The White House has launched the National Bioeconomy Board to work with public and private sectors to advance national security, competitiveness, economic productivity and sustainability through biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
The Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Department of Defense and the Department of Commerce co-chair the board, which includes representatives from nine additional federal agencies and departments, including the Department of Health and Human Services, NASA and the National Science Foundation, the White House said Friday.
The creation of the board is part of President Joe Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
The board’s efforts will complement the administration’s implementation of the bioeconomy executive order signed in September 2022.
Some of the actions are the release of a lexicon by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to support risk assessments of the bioeconomy, the launch of an action plan to broaden biotechnology and biomanufacturing education and job training programs in the U.S. and the publication of a report on the establishment of a resilient biomass supply by the Department of Agriculture.
