WASHINGTON – Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a new Office of Technology to strengthen the FTC’s capacity to protect Americans in the digital economy. Alexander Macgillivray, Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer and Deputy Assistant to the President released the following statement applauding the move: “FTC has shown leadership in protecting Americans’ privacy…
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FACT SHEET: President Biden’s 2024 Budget Invests in American Science, Technology, and Innovation to Achieve Our Nation’s Greatest Aspirations
President Biden’s Budget is a smart, targeted blueprint for investing in America, our people, and our future. It includes $210 billion for federal research and development (R&D), the largest ever investment for federal R&D. The Budget strengthens the nation’s R&D enterprise, including over $100 billion for the basic and applied research that has been a…
A Call to Service for AI Talent in the Federal Government
By Principal Deputy U.S. Chief Technology Officer Deirdre K. Mulligan and U.S. Digital Service Administrator Mina Hsiang As President Biden said, “To realize the promise of AI and avoid the risks, we need to govern this technology.” Last October, President Biden signed the landmark Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use…
+ Safe and Effective Systems
You should be protected from unsafe or ineffective systems. Automated systems should be developed with consultation from diverse communities, stakeholders, and domain experts to identify concerns, risks, and potential impacts of the system. Systems should undergo pre-deployment testing, risk identification and mitigation, and ongoing monitoring that demonstrate they are safe and effective based on their…
NSTC: Lessons Learned from Federal Use of Cloud Computing to Support Artificial Intelligence Research and Development
NSTC: Lessons Learned from Federal Use of Cloud Computing to Support Artificial Intelligence Research and Development can be found here.
Readout of U.S.-Japan Joint High Level Committee Meeting
Today, May 16, 2023, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Arati Prabhakar led a U.S. delegation to Tokyo, as the Government of Japan convened the 15th meeting of the Joint High Level Committee (JHLC) on science and technology to further…
Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence
The Select Committee on AI, created in June 2018, advises The White House on interagency AI R&D priorities and improving the coordination of Federal AI efforts to ensure continued U.S. leadership in this field. Members focus on policies to prioritize and promote AI R&D, leverage Federal data and computing resources for the AI community, and…
Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. met today with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, in San Francisco, California. The two leaders reaffirmed the U.S.-Mexico relationship as a consequential strategic partnership that spans the full spectrum of national and homeland security interests ranging from economic competitiveness and climate change to citizen security and migration management. …
Readout: White House Office of the National Cyber Director Public Service Webinar in Celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month
May 31, 2024 Today, the White House Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) hosted a webinar which focused on careers in public service as part of its celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) Heritage Month. It featured voices of government leaders from across AA and NHPI communities. The…
Readout of the Third United States – Nordic Leaders’ Summit
On 13 July 2023, the Presidents of Finland and the United States and the Prime Ministers of Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden met in Helsinki for the third U.S.-Nordic Leaders’ Summit. Building on the previous meetings in the same format, the leaders reconfirmed the strong U.S.-Nordic partnership and the intensifying cooperation between their countries, focusing…
