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Rechartering the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

President Trump issued an executive order that recharted the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The executive order designates the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the Special Advisor for AI and Crypto as co-chairs of the Council. The executive order directs the Council to provide recommendations to the President on matters involving science, technology, education, and innovation policy that relates to “the American economy, the American worker, national and homeland security, and other topics.”