OSTP Blueprint for the Use of SBS to Improve Policymaking
Last week the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) released the Blueprint for the Use of Social and Behavioral Science to Advance Evidence-Based Policymaking and a related statement. Authored by Steve Newell, OSTP Assistant Director for Innovation and Equity, and …
PCAST Report on AI Features Social Sciences
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) met on April 23 to receive an update on the report titled Supercharging Research: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Meet Global Challenges. An Executive Order on AI issued in October 2023 …
SBS Subcommittee of the NSTC Updates NIH Community
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) reconstituted the Subcommittee on Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) in June of 2022 (see the Subcommittee Charter), having been originally chartered in 2004. Since that time, an interagency working group of federal employees …
OMB Revises Standards of Race and Ethnicity Data
On March 28th, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced revisions to the Statistical Policy Directive (SPD) No.15: Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. OMB periodically reviews statistical policy directives to update guidance …
President Biden Unveils 2025 Budget Request
On Monday, March 11th, President Biden released his 2025 Budget. The President’s request is in accordance with the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act’s mandatory topline limits on discretionary spending. Any additional funding would have to be passed in supplemental appropriations.
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PCAST Learns About Recent Advances in the Behavioral and Social Sciences
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) convened on September 8th to hear from behavioral and social scientists about applications of their research to public policy. The three speakers, Katy Milkman Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Raj Chetty …
