NSTC Archives

Past Administrations' NSTC Documents & Reports

2008

• Scientific Collections: Mission-Critical Infrastructure for Federal Science Agencies (pdf)
• Domestic IED Grand Challenge (pdf)
• Agency Efforts to Strengthen the Evaluation of Federal STEM Education Programs (pdf)
• The Science of Science Policy:  A Federal Research Roadmap (pdf)
• Federal R&D Agenda for Net Zero Energy, High-Performance Green Buildings (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report (pdf)
• Biometrics in Government POST - 9/11 (pdf)
• Identity Management Task Force Report 2008 (pdf)
• Federal Plan for Advanced Networking research and Development (pdf)
• Expedited Review of Social and Behavioral Research Activities (pdf)
• Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States - Executive Summary (pdf)
• Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States - Summary and Findings (pdf)
• Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States - Full Report (pdf)
• Revised Research Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program - Executive Summary (pdf)
• Revised Research Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program - Full Report (pdf)
• The Microbe Project Interagency Working Group Coordination Plan (pdf)
• Research & Development Challenges for Regional Stability and Capacity Building (pdf)
• Strategy for Nanotechnology-related Environmental, Health and Safety Research (pdf)
• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development: Supplement to the President's Budget (pdf)
• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction - Second Printing (pdf)
• Hazard-specific Implementation Plans for Disaster Reduction (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet - FY2009 (pdf)

2007

• National Nanotechnology Initiative Strategic Plan (PDF)
• National Plan for Aeronautics Research & Development and Related Infrastructure (pdf)
• NSTC Policy for Enabling the Development, Adoption and Use of Biometric Standards (pdf)
• Agricultural Biotechnology Risk Analysis Research in The Federal Government (pdf)
• A Strategy for Federal Science and Technology to Support Water Availability and Quality in the United States (pdf)
• Report of the Interagency Task Force on High Energy Density Physics (pdf)
• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development: Supplement to the President's Budget (pdf)
• A Plan For a U.S. National Land Imaging Program (pdf)
• National Assessment of Efforts to Predict and Respond to Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Waters (pdf)
• The National Nanotechnology Initiative - Supplement to the President's FY 2008 Budget
• Advancing Tissue Science and Engineering (pdf)
• Charting the Course for Ocean Science in the United States for the Next Decade (pdf)
• A Multiyear Federal Research Plan for Particulate Matter
• Within the Context of the NRC's Committee on Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter's Report IV (pdf)
• Protecting Against High Consequence Animal Diseases: R & D Plan for 2008-2012 (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report (pdf) 

2006

• National Aeronautics Research and Development Policy (pdf)
• Review and Appraisal of the Federal Investment in STEM Education Research (pdf)
• The National Naotechnology Initiative - Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Needs for Engineered Nanoscale Materials (pdf)
• Privacy and Biometrics Building a Conceptual Foundation (pdf)
• The National Biometrics Challenge (pdf)
• The National Nanotechnology Initiative - Research and Development Leading to a Revolution in Technology and Industry - Supplement to the President's FY 2007 Budget (PDF)
• Federal Plan for Cyber Security and Information Assurance Research and Development (pdf)
• Windstorm Impact Reduction Implementation Plan (pdf)
• The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, Supplement to the President's Budget (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative: Progress Report (pdf) 

2005

• National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress (pdf)
• Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States : A Framework for Action (pdf)
• Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System (pdf)
• National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Report to Congress: An Integrated Assessment (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The U.S. Climate Change Science Program for Fiscal Year 2006 (pdf)
• Grand Challenges for Disaster Reduction (pdf)
• The National Nanotechnology Initiative Supplement to the President's FY 2006 Budget (pdf)
• Combating Terrorism - Research Priorities in the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (pdf)
• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 2006 Budget Supplement (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report January 2005 (pdf) 

2004

• The National Nanotechnology Initiative, Strategic Plan (pdf)
• Guide to the NITRD Program, FY 2004 - FY 2005: Suplement to the President's Budget  (pdf)
• Science and Technology to Support Fresh Water Availability (pdf)
• The NITRD Program: FY 2004 Interagency Coordination Report (pdf)
• Coordination of Programs on Domestic Animal Genomics: The Federal Framework, Progress Report (pdf)
• Nanotechnology in Space Exploration: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Worshop (pdf)
• Science for the 21st Century (pdf)
• Frontiers for Discovery in High Energy Density Physics (pdf)
• Federal Plan for High-End Computing: Report of the High-End Computing Revitalization Task Force Second Printing (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 2004-2005  U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program (pdf)
• Methylmercury in the Gulf of Mexico: State of Knowledge and Research Needs (pdf)
• Coordination of Programs on Domestic Animal Genomics: The Federal Framework - Progress Report (pdf)
• Nanoscience Research for Energy Needs: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Grand Challenge Workshop (pdf)
• A 21st Century Frontier for Discovery: The Physics of the Universe - A Strategic Plan for Federal Research at the Intersection of Physics and Astronomy (pdf)
• Instrumentation and Meteorology for Nanotechnology: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshop (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report (pdf)
• Manufacturing at the Nanoscale: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Worshops 2002-2004 (pdf) 

