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August 26, 2010 at 5:31 PM EDT

Case Foundation Releases Follow-Up Report to Innovation Summit

In April the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Domestic Policy Council teamed up with the Case Foundation to host a “Promoting Innovation Summit.” This week, the Case Foundation released a follow-up report and summary of that groundbreaking meeting.
August 23, 2010 at 12:19 PM EDT

NSTC to Coordinate Certain Arctic Research Policy Committee Activities

On July 22nd the President signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to coordinate certain activities assigned to the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (IARPC), created by Congress 25 years ago. Taking that oversight mandate to heart, the NSTC—administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy—has already begun organizing a number of activities to fulfill these important duties.
August 18, 2010 at 12:37 PM EDT

NASA Chief Technologist Reaches Out to Students

Earlier this month, NASA Chief Technologist Bobby Braun issued an inspiring open letter to college students. In the letter, Braun described the challenging goals that President Obama has set for America’s space program, including “preparing new rockets and space vehicles for flight in the early part of the next decade, human exploration of an asteroid by 2025, and sending humans to orbit Mars by the mid-2030s, with Mars surface landings to follow.”
August 13, 2010 at 8:47 PM EDT

Ask Dr. H: "How Can Kids Apply Their Ingenuity to Global Challenges?"

In this week’s "Ask the President's Science Advisor," OSTP Director Dr. John P. Holdren answers an e-mail asking how the Obama Administration is encouraging children to apply their ingenuity to tackling the grand challenges that face our country and the world.
August 10, 2010 at 5:37 PM EDT

OSTP Director Holdren Meets With Excelling STEM Leaders

OSTP Director John P. Holdren last week met at the White House Conference Center with more than 50 teachers being honored by the Siemen’s Foundation for their dedication to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

PCAST FLU VACCINE REPORT

On August 19, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a Report to the President on Reengineering the Influenza Vaccine Production Enterprise to Meet the Challenges of Pandemic Influenza. For more information, see below:

Press Release (pdf)
Backgrounder (pdf)
PCAST Influenza Vaccinology Report (pdf)
HHS Medical Countermeasures Report and Joint Release Event

ASK THE SCIENCE ADVISOR

President Obama's Science and Technology Advisor Takes Your Questions

John Holdren To ask a burning question of Dr. Holdren, send an e-mail to AskDrH@ostp.gov or tweet your short question to @whitehouseostp with hashtag #AskDrH. Dr. Holdren will select one query each week and answer it via a short blog post on select Fridays.

This Week's Question

How Can Kids Apply Their Ingenuity to Global Challenges?

A NEW NATIONAL SPACE POLICY

On June 28, President Obama announced the administration's new National Space Policy. The policy articulates the President's commitment to reinvigorating U.S. leadership in space for the purposes of maintaining space as a stable and productive environment for the peaceful use of all nations.

On April 15, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, President Obama outlined a bold strategy for human spaceflight that increases the NASA budget by $6 billion over the next five years.

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