pcast

Extracted Attributes

• Type

  Federal Advisory Committee

• Acronym

  PCAST

• Purpose

  Advise the President of the United States on science and technology matters

• Official Name

  President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

• Administered By

  Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

• Composition (Biden Administration)

  28 members, including 20 elected National Academies, 4 MacArthur Fellows, 2 Nobel laureates

• Current Leader (Trump Administration)

  David Sacks

• Key Policy Focus (Trump Administration)

  Artificial Intelligence (rescinding Biden regulations, combating 'Woke AI'), Cryptocurrency (establishing U.S. leadership, stablecoins)

• Co-Chairs (Biden Administration as of Jan 2023)

  Frances Arnold, Maria Zuber, Arati Prabhakar

Timeline

• Established by Executive Order 13226 by President George W. Bush. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2001-09-30

• Re-chartered by Executive Order 13539 by President Barack Obama. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2010-04-21

• Re-chartered by Executive Order 13895 by President Donald Trump. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2019-10-22

• Re-established by Executive Order 14007 by President Joe Biden. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2021-02-01

• Re-established by Executive Order 14177 by President Donald Trump. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-01-23

• In the early days of the new Trump Administration, David Sacks takes a leadership role within PCAST, with a mandate to steer policy on AI (including rescinding Biden Administration regulations and combating 'Woke AI') and to establish U.S. leadership in crypto, particularly stablecoins. (Source: related_documents)

  After 2025-01-23

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered (or re-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 George W. Bush, was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21, 2010, Executive Order 13539, by Donald Trump's October 22, 2019, Executive Order 13895, by Joe Biden's February 1, 2021, Executive Order 14007 and by Donald Trump again on January 23, 2025 with Executive Order 14177.

Web Search Results

• President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

  The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is the sole body of advisors from outside the federal government charged with making science, technology, and innovation policy recommendations to the President and the White House. Established by Executive Order, it is an independent Federal Advisory Committee comprised of distinguished individuals from industry, academia, and non-profit organizations with a range of perspectives and expertise. PCAST develops [...] President Biden’s PCAST consists of 28 members, including 20 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, four MacArthur “Genius” Fellows, and two Nobel laureates. Its members include experts in astrophysics and agriculture, biochemistry and computer engineering, ecology and entrepreneurship, immunology and nanotechnology, neuroscience and national security, social science and cybersecurity, and more. ## Learn More About The Members of PCAST [...] PCAST is traditionally co-chaired by the President’s Science Advisor and 1-2 external co-chairs. Since its inception, no women have served as co-chairs. President Biden’s PCAST now has three women co-chairs. Furthermore, this PCAST reflects the President’s commitment to build an Administration that looks like America. For the first time ever, women make up half of PCAST and people of color and immigrants make up more than one-third of PCAST. Its diversity will help the council bring to

• President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

  The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered (or re-chartered) in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. [...] The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology mission is to provide advice to the president and the Executive Office of the President. PCAST makes policy recommendations in areas such as understanding of science, technology, and innovation. PCAST is administered by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). [...] On February 1, 2021, less than a month into his presidency, President Biden issued an executive order reestablishing the PCAST. He had already announced the 3 co-chairs Frances Arnold, Maria Zuber, and Eric Lander before his swearing-in in January 2021. He announced an initial roster of 27 additional members on September 22, 2021. As of January 2023( there are 3 co-chairs: Frances Arnold, Maria Zuber, and Arati Prabhakar. There are 25 additional members: Former members include:

• PCAST About | U.S. DOE Office of Science(SC)

  Created by Executive Order in 2019, PCAST advises the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy. The Council also provides the President with scientific and technical information that is needed to inform public policy relating to the American economy, the American worker, national and homeland security, and other topics. Members include distinguished individuals from sectors outside of the Federal Government having diverse perspectives and expertise [...] ### President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Navigation ## Footer Main Navigation ## Contact Information ## Footer Secondary Navigation Leaving Office of Science #### The link you have requested will take you to a website outside the Office of Science. Please click the following link to continue: Thank you for visiting our site. We hope your visit was informative and enjoyable.

• Person-Centered Approach to Secondary Transition (PCAST) - NJ.gov

  | | | | --- | --- | | Person-Centered Planning is a highly collaborative and respectful process that uses facilitated conversations and other methods to achieve a thorough understanding of each student. It involves various facilitated approaches for listening deeply to all participants in a comfortable, welcoming, and equitable environment. The person (student) who is the focus of the planning is central to the process and is present from start to finish. | | [...] | | Person-centered approaches benefit all students and all people. They can be applied at any age or developmental level. The person-centered approaches used in the PCAST project have largely been geared toward students with disabilities, their family members, and the education professionals who support them. However, broader, school and district-wide projects are also supported. Educators throughout New Jersey have been developing innovative ways to bring the benefits of person-centered [...] | | This process includes discovering gifts and passions, identifying what is most important to each student, establishing what supports work best for a given student, and expressing the shared vision that the student and their allies have for the future. Using that vision as a guide, supporters better understand how to build on existing strengths and overcoming specific barriers that might impede that vision. Person-centered approaches result in decisions, goals, and outcomes that are more

• Justice Department Publishes Statement on 2016 President's ...

  Today, the Justice Department published a statement on the 2016 President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report, Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods. The statement is a response to PCAST’s claims regarding what it described as forensic “feature comparison methods.” [...] Published in September 2016, the PCAST report has been cited by several courts that have recently limited the scope of opinion testimony by firearms and toolmarks examiners regarding the source of a bullet or shell casing. These courts relied on certain aspects of the PCAST Report to support their decisions. In its Report, PCAST claimed that forensic “feature comparison” methods belong to the scientific discipline of metrology (measurement science); that feature comparison methods can only be [...] The Department disagrees with these claims and explains why they are erroneous. Specifically, it is the Department’s position that: The full statement can be found here: U.S. Department of Justice Statement on the PCAST Report: Forensic Science in Criminal Courts: Ensuring Scientific Validity of Feature-Comparison Methods and a link to the abstract can be found here: U.S. Department of Justice Statement on the PCAST Report: Abstract. ## Related Content