Washington, DC — Julia Manchester reports in The Hill that an official from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) told the publication the department's science division is staffed, despite a report saying the last three employees of the division left last week.
CBS News reported on Friday three staffers, who were holdovers from the Obama administration, departed the office last week, leaving the science division unstaffed.
However, an OSTP official told The Hill there are currently 35 employees in OSTP, and 12 employees in the department's science division, adding that the division is organized and divided differently under the Trump administration compared to the Obama administration.
CBS News reported on Friday three staffers, who were holdovers from the Obama administration, departed the office last week, leaving the science division unstaffed.
However, an OSTP official told The Hill there are currently 35 employees in OSTP, and 12 employees in the department's science division, adding that the division is organized and divided differently under the Trump administration compared to the Obama administration.
“Science division out. Mic drop,” former OSTP assistant director for biomedical and forensic sciences Eleanor Celeste said on Friday in a tweet.
The White House’s science division has largely focused in the past on issues such as biotechnology and STEM education.
There were more than 100 employees in OSTP during the Obama administration.
In 1976, Congress established the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide the President and others within the Executive Office of the President with advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, the environment, and the technological recovery and use of resources, among other topics.
The White House’s science division has largely focused in the past on issues such as biotechnology and STEM education.
There were more than 100 employees in OSTP during the Obama administration.
In 1976, Congress established the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide the President and others within the Executive Office of the President with advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, the environment, and the technological recovery and use of resources, among other topics.
