Office of Science and Technology Policy - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Office of Science and Technology Policy Index / Organizations Transcripts John Podesta ...John Holdren as head of OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...John Holdren as head of OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ], and Eric Lander as the head of th... Harold Varmus ...I had some ideas about how I thought an OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...ideas about how I thought an OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ] director and science advisor shoul... ...National Security Council. Despite the OSTP 's small budget and the reluctance o... ...to shape federal science policy through OSTP will be much greater than hi... ...which was the thought about directing OSTP , the move to PCAST. Then, I'd like t... ...I and Marcie Greenwood, working at the OSTP , wrote a vision for science in th... ...administration that was published by OSTP in '94. Ever since then, Ernie and ... Show more... Megan Smith ...the leadership in that, together with OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...in that, together with OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ] and tech, put together a LGBTQ tec... ...my colleague, Tom Kalil, who was in OSTP and is terrific, and I just aske... ...which was HealthCare.gov, “fix it,” and OSTP of course, is [unclear], and the... ...a bunch of other people across both the OSTP team, because the USCT on the scienc... ...or fifth, Alex and I walked into the OSTP —or he came a day later—signed up, an... ...And in our case, we had colleagues at OSTP doing work around driving the Brai... ...Lauren Smith, who was in our teams in OSTP , put this as a summary together, bu... ...STEM education. There's tons of them. OSTP is an anchor for this group. An... ...that we did with the president of OSTP . What I guess I'm sharing is a littl... ...There's a lot of responsibilities for OSTP , so he did really well within tha... Show more... Bess Evans ...[OVW], as senior policy analyst in the Office of Science and Technology Policy , or OSTP, and as senior associat... ...of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP , and as senior associate director o... ...the OPE in particular, and with the OSTP . I had the privilege to interview Joh... ...who was trying to build a team in OSTP that could get cool projects done... ...incredible work and the work of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in a way that I think that every woma... ...doing the public engagement side of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and building a public-engagemen... ...a public-engagement strategy for OSTP . Tom Kalil is a brilliant mind. Dr... ...and just created a culture within OSTP that was so innovative and allowed u... ...It impacted everything that the OSTP community and all of our advocates an... ...with the communications team in OSTP in a way that would resonate with folk... ...task forces and coalitions. But the OSTP role is, I think, where I personall... ...find, through Tom, who had been at OSTP I think since the start—I would say... ...invite?” So, in the beginning of my OSTP days, I was meeting with and buildin... ...was dual hatted in OPE during my OSTP days, working on the science an... ...So, from my post within OPE/ OSTP , I worked a lot with the highe... ...do that work full time in OPE; leave OSTP and do the healthcare work. I was supe... ...that work at that time. But I was in OSTP , the Office of Science and Technolog... ...at that time. But I was in OSTP, the Office of Science and Technology Policy , and there were roundtables that th... ...game community. That fell into the OSTP space and so helped the team facilitat... ...it, and then made the transition from OSTP to the Office of Public Engagement t... Show more... Charles Bolden ...to there? So, that's May 2009 when the OSTP [Office of Science and Technolog... ...So, that's May 2009 when the OSTP [ Office of Science and Technology Policy ] announces. Yes. The Augustin... ...Dr. John Holdren, the head of the Office of Science and Technology Policy . The only people I wasn't gettin... ...side who just—some of them were in OSTP . Some of them—many of them, were i... ...And I talked about Mars. And people in OSTP and OMB went apoplectic, because the... John Holdren ...was the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP], and cochair of the President'... ...of Science and Technology Policy [ OSTP ], and cochair of the President'... ...and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy . It took me about one millisecond t... ...were there also other things that the OSTP , or you were working acros... ...spent a lot of time; the staff of the Office of Science and Technology Policy , up to and including the director, th... ...and technology advisor and director of OSTP , spent a lot of time advocating wit... ...of Council on Environmental Equality, OSTP , and the president, talking about wha... ...Office of Management and Budget, the OSTP director, the head of the Nationa... ...as my associate director for science in OSTP . Those kinds of people wouldn't hav... ...about that as you came into the OSTP , and staffed it, and began structurin... ...in government? Well, first of all, OSTP already had a structure that had bee... ...The legislation that created the Office of Science and Technology Policy in its modern form in 1976 specified ... ...of things about the responsibilities of OSTP and about the structure, including tha... ...chief technology officer would sit in OSTP , even though the chief technolog... ...the same rank in the White House as the OSTP director, namely, assistant to th... ...insight into the roles that you, the OSTP , and scientific advice more broadl... ...and the president's science advisor and OSTP director to communicate and to wor... ...and Budget and the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy . Every year, a joint memo goes fro... ...memo goes from the OMB director and the OSTP director to all the cabinet secretarie... ...before finally the OMB director and the OSTP director make a recommendation to th... ...secretaries, the agency heads, and the OSTP director try to defend the president'... ...agencies, and at the top, between the OSTP director and the cabinet secretaries... ...at the time, the assistant director of OSTP and in charge of the environmen... ...of the top people in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy happened to have expertise in thi... ...it was fortunate that some of us in OSTP had been literally mired in thes... ...Alamos lab, who had been detailed to OSTP and was there at just the right time... ...So he was the third member of this OSTP faction interpreting this stuff an... ...that are borne in part by the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the White House. The director o... ...in the White House. The director of OSTP has responsibility for oversight of si... ...role in implementing those through the OSTP , and what did that look like at ... ...engaged. And I mentioned that the OSTP , historically, has responsibility fo... ...the supervision of the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on the US side, and the minister o... ...that are under the oversight of the OSTP , with the six countries I mentioned... ...off years, without the minister or the OSTP director. The people who participate i... ...developed. They were responsible to the OSTP director in explaining how they wer... ...as an initiative in the mind of my OSTP deputy, Tom Kalil, a fabulousl... Show more... Michael Daniel ...he happened to be on staff for the Office of Science and Technology Policy . Turns out to be a fabulous resourc... Ernest Moniz ...associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy [OSTP] in the White House. Just t... ...of Science and Technology Policy [ OSTP ] in the White House. Just t... ...to my serendipitously interacting with OSTP , and Jack [John H.] Gibbons was the... ...give one more story about my job at OSTP , which was important. And again... ...director of that laboratory. I went to OSTP , and Jack Gibbons, the scienc... ...the main pathway for you to engage with OSTP , or with John Holdren, or with th... ...John Holdren, of course, as head of OSTP , was the conduit, and OSTP staff wer... ...as head of OSTP, was the conduit, and OSTP staff were often staffing the work tha... ...that's not appreciated enough is that OSTP is a bit of an odd bird in the Whit... ...advisor. So they statutorily created OSTP as an independent agency within th... ...of the President. And the director of OSTP , and in addition, four others, I migh... ...double hatted. He was the director of OSTP , but also assistant to the presiden... ...have to go and testify to the Senate on OSTP business, but not as advisor to th... ...from being associate director of OSTP back in the Clinton years. Can ... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Chicago Chicago go to the Obama in the Senate Obama in the Senate go to the Asia Rebalance Asia Rebalance go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Science Science