White House seeks input on tightening rules for risky pathogen research

#NSABB recommended expanding the reviews beyond 15 “select agents” to cover proposals to study any human, animal, or plant pathogen in seven types of experiments. One scientist has called this “a potential for disaster” that would require reviews of routine, relatively low-risk studies, such as certain experiments on cold viruses and viruses modified to fight cancer. #biosecurity #GOF #OSTP
https://www.science.org/content/article/white-house-seeks-input-tightening-rules-risky-pathogen-research

Via the White House Office of Technology Policy #OSTP - Just released: a new planetary defense strategy that will help our nation more effectively detect, prepare for, and thwart near-Earth object hazards. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2023-NSTC-National-Preparedness-Strategy-and-Action-Plan-for-Near-Earth-Object-Hazards-and-Planetary-Defense.pdf

DARPA boosts Microsoft’s far-out effort to build topological quantum computer - Microsoft’s Azure Quantum team has engineered devices such as this one to pave th... - https://www.geekwire.com/2023/darpa-microsoft-topological-quantum-computer/ #northwestquantumnexus #quantumcomputing #azurequantum #cryptography #government #microsoft #security #darpa #tech #ostp

What do leading voices in Academia think of the US #OSTP mandate on #OpenAccess?

#worthreading

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/voices-academia-perspectives-us-ostp-mandate-impactscience/?trackingId=kK0HuV%2B2TLS%2B%2BSkYXiVJRw%3D%3D

The White House Office of #Science and Technology Policy (#OSTP) has released a Framework for Federal Scientific Integrity Policy and Practice, a roadmap that will help strengthen scientific #integrity policies and practices across the federal government. 👍

https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-updates/2023/01/12/ostp-releases-framework-for-strengthening-federal-scientific-integrity-policies-and-practices/

#science #ethics #WhiteHouse

It's always the #algorithms Duh!

Opportunities and blind spots in the #WhiteHouse’s blueprint for an #AI #BillofRights

The #Brookings Center for #Technology Innovation hosted a conversation with experts from the #OSTP, think tanks, and social justice organizations on December 5, 2022, during which they unpacked key aspects of the #Blueprint while debating potential limitations and, in some instances, #blindspots that may not have been considered in its development.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2022/12/19/opportunities-and-blind-spots-in-the-white-houses-blueprint-for-an-ai-bill-of-rights/

Virginia Research Libraries respond to OSTP memo requiring immediate access to federally funded research https://vtx.vt.edu/articles/2022/12/univlib-OSTP-memo-VRL-statement.html #Virginia #VIVA #OSTP #OpenAccess #OpenData