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What is Your Strategy for American Innovation?

Following the release of the President's Strategy for American Innovation, CTO Aneesh Chopra asks for your input on the Strategy.
February 4, 2011 at 4:45 PM ET by Aneesh Chopra

Sending Health Data Safely and Securely Over the Internet

Yesterday marked another milestone on the Nation’s journey to better health care through the use of electronic health records and health information technology.
February 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM ET by Aneesh Chopra & Dr. David Blumenthal

Are You Ready To Startup America?

Today at the White House, members of President Obama’s economic team and leading entrepreneurs are launching Startup America.
January 31, 2011 at 11:11 AM ET by Tom Kalil & Doug Rand

President Honors STEM Mentors

President Obama hasn’t wasted any time in building on his commitments in the State of the Union to strengthen science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and prepare 100,000 world-class math and science teachers.
January 27, 2011 at 4:29 PM ET by Bobby Rosen

Science Students Stand Tall at State of the Union

Four remarkable science students from across the country will join Michelle Obama and other guests during the President’s State of the Union Address.
January 25, 2011 at 1:08 PM ET by Rick Weiss and Phil Larson

New Job-Training and Education Grants Program Launched

Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan ushered in a new era of hope and opportunity for millions of Americans today when they revealed the innovative application criteria for the first $500 million in grants under the four-year, $2 billion Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training Grant Program.
January 20, 2011 at 5:59 PM ET by Hal Plotkin

U.S., China Extend Science and Technology Agreement

Today, in the ornate Secretary of War Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next door to the White House, OSTP Director John P. Holdren and the Minister of Science and Technology for the People’s Republic of China, Wan Gang, took pens to paper and signed an historic extension to the U.S.-China Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology.
January 19, 2011 at 3:05 PM ET by Rick Weiss

Student Volunteer Application Deadline Extended

Want to assist OSTP staff on exciting policy issues in the many domains that involve science and technology?
January 7, 2011 at 1:35 PM ET by

Setting Standards: We Want to Hear From You

This week President Obama signed the America COMPETES Act, which supports an array of strategies for maintaining America’s leadership in science and technology.
January 7, 2011 at 10:29 AM ET by Aneesh Chopra

COMPETES Passage Keeps America's Leadership on Target

President Obama signed America COMPETES yesterday, signifying his commitment to maintaining America’s place as a leader in innovation and ingenuity. Also, in December, the President signed a two-year retroactive extension of the Research and Development tax credit through 2011, providing important incentives for companies to invest in America’s future.
January 5, 2011 at 11:27 AM ET by John P. Holdren

Get Involved in the National STEM Video Game Challenge Today!

As part of the President's expansion of his Educate to Innovate campaign, the White House announced the National STEM Video Game Challenge.
December 20, 2010 at 12:49 PM ET by Dawn Joseph

President Honors Top Teachers and Mentors in Science and Math

Last week was an extraordinarily busy week for President Obama, but that didn’t stop him from taking time on two separate occasions to salute some of our Nation’s most outstanding teachers and early-career researchers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.
December 20, 2010 at 11:09 AM ET by Bobby Rosen

Scientific Integrity: Fueling Innovation, Building Public Trust

The Administration is issuing new guidance to Executive Branch leaders to help implement policies that remove political interference in scientific processes and ensure scientific integrity.
December 17, 2010 at 2:21 PM ET by John P. Holdren

Transparency for Global Development

Today the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched Version 1.0 of the Foreign Assistance Dashboard, a new platform devoted to making it easier than ever for policymakers, civil society, and the public to understand U.S. investments and their impact around the globe.
December 16, 2010 at 11:05 AM ET by Jeremy Weinstein and Robynn Sturm

The NNI at 10

Last week, many big names from the Federal government’s past and present efforts in science and technology came together just outside Washington, DC, at the “NNI Innovation Summit” to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI)—the multi-agency cooperative effort designed to catalyze breakthroughs in nanoscale science and engineering.
December 13, 2010 at 5:01 PM ET by Tom Kalil and Travis Earles

