Office of Science and Technology Policy - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Office of Science and Technology Policy Index / Organizations Transcripts Lisa Jackson ...Carol Browner, and with the head of OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...Browner, and with the head of OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ], John Holdren, and with Nancy Sutley... Steven Chu ...like the science advisor, head of the OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...the science advisor, head of the OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ], because that's an advisory role... Christy Goldfuss ...term, Dr. John [P.] Holdren, who was at OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...John [P.] Holdren, who was at OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ] and many other folks across th... Nancy Sutley ...and Atmospheric Administration] and the Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP]. At the time, in 2009, as th... ...of Science and Technology Policy [ OSTP ]. At the time, in 2009, as th... ...to be. Again, it's not so much CEQ and OSTP . Together, this may be a hundred an... ...I'm like, “Okay.” So we recruited the Office of Science and Technology Policy , and they were satisfied with that... Vivek Kundra ...much more focused on—it's part of the Office of Science and Technology Policy . It's more of a policy role. Great... Maya Shankar ...director of policy for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy . And it just so happened, because ... ...It's kind of interesting. My Office of Science and Technology Policy role was the senior policy advisor ... ...a new entity in collaboration with the Office of Science and Technology Policy , called it the Social and Behaviora... ...was science and technology. The Office of Science and Technology Policy , I think, probably grew tenfold durin... Debra Eschmeyer ...the Domestic Policy Council to with the Office of Science and Technology Policy to the White House Rural Council to th... ...in someone from either USDA or HHS or Office of Science and Technology Policy to give specific topical area update... Mona Sutphen ...over tech policy, technically, and then OSTP , [Office of] Science and Technolog... ...NEC. But there are a bunch of others. OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...But there are a bunch of others. OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ], the regulatory agenda. You'r... ...case, or the DPC, relative to, say, the Office of Science and Technology Policy . So as the translator, it was actuall... Thomas Kalil ...director for policy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Obama administration, as well a... ...to lead the transition team for the Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP]. Now, you worked on that... ...of Science and Technology Policy [ OSTP ]. Now, you worked on that, obviously... ...point John Holdren asked you to join OSTP , is that correct? That's correct... ...be willing to stay on and work for the Office of Science and Technology Policy . What were the considerations in you... ...just conceptualizing the organization, OSTP , going in how you thought about it... ...just see how you perhaps thought about OSTP in regards to these. So, we could thin... ...what were the principles that guided OSTP and yourself in trying to answer thes... ...many times President Obama would ask OSTP and the organizations that we help t... ...interacting with people outside of the OSTP . Not just in government, but outsid... ...and Reinvestment Act of]. And how did OSTP interact with the American Recover... ...in particular, or in other areas of OSTP work with the social sciences? Late... ...back and say a little bit about how OSTP was organized. We had a series o... ...the status of an idea or a problem that OSTP gets involved in. We talked abou... ...is, If this is something that the OSTP and the administration writ large ar... ...specifically in the context of OSTP . One was, you talked about being a... ...do you have an example of where the OSTP , you thought, was particularly good a... ...but maybe staff in general across OSTP , were organized in terms of what th... ...ordinary people, on the part of OSTP , and was there much of that, and wha... ...areas? Was there much of a place for OSTP in developing those kinds o... ...bit. We've been talking about what OSTP is trying to generate and make happen... ...wondering about, from your position at OSTP , what kinds of the effects did thing... ...a tension perhaps, right? Between how OSTP perhaps prefers to operate—as you said... ...that is a comparative advantage of OSTP , relative to other policy councils, i... ...high-consequence events, and OSTP could say, “We're going to have someon... ...become obvious to you folks, perhaps at OSTP that the Republicans were, in general... ...I was wondering from your perch at OSTP , was this immediately obvious, or di... ...do through executive action. And so, OSTP was involved in that. And then, th... ...that you have to deal with in OSTP . On the one hand, you have th... ...in particular, as an individual, or OSTP , managed to deal with both of them, s... ...how, if this tension arose for OSTP , and again, how you dealt with it. ... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the East Wing East Wing