News & Views item - September 2013

 

 

Archive of the PCAST September 12, 2013 Webcast. (September 17, 2013)

This is the Webcast of the 25th public meeting of US President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).  

 

John Holdren and Eric Lander open the session introducing Todd Park, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and  Steve VanRoekel, U.S. Chief Information Officer and Administrator, Office of Electronic Government, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) explaining the "President's Management Agenda"

 

Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discusses the "Anti-Microbial Resistance"

 

And "Sustaining Environmental Capital: Making it happen" is presented by Ann Bartuska, Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education & Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Suzette Kimball, Acting Director, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Sally Ericsson, Associate Director for Natural Resources, Energy and Science, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Kerri-Ann Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State.