’t Dir for Legislative Affairs
Ass’t Dir for Communications
Steve FetterRick Weiss
Donna Pignatelli
Ass’t DirAt-Large
Division Focus AreasNational Security and International
Affairs
• National Security R&D• International S&T Engagement• National Security and Emergency Preparedness• Nuclear Security – defense, nonproliferation • Chemical and Biological Countermeasures• Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control
OSTP Mechanisms for Action
PCAST*NSTC*
Budget process with OMB
Convening power for interagency
coordination
WH staff processes
Collaboration with National Security Staff and others
OSTP Presidential Directives
Executive Orders
*National Science and Technology Council
*President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
National Science and Technology Council(NSTC)
• Co-chaired by the President and by the Director of OSTP
• Coordinates science and technology (S&T) policy across the Federal government via interagency processes
• Establishes national goals for Federal S&T investments
• Prepares coordinated research and development (R&D) strategies
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/nstc
NSIA-related NSTC activities
• CBRNE Standards• Biological Threats • Chemical Threats• Microbial Forensics• Foreign Animal Disease Threats• Domestic IEDs• Human Factors• Critical Infrastructure Protection• Nuclear Defense Research and Development• Biometrics and Identity Management• Homeland Security S&T Policy
We’re in this together…..
My e-mail address is [email protected]