PCAST Archives

Past Administrations' PCAST Documents & Reports

2008

• Transition letter to the next PCAST (pdf)
• University-Private Sector Research Partnerships in the Innovation Ecosystem (pdf)
• The Energy Imperative: Report Update (pdf)
• Priorities for Personalized Medicine (pdf)
• The National Nanotechnology Initiative: Second Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel (pdf)
• Addendum: Assessment of the NNI Strategy for Nanotechnology-Related Environmental, Health, and Safety Research (pdf)

2007

• Federal Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) Program Review (pdf)

2006

• The Energy Imperative: Technology and the Role of Emerging Companies (pdf)
• The Energy Imperative: Executive Summary (pdf)

2005

• The National Nanotechnology Initiative at Five Years: Assessment and Recommendations of the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel (pdf)

2004

• IT Manufacturing and Competitiveness (pdf)
• Science and Engineering Capabilities (pdf)
• S&T Collaboration: Ideas for Enhancing European-American Cooperation (pdf)
• Federal State Cooperation: Improving the Likelihood of Success (pdf) 

2003

• Technology Transfer of Federally Funded R&D (pdf)
• The Science and Technology of Combating Terrorism (pdf) 

2002

• Maximizing the Contribution of Science and Technology within the Department of Homeland Security (pdf)
• Assessing U.S. R&D Investment (pdf)
• Building Out Broadband (pdf)
• Energy Efficiency (pdf)

2001

• Biodiversity: Connecting with the Tapestry of Life (pdf)
• Letter from PCAST to Neal Lane (pdf)
• Letter from PCAST to the President (pdf)

2000

• Wellspring of Prosperity - Science and Technology in the U.S. Economy (pdf)

1999

• PCAST Letter to the President endorsing a National Nanotechnology Initiative
• PCAST Letter to the President regarding FY2001 Budget Priorities
• PCAST Review of the NSB Report on Environment Science and Engineering for the 21st Century
• Powerful Partnerships: The Federal Role in International Cooperation on Energy Innovation

1998

• PCAST Letter on Critical Infrastructure Protection
• PCAST Letter on the FY2000 Budget
• Teaming with Life: Investing in Science to Understand and Use America's Living Capital (pdf)
• PCAST Letter on Educational Research
• PCAST Letter on International Energy Research and Development

1997

• Report to the President on Federal Energy Research and Development for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century (pdf)
• PCAST Letter on Cloning
• Report to the President on the Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States (pdf)
• Report on Sustainable Development

1996

• Second-Term Science and Technology Initiatives
• Report on Preventing Deadly Conflict
• Report on Research Universities
• Principles on the U.S. Government's Investment Role in Technology

1995

• Report to the President on Academic Health Centers
• Science and Technology Principles
• The U.S. Program of Fusion Energy Research and Development Report (pdf)