President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Agency overview
Formed	September 30, 2001
Preceding agency	President's Science Advisory Committee
Headquarters	New Executive Office Building 725 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Agency executives	Frances Arnold, Co-Chair Maria Zuber, Co-Chair Arati Prabhakar, Co-Chair
Parent agency	Office of Science and Technology Policy
Website	www.whitehouse.gov/PCAST/

The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council, chartered (or re-chartered) in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the president of the United States on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30, 2001, by George W. Bush, was re-chartered by Barack Obama's April 21, 2010, Executive Order 13539, by Donald Trump's October 22, 2019, Executive Order 13895, and by Joe Biden's February 1, 2021, Executive Order 14007.