Rockets to Rockies: NASA Helps Build Colorado Economy

Many of the technologies that NASA develops to explore the universe and keep astronauts safe in the extreme environment of space have applications right here on Earth.
December 13, 2010 at 10:08 AM ET by Doug Comstock

Celebrating Computer Science

The second annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) may be coming to an end tomorrow, but we at OSTP did not want to let this important milestone pass without bringing some attention to its goals.
December 10, 2010 at 10:43 AM ET by Dawn Joseph

PCAST Releases Health IT Report

Today the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released a highly anticipated report providing detailed recommendations to the President and Federal agencies about how to take better advantage of information technology to increase healthcare quality while reducing costs.
December 8, 2010 at 11:15 AM ET by Rick Weiss

Partnership for Cybersecurity Innovation

Obama Administration officials just released a Memorandum of Understanding -- the goal of which is to speed the commercialization of cybersecurity research innovations.
December 6, 2010 at 3:04 PM ET by Aneesh Chopra, Howard A. Schmidt

Keeping the Small Stuff Safe

Starting today, public comment is being invited on the draft National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research (“NNI nanoEHS strategy”) at the NNI Strategy Portal.
December 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM ET by Sally Tinkle

Video from National Entrepreneurs’ Day Event

We promised video from the National Entrepreneurs’ Day town hall on November 19, and thanks to the Kauffman Foundation, the video from the whole event is posted on our blog.
December 2, 2010 at 6:50 PM ET by Doug Rand

President Obama Congratulates American Nobel Winners in Oval Office Meeting

A funny thing happened in the Oval Office yesterday when President Obama and a handful of Administration officials congratulated two of this year’s new American Nobel prize winners: There were more Nobel laureates among the greeting Administration officials than there were new ones being feted.
December 1, 2010 at 9:47 PM ET by Bobby Rosen

PCAST Energy Report Released Today

A new report released today by the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) provides specific and practical recommendations on how the Nation can transform its current carbon-based economy into a safer, more sustainable, and economically advantageous energy ecosystem.
November 29, 2010 at 9:31 AM ET by

NASA Advancing Android Academics

The Federal agency with perhaps the best known robots has just announced that it is going to encourage student tinkering here on Earth. On Monday NASA unveiled a plan that will provide up to $20 million over the next five years to support a national program to inspire student interest in science, engineering, and mathematics with a focus on robotic technology.
November 24, 2010 at 1:16 PM ET by

Report from National Entrepreneurs’ Day Event

I just got back from an “Entrepreneurs’ Town Hall”—part of a nationwide celebration of the first-ever National Entrepreneurs’ Day, proclaimed this week by President Obama—at which U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined AOL Co-founder Steve Case for a freewheeling discussion with about 70 entrepreneurs from the DC area, representing a diverse range of company sizes and sectors.
November 19, 2010 at 7:20 PM ET by Doug Rand

Competition Pumps Funds into a Novel Growth Industry

Last week, at a ceremony in Seoul, President Obama congratulated the winners of a competition that may not have caught the world’s attention like the Nobel Prizes or World Series but just might change the world.
November 19, 2010 at 4:39 PM ET by Robynn Sturm

Government as Convener - Fostering Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra highlights the emerging role of government as convener to catalyze entirely new ideas and business models.
November 19, 2010 at 10:18 AM ET by Aneesh Chopra

President Obama Awards National Medals of Science, Technology and Innovation

President Obama has often spoken of his commitment to “returning science to its rightful place.” That place was the East Room of the White House, where the President welcomed the winners of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation and presented their awards.
November 18, 2010 at 4:36 PM ET by Bobby Rosen

Text4baby Growing Up, Sets Million Mom Goal

Text4baby was announced in February and sent its one millionth text message in May. The program recently won a Health and Human Services Innovation award and, as of this month, has sent nearly 6 million messages to more than 100,000 subscribers. But that is just a start.
November 9, 2010 at 7:25 PM ET by Hillary Chen

Backscatter Back-Story

Lately some attention has been given to a letter written in April to OSTP Director John P. Holdren, the President’s science advisor, about the issue of full body scanners being deployed at airports and the X-ray radiation emitted by these machines.
November 8, 2010 at 6:06 PM ET by