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Kenneth Evans, Scholar in Science and Technology Policy, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy provides in-house science advice for the president

The president's science adviser has executive privilege and is also responsible to Congress. Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Presidents need science advice. From climate change and pandemics to the governance of AI and the country’s nuclear arsenal, science sits at the center of a range of foreign and domestic policy challenges that reach the president’s desk.

Thankfully for the president – and the nation – the Office of Science and Technology Policy, known as OSTP, is just across the White House South Lawn in the Executive Office of the President. Led by the president’s science adviser, OSTP serves as a one-stop shop for everything science and innovation inside the White House.

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