2003

• Nanotechnology: Societal Implications - Maximizing Benefits for Humanity, Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshop (pdf)
• An Assessment of Coastal Hypoxia and Eutrophication in U.S. Waters (pdf)
• Nanobiotechnology: Report of the National Nanotechnology Initiative Workshop (pdf)
• Advanced Foundations for American Innovation: Information Technology Research and Development Supplement to the President's FY2004 Budget (pdf)
• Regional, State, and Local Initiatives in Nanotechnology (pdf)
• Coordination of Programs on Domestic Animal Genomics: A Federal Framework (pdf)
• National Nanotechnology Initiative: Research and Development Supporting the Next Industrial Revolution, Supplement to the President's FY2004 Budget (PDF)
• Strategic Plan for the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (pdf)
• The U.S. Climate Change Science Program: Vision for the Program and Highlights of the Scientific Strategic Plan (pdf)
• Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Through Science and Technology (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative: 2003 - 2008 (pdf) 

2002

• Preliminary Survey of Air Quality and Related Health Studies in the Vicinity of Ground Zero (pdf)
• Strategic Research Plan for Particulate Matter (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY2003 U.S. Global Climate Change Research Program and Climate Change Research Initiative (pdf)
• Strengthening National, Homeland, and Economic Security: Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Supplement to the Presidnet's 2003 Budget (pdf)
• National Nanotechnology Initiative: The Initiative and its Implementation Plan (pdf)
• WTEC Panel Report on Tissue Engineering Research (pdf) 

2001

• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY2002 U.S. Global Change Research Program, A Supplement to the President's FY 2002 Budget (pdf)
• Living with Earth's Extremes : Lessons from PPP2000 (pdf)
• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development, Supplement to the President's Budget for FY 2002 (pdf)
• Air Quality Forecasting: A Review of Federal Programs and Research Needs (pdf)
• The Microbe Project (pdf)
• Intercontinental Transport of Air Pollution: Relationship to North American Air Quality, A Review of Federal Research and Future Needs (pdf)
• Vision 2050: An Integrated National Transportation System (pdf)
• Implementation of the NSTC Presidential Review Directive - 4: Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century
• Ecological Forecasting : An Agenda for the Future (pdf)
• National Science and Technology Council, 2000 Annual Report (pdf)

2000

• Report to the Congress: Impact of the Termination of NASA's High Speed Research Program and The Redirection of NASA's Advanced Subsonic Technology Program (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initative Progress Report (pdf)
• From the Edge: Science to Support Restoration of Pacific Salmon (pdf)
• Review of Federal Programs for Wire System Safety (pdf)
• Effective Disaster Warnings (pdf)
• National Assessment of Harmful Algal Blooms in U.S. Waters (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 2001 U.S. Global Change Research Program (pdf)
• Information Technology: The 21st Century Revolution (pdf)
• Discovery, Education, and Innovation: An Overview Of The Federal Investment In Science & Technology
• Analysis of Facilities and Administrative Costs at Universities (pdf)
• Atmospheric Ammonia: Sources and Fate, A Review of Ongoing Federal Research and Future Needs (pdf)
• Interagency Report on the Federal Investment in Microbial Genomics (pdf)
• Follow-on Guidance for FY 2001 Interagency Research and Development Activities (Lane-Lew Memo)
• National Transportation Strategic Research Plan (pdf)
• Hypoxia: An Integrated Assessment in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (pdf)
• Ensuring a Strong U.S. Scientific, Technical, and Engineering Workforce in the 21st Century (pdf)
• National Nanotechnology Initiative – Leading to the Next Industrial Revolution (pdf)
• National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) 1999 Annual Report (pdf)

1999

• National Research and Development Plan For Aviation Safety, Security, Efficiency and Environmental Compatibility (pdf)
• Research Misconduct - A New Definition and New Procedures for Federal Research Agencies
• National Plant Genome Initiative Progress Report 1999 (pdf)
• Nanostructure Science and Technology: A Worldwide Study (pdf)
• Nanotechnology - Shaping the World Research Directions: IWGN Workshop Report (pdf)
• Nanotechnology Shaping the World Atom by Atom  (pdf)
• National Research Agenda for Transportation and Sustainable Communities (pdf)
• Comparison of International Transportation R&D: Expenditures and Priorities (pdf)
• Accessibility for Aging and Transportation-Disadvantaged Populations: Implementation Plan (pdf)
• Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance (pdf)
• Improving Federal Laboratories to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century: An Action Plan
• Federal Food Safety Research: Current Programs and Future Priorities  (pdf)
• Information Technology for the 21st Century : A Bold Investment in America's Future (PDF)
• Ecological Risk Assessment in the Federal Government (pdf)
• Intermodal Cargo Transportation: Industry Best Security Practices
• National Transportation Science and Technology Strategy (pdf)
• Transportation Strategic Research Plan (pdf)
• Surface Transportation: Research and Technology Assessment (pdf)
• Federal Air Quality Research 1998-2000 (pdf)
• Program Guide to Federally Funded Environment and Natural Resources R&D (pdf)
• Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century (pdf)
• Information Technology Frontiers for a New Millenium: Supplement to the President's FY2000 Budget (pdf)
• The Role of Monitoring Networks in the Management of the Nation's Air Quality (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 2000 U.S. Global Change Research Program, Implementation Plan and Budget Overview
• National Science and Technology Council Annual Report (pdf)
• Bioinformatics in the 21st Century (pdf)
• Construction and Building - Interagency Program for Technical Advancement in COnstruction and Building (pdf)

