What is Office of Science and Technology Policy?
{{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = Office of Science and Technology Policy |seal = US-OfficeOfScienceAndTechnologyPolicy-Seal.svg |seal_width = 140px |seal_caption = |formed = {{start date and age|1976|5|11}} |preceding1 = Office of Science and Technology |headquarters = [[Eisenhower Executive Office Building]]<br>725 17th Street, [[Washington, D.C.]], [[United States|U.S.]] |employees = 45 |budget = |chief1_name = ''Vacant'' |chief1_position = Director |parent_agency = [[Executive Office of the President]] |website = [https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp Office of Science and Technology Policy] |footnotes = }} The '''Office of Science and Technology Policy''' ('''OSTP''') is a department of the [[United States]] government, part of the [[Executive Office of the President of the United States|Executive Office of the President]] (EOP), established by [[United States Congress]] on May 11, 1976, with a broad mandate to advise the [[President of the United States|President]] on the effects of [[Science and technology in the United States|science and technology on domestic and international affairs]]. The director of this office is also known as the [[President's Science Advisor]]. It is part of the [[United States Cabinet]] since 2021. ==Background== Dr. [[John Holdren]], Director, nominated in December 2008, served as Science Advisor to President [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=President-elect Obama announces key members of Science and Technology team |url=http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president-elect_obama_announces_key_members_of_science_and_technology_team/ |publisher=Office of the President-Elect |date=2008-12-20 |access-date=2009-06-05 |archive-date=2009-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090510090546/http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/president-elect_obama_announces_key_members_of_science_and_technology_team/}}</ref> Holdren also co-chaired the [[United States President's Council of Advisors on Scie