The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a physical sciences laboratory and non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into laboratory programs that include nanoscale science and technology,engineering,information technology,neutron research,material measurement,and physical measurement. From 1901 to 1988,the agency was named the National Bureau of Standards.
SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park,California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic development in the region.
William Robert Graham is an American physicist who was chairman of President Reagan's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control from 1982 to 1985,a deputy administrator and acting administrator of NASA during 1985 and 1986,and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and concurrently science adviser to President Reagan from 1986 to 1989. He then served as an executive in national security-related companies.
Arden Lee Bement Jr. is an American engineer and scientist and has served in executive positions in government,industry and academia.
Cornelius Francis "Neal" Lane,is a U.S. physicist and Senior Fellow in Science and Technology Policy at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy and Malcolm Gillis University Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy Emeritus at Rice University in Houston,Texas.
The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) is an American non-profit corporation that administers three federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) –the Systems and Analyses Center (SAC),the Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI),and the Center for Communications and Computing (C&C) –to assist the United States government in addressing national security issues,particularly those requiring scientific and technical expertise. It is headquartered in Alexandria,Virginia.
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council,chartered in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the President of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30,2001,by President George W. Bush,was re-chartered by President Obama's April 21,2010,Executive Order 13539,by President Trump's October 22,2019,Executive Order 13895,and by President Biden's February 1,2021,Executive Order 14007.
Curtis Raymond Carlson was president and CEO of SRI International from 1998 to 2014 and is a prominent technologist and pioneer in developing and using innovation best practices. While CEO of SRI International,revenue tripled to $550 million per year and tens of billions of dollars of new marketplace value was created,such as through Siri,an SRI spin-off company that was bought by Steve Jobs at Apple. While Carlson was CEO Mayfield Ventures partner,David Ladd,said,“SRI is now the best enterprise at turning its technology into economic value.”
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is a council in the Executive Branch of the United States. It is designed to coordinate science and technology policy across the branches of federal government.
The Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative is a US government program that conducts research and development on distributed learning and coordinates related efforts broadly across public and private organizations. ADL reports to the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA),under the Director,DHRA. Although it is a DoD program,ADL serves the entire US federal government,operates a global partnership network including international defense ministries and US-based academic partners,and collaborates closely with industry and academia. ADL advises the DoD and US government on emerging learning technologies,best practices for improving learning effectiveness and efficiency,and methods for enhancing interoperability. Notable ADL contributions to distributed learning include the Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM),Experience API (xAPI),and the DoD Instruction 1322.26.
The Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee,better known as the HSF Committee,Augustine Commission,or Augustine Committee,was a group convened by NASA at the request of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),to review the nation's human spaceflight plans to ensure "a vigorous and sustainable path to achieving its boldest aspirations in space." The review was announced by the OSTP on May 7,2009. It covered human spaceflight options after the time NASA had planned to retire the Space Shuttle. A summary report was provided to the OSTP Director John Holdren,White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),and NASA Administrator on September 8,2009. The estimated cost associated with the review was expected to be US$3 million. The committee was scheduled to be active for 180 days;the report was released on October 22,2009.
Alondra Nelson is an American policymaker,writer,and academic. She is the Harold F. Linder Chair and Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study,an independent research center in Princeton,New Jersey. She is Deputy Assistant to the President,and currently serving as acting director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). From 2017-2021,she was President and CEO of the Social Science Research Council,an independent,nonpartisan international nonprofit organization. She was previously professor of sociology at Columbia University,where she served as the inaugural Dean of Social Science,as well as director of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender. She began her academic career on the faculty of Yale University.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is an independent,501(c)(3),not-for-profit public policy research institute located in Arlington,Virginia. The institute was founded in 1994,shortly after the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was disbanded,with the intent to assume some of the functions formerly performed by OTA.
Arati Prabhakar is an American engineer and the former head of DARPA,the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,a position she held from July 30,2012 to January 20,2017. She is a founder and the CEO of Actuate,a nonprofit organization. In 2022,Prabhakar was nominated to be director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),to serve as the chief science advisor to President Biden.
Penrose "Parney" C. Albright is a physicist and weapons scientist known for his work with the U.S. Government,think tanks and National Laboratories,and government contractors. Since November 1,2014,he has been the president and CEO of HRL Laboratories,a research firm jointly owned by Boeing and General Motors. Until December 2013 he served as the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,and,in 2014,he served as a senior advisor in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
The Science and Technology Policy Institute is a federally funded research and development center located in Washington,D.C. STPI provides objective research and analysis on science and technology policy issues in support of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP),as well as for its sponsor,the National Science Foundation,and other science-performing federal agencies. STPI is administered by the non-profit Institute for Defense Analyses,located in Alexandria,Virginia. As of May 2020,Kristen Kulinowski is the current director of STPI.
Kelvin Kay Droegemeier is an American research meteorologist,most recently having served as Director of The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Droegemeier is known for his research in predicting the development of extreme weather events,and previously served as Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology and the Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma. He currently is serving as Regents Professor of Meteorology,Roger and Sherry Teigen Presidential Professor,and Weathernews Chair Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma.
Kathryn L. Beers is an American polymer chemist. Beers is Leader of the Polymers and Complex Fluids group in the Materials Science and Engineering Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Her research interests include microreactors and microfluidics,advances in polymer synthesis and reaction monitoring,macromolecular separations,integrated and high throughput measurements of polymeric materials,degradable and renewable polymeric materials,and sustainable materials.
Kei Koizumi is an American policy advisor serving as the chief of staff for the Office of Science and Technology Policy. He previously served as a senior advisor on science policy for the American Association for the Advancement of Science after serving as a senior advisor to the National Science and Technology Council under President Obama.
