President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 30, 2001
Preceding agency
HeadquartersNew Executive Office Building
725 17th Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Agency executives
Parent agencyOffice of Science and Technology Policy
Websitewww.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.