OSTP Releases Tech Policy Recommendations for Trump Administration
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy last week released its Exit Memo, which gave recommendations to the next administration on technology priorities and highlighted the achievements made during the Obama administration.
The suggestions include continuing to invest in research and development, hiring better technology talent, pursuing grand challenges, providing more access to STEM education, increasing diversity in STEM, supporting entrepreneurship, opening data, and collaborating with the private sector and international powers.
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10 Actions Needed to Foster Continued Innovation across the Frontiers (page 11)
ACTION 4: Increase Access to High-Quality STEM Education and Drive Innovation for Education
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Science, technology, and innovation can be leveraged to improve educational outcomes through new models of grant-making; open licensing of educational resources developed through Federal funding; investments in infrastructure and educational-technology R&D to support next-generation learning; redesign the high school experience to make it more engaging; and multi-sector collaborations to increase the adoption of learning technologies. While significant advances have been made to expand access to technology for education and close the digital divide, there are opportunities for continued improvement in cognitive science, AI, learning analytics, and learning games.
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ACTION 7: Maximize Economic and Social Return from Federal Government Data and the Results of Federally Funded R&D
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In February 2015, the President established the role of the Chief Data Scientist under the U.S. CTO within OSTP to: maximize social and economic return from Federal Government data; create Federal data policies that enable shared services, data engagement, and forward-leaning data practices; and recruit and retain the best minds in data science for public service. Federal agencies should be empowered with the people, processes, and practices necessary to build their data capacity. As of October 2016, nearly 40 Federal agencies have added Chief Data Officers (CDOs) and Chief Data Scientists to ensure data-driven decisions are made in support of mission priorities.
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In February 2013, the Director of OSTP issued a memorandum directing all Federal departments and agencies with R&D expenditures of more than $100 million per year to develop plans for increasing access to the scholarly publications and digital data resulting from Federally funded research. More than 20 Federal agencies responsible for more than 99 percent of Federal R&D have completed and are implementing their public-access plans.
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ACTION 9: Promote Open Government through Transparency, Participation, and Collaboration
Teams across the Federal Government have been making progress to promote transparency, empower citizens, and transform how the Federal Government engages with the American people. These initiatives have led to cost savings, fueled American businesses, improved civic services, informed policy, catalyzed research and scientific discoveries, driven transparency and accountability, expanded and broadened collaboration, and increased public participation in the democratic dialogue.
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