LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT Advancing Public Engagement with the Sciences

Summary

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) issued a letter in August 2023 recommending two key actions to the President to advance public engagement with science and technology. This initiative aims to address the societal and ethical concerns arising from rapid scientific advancements and to build public trust. The recommendations include a call to Federal agencies to make public engagement a core mission component and to establish a new office, potentially modeled after the U.S. Digital Service or 18F, to support these efforts. Several examples of successful engagement efforts are cited, such as the FDA's Clinical Trials Transformation Initiative (CTTI) founded in 2007, the DOT's 2022 guide on public involvement, and NASA's 2015 participatory assessment of its Asteroid Initiative, all demonstrating the value of public input in science-informed policymaking.

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