The Task Force was chartered to study federal IdM over a six-month period, with a broad range of representation from different government missions, and was given three primary tasks: Provide an assessment of the current state of IdM in the U.S. government; Develop a vision for how IdM should operate in the future; Develop first-step recommendations on how to advance toward this vision. The Task Force undertook two overlapping approaches to determine the current state of IdM in the U.S. government, a detailed assessment of publicly available Privacy Impact Assessments and an OMB-issued survey...

The United States Government invests in Earth observations that are critical to the protection of lives and property, national security, economic growth, and scientific inquiry. These data provide the fundamental basis for our understanding of all Earth-system phenomena, including weather and climate, natural hazards, land-use change, ecosystem health, and natural-resource availability. A core principle of the U.S. Government is that Federal Earth-observation data are public goods, paid for by the American people, and that free, full, and open access to these data significantly enhances their...

The vision of the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation is U.S. global leadership in advanced manufacturing. It is a vision of a network of institutes that bring U.S. industry, academia, and government together to solve cross-sector manufacturing challenges that each sector simply cannot solve alone. Each institute is the manufacturing technology development and workforce training leader for a specific technical area. The institutes focus on transforming promising early-stage research into proven manufacturing capabilities that are ready for adoption by U.S. manufacturers. The...

This report provides an overview of the origin, primary goals, and early progress of the NNMI Program in the first year since the passange of the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation (RAMI) Act of 2014. Working together, the NNMI partners have undertaken a historic effort to support industry in establishing the ecosystems or industrial commons that will better enable innovators to develop the specific manufacturing technologies, processes, and capabilities needed to advance promising early stage technological inventions that continually arise in America's unparalleled basic...

The report that follows presents the results of completed projects and describes ongoing efforts in eight key policy areas: promoting retirement security, advancing economic opportunity, improving college access and affordability, responding to climate change, supporting criminal justice reform, assisting job seekers, helping families get health coverage and stay healthy, and improving the effectiveness and efficiency of Federal Government operations.

Advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology have opened up new markets and new opportunities for progress in critical areas such as health, education, energy, and the environment. In recent years, machines have surpassed humans in the performance of certain specific tasks, such as some aspects of image recognition. Experts forecast that rapid progress in the field of specialized artificial intelligence will continue. Although it is very unlikely that machines will exhibit broadly-applicable intelligence comparable to or exceeding that of humans in the next 20 years, it is to be...

The U.S. civil and military aviation community has historically relied upon energy-dense liquid jet fuel that is derived from petroleum, which is subject to volatile pricing and uncertain supply and harmful to the environment. More recently developed jet fuel alternatives derived from nonpetroleum feedstock can help address those issues and other U.S. energy-related challenges, making development of alternative energy fuels (AJFs) of increased interest in the realm of aviation. Effective Federal research and development can enable AJF development by reducing the costs of producing fuel,...

The Federal Government serves the Nation by promoting economic strength, preserving national security, and protecting public health, public safety, and the environment. Federal missions vital to the Nation's prosperity, health, and security are accomplished through the research and development and related activities conducted by the over 250,000 highly skilled scientists and engineers in the Federal workforce. As science advances and new technologies develop to meet national and global Grand Challenges, the science and technology (S&T) workforce needed to bring these technologies to bear must...