Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

Tomorrow at 3:30pm, the White House Office of Public Engagement in collaboration with OSTP will welcome to the White House Bianca and 11 other Champions of Change who have worked to increase the participation of women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math fields.

Two important initiatives of the Obama Administration--the first-ever National Ocean Policy and the creation of Data.gov--come together to make Federal ocean and coastal planning data more accessible to the American people.

Yesterday, the President’s Chief Performance Officer Jeff Zients unveiled the Federal Infrastructure Projects Dashboard, an open government initiative that tracks the progress of high priority infrastructure projects as they are expedited through their regulatory review and permitting processes.

Last week, the National STEM Video Game Challenge officially opened, aiming to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games.

As President Obama has said, "The most common educational background of CEOs in the S&P 500 companies … the nation’s most successful, most powerful corporations … is not business, it’s not finance, it’s not economics—it’s actually engineering."

Tomorrow, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will join its Australia counterpart, AusAID, World Vision U.S., and World Vision Australia to launch All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development.

Last week the White House recognized a number of people who "Make It In America" — individuals and businesses working to create high-quality jobs in America. Revitalizing American manufacturing is a top priority for the Obama Administration. As President Obama has said, “If we want a robust, growing economy, we need a robust, growing manufacturing sector.”

The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, signed by President Obama earlier this year, calls upon OSTP to coordinate with agencies to develop policies that assure widespread public access to and long-term stewardship of the results of federally funded unclassified research.

Today, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)—a cabinet-level interagency group of scientists and engineers—released a new report that recommends systematic consideration of submetering technologies that can yield up-to-date, finely grained snap shots of energy and water use in commercial and residential buildings to drive energy efficiency and capture the advantages of a modernized electric power grid.

Today the Obama Administration announced new features to Energy.Data.gov, the open government platform for citizens and software developers to engage with energy- and environment-related data, apps, maps, and challenges.

Across the United States and the world, climate change is already affecting communities, livelihoods, and the environment.

Under a new public-private partnership, the National Institutes of Health will make a number of patents available to researchers and license them royalty-free to help the private sector develop diagnostics, therapeutics, and devices to improve public health in the least developed countries.

Today, President Obama announced new executive actions that will make it easier for Americans to manage student loan debt and help enable entrepreneurs to swing for the fences.

Last week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced "Entrepreneurs in Residence", an innovative way to obtain industry expertise on immigrant investors, entrepreneurs, and workers with specialized skills, knowledge, or abilities.