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The NSTC Committee on Technology provides overall technology policy, program, and budget
guidance and direction for the Executive Branch. Composed of senior-level
representatives from the Federal government's research and development
(R&D) departments and agencies, the Committee advises and assists the NSTC
to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of Federal R&D
efforts in technology. The Committee addresses significant national policy
matters which cut across agency boundaries and provides a formal mechanism for
interagency policy coordination and development of Federal technology
activities. The Committee places a particular emphasis on the promotion of
technology partnerships to more efficiently leverage Federal R&D budgets.
Partnership programs under the auspices of the Committee include the
Partnership for the Next Generation of Vehicles, the U.S. Innovation
Partnership, the Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing, and programs
in Computing, Information,and Communications as authorized under the High
Performance Computing Act of 1991.
Office of Science and Technology
Policy 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.
Washington, DC 20502 202.395.7347 Information@ostp.eop.gov
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