1998

• Transportation Technology Plan (pdf)
• Air Quality Research Subcommittee Strategic Plan (pdf)
• Atmospheric Particulate Matter Research: Inventory of Federal Research Programs (pdf)
• Networked Computing for the 21st Century (pdf)
• Atmospheric Observations: Helping Build the Scientific Basis for Decisions Related to Airborne Particulate Matter (pdf)
• FY 2000 Interagency Research and Development Priorities (pdf)(JonesLew Memorandum)
• National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program Biennial Report to Congress (pdf)
• Annual Report of the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) 1997 (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 1999 U.S. Global Change Research Program, An Investment in Science for the Nation's Future
• Program Guide to Federally Funded Environment and Natural Resources R&D (pdf)
• National Plant Genome Initiative (pdf)

1997

• High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC) FY 1997 Implementation Plan
• Computing, Information, and Communications:  Technologies for the 21st Century, Supplement to the President's Budget  (pdf)
• Transportation Science and Technology Strategy (PDF)
• Interagency Assessment of Oxygenated Fuels (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 1998 U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), An Investment in Science for the Nation's Future
• Investing in Our Future: A National Research Initiative for America's Children for the 21st Century (pdf)
• Manufacturing Infrastructure: Enabling the Nation's Manufacturing Capacity
• Integrating the Nation's Environmental Monitoring and Research Networks and Programs: A Proposed Framework (PDF)
• 1996 Accomplishments of the National Science and Technology Council (pdf)
• Status of Federal Laboratory Reform (pdf)

1996

• Natural Disaster Reduction: A Plan for the Nation (pdf)
• High Performance Computing and Communication (HPCC): Advancing the Frontiers of Information Technology
• The Health and Ecological Effects of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals : A Framework for Planning (pdf)
• Integrating Environmental Monitoring and Research in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Proceedings of a Workshop (pdf)
• Environmental Technologies Testing and Demonstration Sites: A Federal Directory (pdf)
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 1997 U.S. Global Change Research Program
• Technology in the National Interest
• Assessing Fundamental Science
• Program Guide to Federally Funded Environment and Natural Resources R&D
• Human Centered Transportation Systems Brochure (pdf)
• Proceedings Summary: Conference on Human Health and Global Climate Change (pdf)
• NSTC Calendar Year 1995 Accomplishments Report (pdf)
• Strategy for National Earthquake Loss Reduction (pdf)
• United States Antarctic Program
• Interagency Assessment of Health Risks Associated with Oxygenated Gasoline
• Meeting the Challenge: A Research Agenda for America's Health, Safety, and Food
• Report of the NSTC Committee on International Science, Engineering, and Technology (CISET) Working Group on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (pdf)

1995

• Building a Scientific Basis to Ensure the Vitality and Productivity of U.S. Ecosystems
• The Federal Research and Development Program in Materials Science and Technology : Total Materials Cycle, The Pathway for Technology Advancement (pdf)
• National Planning for Construction and Building R&D (pdf)
• Interagency Report on Orbital Debris (PDF)
• NSTC Accomplishments (November 1993 September 1995) (pdf)
• Construction and Building: Federal Research and Development in Support of the U.S. Construction Industry (pdf)
• Goals for a National Partnership in Aeronautics Research and Technology (pdf)
• High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC): Foundation for America's Information Future FY96
• Infectious Disease - A Global Threat (PDF)
• Biotechnology for the 21st Century: New Horizons
• NSTC 1995 Strategic Plans - Executive Summary (pdf)
• Interagency Federal Laboratory Review : Final Report (pdf)
• Bridge to a Sustainable Future (pdf)

1994

• Science in the National Interest (pdf)
• High Peformance Computing and Communications (HPCC): Technology for the National information Infrastructure, Supplement to the President's FY 1995 Budget
• Our Changing Planet: The FY 1995 U.S. Global Change Research Program
• U.S. Global Change Data and Information System Implementation Plan
• Investing in our Future: Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education (pdf)