The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is a department of the United States government,part of the Executive Office of the President (EOP),established by United States Congress on May 11,1976,with a broad mandate to advise the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs.
Brooke Leslie Rollins is an American attorney who is the president and CEO of the America First Policy Institute. She previously served as the acting director of the United States Domestic Policy Council under President Donald Trump. Prior to assuming that role,Rollins oversaw the White House Office of American Innovation. Rollins was president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation,an Austin-based free-market think tank,from 2003 through 2018. During her tenure at TPPF,the think tank grew from having a staff of 3 to a staff of 100.
The White House Office is an entity within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). The White House Office is headed by the White House chief of staff,who is also the head of the Executive Office of the President. The staff work for and report directly to the president,including West Wing staff and the president's senior advisers. Almost all of the White House Office staff are political appointees of the president,do not require Senate confirmation and can be dismissed at the discretion of the president.
Brian Christopher Deese is an American economic and political advisor who was the 13th Director of the National Economic Council,serving under President Joe Biden.
The Office of the Vice President includes personnel who directly support or advise the vice president of the United States. The office is headed by the chief of staff to the vice president of the United States,currently Lorraine Voles. The office also provides staffing and support to the second gentleman of the United States. It is primarily housed in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building,with offices for the vice president also in the West Wing,the U.S. Capitol,and in the vice president's official residence.
Steven J. Ricchetti is an American political aide serving as a Counselor to the President under President Joe Biden. He was the chairman of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. Ricchetti previously served as Chief of Staff to Vice President Biden during the Obama administration and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton. In between stints in Democratic administrations,Ricchetti has worked as a lobbyist.
Neera Tanden is an American political consultant and government official serving as Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council since 2023. Tanden previously served as a senior advisor and staff secretary to President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023 and as president of the Center for American Progress (CAP),a center-left policy research and advocacy organization,where she worked in different capacities since its founding in 2003 until she joined the Biden administration in 2021.
The 117th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2021,during the final weeks of Donald Trump's presidency and the first two years of Joe Biden's presidency and ended on January 3,2023.
Elizabeth Marie Allen is an American political advisor who serves as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She previously served as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs and as White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration.
Joe Biden assumed office as President of the United States on January 20,2021. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
The presidential transition of Joe Biden began on November 7,2020,and ended on January 20,2021. Unlike previous presidential transitions,which normally take place during the roughly 10-week period between the election in the first week of November and the inauguration on January 20,Biden's presidential transition was shortened somewhat because the General Services Administration under the outgoing Trump administration did not recognize Biden as the "apparent winner" until November 23.
The Biden Foundation was a nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the United States tax code that existed from 2017 to 2019. It was established by former vice president of the United States Joe Biden and former second lady Jill Biden with the stated mission to "champion progress and prosperity for American families".
Shuwanza Rebecca Goff is an American political advisor serving as the director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. In January 2019,she was named floor director for legislative operations for Majority Leader Steny Hoyer,making her the first African-American woman to serve as floor director.
Reema Dodin is an American political advisor who served as the deputy director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration. Upon taking office,she became the highest ranking Palestinian-American woman to serve in the Executive Office of the President of the United States. She is the former deputy chief of staff and floor director for Dick Durbin as the Senate Democratic Whip.
Shalanda Delores Young is an American political advisor who is the current director of the Office of Management and Budget,previously serving in an acting capacity from March 24,2021,through March 17,2022 concurrently as deputy director. She previously worked for the United States House Committee on Appropriations as its staff director.
Carlos Alberto Monje Jr. is an American government official and senior advisor to Secretary Pete Buttigieg. He has served as the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy within the Biden administration since July 2021.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA),most commonly known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and originally in the House as the INVEST in America Act,is a United States federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15,2021.
The Build Back Better Act was a bill introduced in the 117th Congress to fulfill aspects of President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Plan. It was spun off from the American Jobs Plan,alongside the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,as a $3.5 trillion Democratic reconciliation package that included provisions related to climate change and social policy. Following negotiations,the price was lowered to approximately $2.2 trillion. The bill was passed 220–213 by the House of Representatives on November 19,2021.
Rheanne Wirkkala is an American defense policy advisor and former intelligence analyst who is the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs in the Biden administration.
