National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)

By Executive Order 12881, President Clinton directed the NSTC to:

• Coordinate the science and technology policy making and implementation process across federal agencies;
• Ensure that science and technology policy decisions are consistent with the President's stated goals;
• Ensure that science and technology issues are considered in the development and implementation of Federal policies and programs;
• Further international cooperation in science and technology activities.

A private sector President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology assists the Council to ensure that Federal science and technology policies reflect the full spectrum of the Nation's needs.

NEW:

• NSTC Calendar Year 1995 Accomplishments Report, May 1996

• Strategy for National Earthquake Loss Reduction -- by National Science and Technology Council, National Earthquake Strategy Working Group, April 1996

• United States Antarctic Program Report -- by National Science and Technology Council, Committee on Fundamental Science, April 1996

• Interagency Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Oxygenated Gasoline -- by National Science and Technology Council Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, Interagency Oxygenated Fuels Assessment Steering Committee, February 1996

• Meeting the Challenge: A Research Agenda for America's Health, Safety, and Food -- by National Science and Technology Council Committee on Health, Safety, and Food, February 1996

• A National R&D Strategy for Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Solid Waste -- by Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Solid Waste Subcommittee, NSTC Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, September 1995

• Setting a New Course of U.S. Coastal Ocean Science - Final Report of the Subcommittee on U.S. Coastal Ocean Science, July 1995

Select NSTC Reports

• NSTC Calendar Year 1995 Accomplishments Report, May 1996
• Biotechnology for the 21st Century: New Horizons
• National Science and Technology Council Accomplishments (November 1993 - September 1995)
• NSTC Executive Summary of 1995 Strategic Plans
• 1995 Strategic Planning Documents (in full text)

Other NSTC and PCAST Publications

• The White House Report on the Future of Major Federal Laboratories is now available
  You may also retrieve the document in Microsoft Word format
• Documents of the National Science and Technology Council (Gopher site)
• Press Release on June 29, 1994 meeting of the NSTC
• NSTC Bibliography of Related Publications

Andrea Razzaghi

National Science and Technology Council

arazzaghi@ostp.eop.gov