FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Washington, D.C) January 16, 2025 – The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), through the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program and the Privacy Research and Development Interagency Working Group (IWG), released the “National Privacy Research Strategy.”
This strategy establishes objectives and priorities for federally funded privacy research, provides a framework for coordinating privacy research and development, and encourages multidisciplinary research that recognizes privacy needs of individuals and society and the responsibilities of the government. The science and technology advances established by this strategy will enable individuals, commercial entities, and the government to benefit from technological advancements and provide meaningful protections for personal information and individual privacy.
For more information, please contact the NITRD National Coordination Office (NCO) at nco@nitrd.gov or visit www.nitrd.gov.
About the Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) was established by the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization, and Priorities Act of 1976 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, health, foreign relations, and the environment, among other topics. OSTP leads interagency science and technology policy coordination efforts, assists the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and analysis of federal research and development (R&D) in budgets, and serves as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the federal government. More information is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp.
About the National Science and Technology Council
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) is the principal means by which the executive branch coordinates science and technology policy across the diverse entities that make up the federal research and development enterprise. A primary objective of the NSTC is to ensure science and technology policy decisions and programs are consistent with the President’s stated goals. The NSTC prepares research and development strategies that are coordinated across federal agencies aimed at accomplishing multiple national goals. The work of the NSTC is organized under committees that oversee subcommittees and working groups focused on different aspects of science and technology. More information is available at https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/nstc.
About the Subcommittee on Networking & Information Technology Research & Development
The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program has been the nation’s primary source of federally funded work on pioneering information technologies (IT) in computing, networking, and software since it was first established as the High-Performance Computing and Communications program following passage of the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. The NITRD Subcommittee of the NSTC guides the multiagency NITRD Program in its work to provide the R&D foundations for ensuring continued U.S. technological leadership and for meeting the nation’s needs for advanced IT. The National Coordination Office (NCO) supports the NITRD Subcommittee and its Interagency Working Groups (https://www.nitrd.gov/about/).
About the Privacy Research and Development Interagency Working Group (IWG)
The Privacy R&D Interagency Working Group (IWG) coordinates Federal R&D aimed at preventing adverse privacy effects arising from information processing, including R&D of privacy-protecting information systems and standards. This R&D supports advances in large-scale data analytics that can improve healthcare, eliminate barriers to education and employment, and increase efficiencies in the transportation and financial sectors while minimizing risks to individual privacy and possible harms such as discrimination, loss of autonomy, and economic losses. Learn more here.