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OSTP Update

OSTP Update. Rob Dimeo & Jon Morse Physical Sciences and Engineering Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President. Executive Office of the President (EOP). White House Office (Homeland Security Council, Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, Freedom Corps).

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OSTP Update

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  1. OSTP Update Rob Dimeo & Jon Morse Physical Sciences and Engineering Office of Science and Technology Policy Executive Office of the President AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  2. Executive Office of the President (EOP) White House Office (Homeland Security Council, Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, Freedom Corps) Office of Management & Budget (OMB) Office of the Vice President President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board US Trade Representative (USTR) National Security Council (NSC) Domestic Policy Council Nat’l Economic Council Nat’l AIDS Policy Office of Administration Council of Environmental Quality (CEQ) Office of National Drug Control Policy Primarily career staff Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) Primarily political staff Mix of detailees, career, political AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  3. OSTP-What We Do • Advise the President and others within the Executive Office of the President on the impacts of science and technology on domestic and international affairs; • Lead interagency efforts to develop and implement sound science and technology policies and budgets; • Work with the private sector to ensure Federal investments in science and technology contribute to economic prosperity, environmental quality, and national security; • Build strong partnerships among Federal, State, and local governments, other countries, and the scientific community; • Evaluate the scale, quality, and effectiveness of the Federal effort in science and technology. AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  4. NSTC PCAST Director Chief of Staff Deputy Chief of Staff Associate Director andDeputy Director for Technology Deputy Director forHomeland and National Security Associate Director and Deputy Director for Science Senior DirectorHomeland and National Security Deputy to the Associate Director Science Deputy to the Associate Director Technology ADMINISTRATIVESTAFF Administration Budget Security Office SupportComputing Assistant DirectorHomeland Security Assistant DirectorLife Sciences Assistant DirectorTechnology R&D Assistant DirectorNational Security Assistant DirectorEnvironment Assistant DirectorSpace & Aeronautics FUNCTIONALSTAFF Legal affairs Legislative affairs Budget analysis Communications International NSTC PCAST Assistant DirectorPhysical Sciences & Engineering Assistant DirectorNatl. Security/ Emergency Preparedness Com. Assistant DirectorSocial, Behavioral & Education Science Assistant DirectorTelecom & Information Tech OSTP-Who We Are AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  5. The Budget Cycle 2. Agencies prepare and submit proposed budgets to OMB 1. OSTP & OMB issue guidance memorandum on R&D priorities 3. Passback, negotiations, & appeals between agencies and EOP 9. Agencies make decisions on allocation of resources consistent with enacted appropriations and program plans 4. President makes final decisions and sends Budget Request to Congress 5. Congress reviews, considers, & approves overall Budget Request 8. President signs or vetoes appropriations bills 7. Congress marks up & passes agency appropriations bills 6. Appropriations hearings with agencies & EOP on individual programs AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  6. It’s the most wonderful timeof the year • Currently under a CR • Next potential time for Conference will be after the mid-term elections • FY08 agency budgets submitted to OMB-currently under review AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  7. Research Business Models Education & Workforce Dev. Networking & Information Technology Global Change Research National Security R&D Aquaculture International* Air Quality Research Human Subjects Research Nanoscale Science, Engineering & Technology Physics of the Universe Regional Stability and Nation Building Disaster Reduction Plant Genome Ecosystems WMD Medical Countermeasures Advanced Technologies For Education & Training Dom. Animal Genomics Standards Toxics & Risks Prion Science Trans-Border Research Materials Water Availability & Quality Decontamination Standards and Technologies Multinational Orgs* US Group on Earth Observations Foreign Animal Disease Threats R&D Investment Criteria** Scientific Collections Infrastructure Biometrics IWG on Dioxin Oceans S & T Export Controls for S&T NSTC Director, OSTP NSTC StructureNovember 2005 National Science & Technology Council Committee on Environment & Natural Resources Committee on Technology Committee on Science Committee on Homeland and National Security WH: Sharon Hays NSF: Arden Bement NIH: Elias Zerhouni WH: Richard Russell DOC: Ben Wu WH: Sharon Hays DOC: Conrad Lautenbacher EPA: George Gray WH: Sharon Hays DOD: Ken Krieg DHS: Charles McQueary Manufacturing Research & Development Aeronautics S& T Biotechnology *in development **Informal Social, Behavioral & Econ. AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  8. Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe • Originally established to formulate an implementation plan for the opportunities identified in the 2002 NRC report Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century • Report released in February 2004 AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  9. Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe Setting Priorities Step 1: Prioritize the Questions • The IWG based its prioritization of the eleven questions upon an assessment of each question’s fit to the following criteria: • Current potential for scientific advancement • The timeliness or urgency of each question • The technical readiness of projects necessary to advance the science of each question • Existence of gaps in the overall suite of projects addressing the question Step 2: Identify Potential Activities Step 3: Group Related Elements AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  10. Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  11. Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe Where are we now? AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  12. Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe • IWG re-established and had first meeting March 22, 2006 • Co-chairs: Robin Staffin (DoE-SC), Joe Dehmer (NSF-PHY), Eric Smith (NASA-SMD) • Will report on progress made towards interagency coordination on items discussed in the PoU report. • Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics under the auspices of the PoU IWG • Dark energy • Interagency Lessons-Learned Task Force: an ad-hoc task force under the auspices of the PoU IWG AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  13. Physics of the Universe IWGNASA’s Beyond Einstein Program • PoU report endorsed (among other things) • NASA/DoE Joint Dark Energy Mission • LISA, and Constellation-X “part of a powerful and complementary suite of tools aimed at the discovery of gravitational waves and exploration of the physics of strong gravitational fields around black holes.” • NRC study will assess each of the BE missions (Con-X, LISA, JDEM, a black hole finder, and an inflationary probe) for scientific impact, technological readiness, management plans, and cost estimates. • Recommend which mission should go first and R&D investment strategy for subsequent missions. • Inform the next Decadal Survey on ordering the remaining BE missions. • Report scheduled for release in September 2007 to inform FY09 budget process. AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  14. Task Force on High Energy Density Physics • 2003 NRC/Davidson report: Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics: The X-Games of Contemporary Science • Identify the scientific opportunities and establish a unifying theme for the field • “The need for a broad, multi-agency approach to support the field of HEDP” • “It is recommended that federal interagency collaborations be strengthened in fostering high energy density basic science. Such program collaborations are important for fostering the basic science base, without the constraints imposed by the mission orientation of many of the Department of Energy’s high energy density programs.” AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  15. Task Force on High Energy Density Physics • 2004 NSTC/Davidson report: Frontiers for Discovery in High Energy Density Physics • Chartered by Interagency Working Group on the Physics of the Universe • Summarize research opportunities and identify opportunities for interagency coordination • Identified 15 thrust areas in • Astrophysical systems • Beam-induced HEDP • Stockpile stewardship facilities • Ultrafast, ultraintense laser science • “Interagency cooperation is particularly important for rapid scientific progress in this quintessentially interdisciplinary area.” • HEDP TF convened under PoU IWG to establish a plan to coordinate the multidisciplinary activities across agency boundaries • Draft report outlining a Federal coordination plan in progress AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  16. Task Force on High Energy Density Physics From Frontiers for Discovery in High Energy Density Physics, OSTP National Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (July, 2004) AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  17. From Frontiers for Discovery in High Energy Density Physics, OSTP National Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (July, 2004) AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

  18. Lessons-Learned Status • Lessons-learned activity coordinated under the NSTC Physics of the Universe Interagency Working Group (3-22-06) • Group planning meeting on 4-19-06 at OSTP attended by agency reps: Hertz (NASA), Staffin (DOE), Van Citters (NSF), and Friel (NSF) • Multiple projects discussed: GLAST, VERITAS, GSMT, JDEM, LHC, LSST, NVO • Scope includes interagency project aspects only (not international) • Individual project teams and program managers completed questionnaires • Agency reps met at OSTP to discuss the findings 8-7-06 • Draft writing in progress AAAC Meeting: October 13, 2006

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