|
Interagency Working Group on Alternatives to High Activity Radioactive Sources (GARS)
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
Not Reported
|
OD/OM, OD/OM/ORS
|
15-member inter-agency committee established by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Homeland and National Security (CHNS) Subcommittee on Nuclear Defense Research and Development (NDRD). The mission of GARS is to assess how Federal agencies are involved with high activity radioactive sources and to develop ideas regarding how agencies can incorporate the transition to alternative technologies into their agency-wide strategic plans.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Biological Data Sharing
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
FDA
|
NCI, NIGMS
|
The working group will identify the diverse types of biological and clinical data, define specific needs and best practices for storing, managing, curating, archiving, and maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of these data, and define agency roles and responsibilities for addressing research and policy (exclusive of regulatory) priority gaps to enable data sharing. The working group will develop a road map to enable robust sharing and maximize reuse of data, identifying opportunities for interagency coordination, and academic, industrial, and international partnerships.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Communicating Hazard Information and Other Types of Uncertainty, NSTC Subcommittee on Social and Behavioral Sciences
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
CDC, FDA
|
NCATS, NCI, NIMHD, NINR, OD/DPCPSI/OBSSR
|
The primary goal of the SBS is to focus on the ways in which social and behavioral research can be created and mobilized to support the U.S. government in making evidence-based decisions. This subgroup of the SBS aims to increase USG’s effective and equitable communication of hazard information and various types of uncertainty in a variety of domains to the American public. It may explore topics including health communication (e.g., regarding COVID-19 and other public health crises), environmental hazard communication, and climate crisis communication, among others. It will emphasize how approaches informed by social and behavioral sciences can increase the likelihood that diverse subpopulations of the U.S. public will receive the information they need in ways that enable responses consistent with individuals’ overall health and well-being, no matter where they live or how they identify.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Expanding and Diversifying the Federal Data Workforce
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
Not Reported
|
NCI
|
Expanding and Diversifying the Federal Data Workforce
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions (IWG-MSI)
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
FDA
|
OD/SWD
|
The Interagency Working Group on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving Institutions is a working group of CoSTEM, focused on addressing the need for a coordinated Federal approach to carry out a sustained program of outreach activities to increase clarity, transparency, and accountability for Federal research agency investments in STEM education and research activities at HBCUs, TCUs, and MSIs, including such institutions in rural areas. This will be done by identifying and determining the use of existing policies, confirming best practices across agencies, identifying and collecting barriers to performance and implementation, and recommending opportunities for improvement, uniformity, and consistency across agencies.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Implementing Equitable Artificial Intelligence (AI)
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
Not Reported
|
OD/DPCPSI/ODSS, OD/IMOD
|
The use of AI systems and other automated technologies in government promises to improve service delivery, save taxpayer dollars, and make government more accessible. For all Americans to enjoy these benefits, however, Federal agencies need to be able to mitigate the risks of the public-impacting AI systems they own and oversee.At present, many Federal agencies lack the resources and processes needed to effectively manage these risks. Gaps in capacity not only hinder agencies’ ability to implement AI safeguards, but may also prevent agencies from fully implementing and enforcing laws and policy that protect civil rights in the use of automated systems. Overcoming these gaps requires understanding what specific obstacles agencies face, and where they manifest in the broader processes of scoping projects, building up and applying technical expertise, and evaluating AI systems. More work should be done to understand where and how technical capacity can be most effectively deployed in agencies to support equity in AI, e.g. in assessing grant and procurement proposals, evaluation, etc.In the Working Group on Implementing Equitable AI, we will convene an interagency group to better define gaps in tech capacity, and to identify solutions to fill those gaps. Specifically, goals for the working group are as follows:Problem Identification: Identifying Gaps in Capacity for Implementing Equitable AIIdentify agencies’ expertise needs for implementing equitable AI;Aim to define what skills are needed for the roles to do this work; Estimate the extent to which these roles already exist in Federal agencies; andDocument the challenges in recruiting and retaining personnel for these rolesIdentify challenges that agencies face in deploying and governing equitable AI systems;Define the considerations that differentiate equitable AI deployments from other technology projects; Assess the extent to which there are gaps in implementing existing processes and regulations governing technology development, procurement, and evaluation to ensure equitable AI systems. Bolster technical capacity to support audits of AI systems.Solution Identification: Increasing Capacity for Advancing AI EquityFor each of the challenges identified above, identify solutions to fill gaps in tech capacity;Understand ongoing efforts across the Federal government to increase tech capacity which may support AI equity; andLook to learn from similar examples in increasing tech capacity, such as bolstering the cybersecurity workforce.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
CDC, FDA
|
NCI, OD/OSP
|
The Interagency Working Group on Scientific Collections (IWGSC) was established by the White House National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) in June 2006. IWGSC currently operates as a subcommittee under the Committee on Science and Technology Enterprise. IWGSC is co-chaired by U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Smithsonian and originally reported to the NSTC Committee on Science. IWGSC’s mission was to assess the status and needs of the scientific collections owned, managed, and/or supported by the U.S. Federal Government, and to recommend ways to improve their management, effectiveness and impact.The IWGSC is currently implementing the three recommendations which:• Formalize each Department’s and Agency’s policies toward scientific collections;• Establish appropriate budgeting guidelines and procedures that ensure proper stewardship for scientific collections, which are considered government assets; and• Create a public clearinghouse for information on the scientific collections that are owned, managed and supported by the Federal Government.
|
|
Interagency Working Group on the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
AHRQ, ACF, ASPE, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS
|
NCATS, NCI, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMHD, NINR, OD/DPCPSI
|
Provide expert scientific guidance for the National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report. These annual reports measure trends in effectiveness of care, patient safety, timeliness of care, patient centeredness, and efficiency of care. The reports present, in chart form, the latest available findings on quality of and access to health care.
|
|
Interdepartmental Federal Cannabis Partners
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
CDC, FDA, SAMHSA
|
NCI, NIDA
|
The Federal Cannabis Partners working group meets quarterly to discuss issues of interest related to cannabis and public health and to foster collaborations across HHS and other agencies.
|
|
Interdepartmental Health Equity Collaborative (IHEC)
|
Committee, Work group, Advisory group, or Task Force
|
ACF, ACL, AHRQ, CDC, CMS, FDA, HRSA, IHS, OS, SAMHSA
|
NCATS, NCI, NEI, NHLBI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NICHD, NIDCR, NIDDK, NIEHS, NIMH, NIMHD, NINDS, NINR, OD/DPCPSI/ODP
|
The Interdepartmental Health Equity Collaborative (IHEC), formerly known as Federal Interagency Health Equity Team (FIHET), is a trans-federal working group to address health equity in the US health systems. The mission of theis to convene federal leaders to end health disparities by building capacity for equitable policies and programs, cultivating strategic partnerships, and sharing relevant models for action. IHEC goals are to: 1) collaborate with diverse federal agencies to define linkages and implement coordinated approaches between their missions and health equity; 2) identify, develop, and integrate strategies with measurable outcomes to advance health equity in/through federal policies, programs, and activities; 3) leverage assets, influence, and experiences of federal agencies, partners, and communities to advance health equity; 4) generate, facilitate, and translate research, data, and emerging knowledge about health equity into practice and policy; and 5) educate and mentor leader and peers to develop equity champions within all federal agencies. https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/
|