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Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
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<p>The United States National Academy of Sciences' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) is a board of the <a href="/facts/United_States_National_Academy_of_Sciences/M3oePVeG">United States National Academy of Sciences</a>. </p><p>The mandate of the Board is to integrate understanding of scientific, technological, and economic elements in the formulation of national policies affecting the economic well-being of the United States. The program’s focus is on the dynamics of the <a href="/facts/Macroeconomics/4dcQAdCr">macroeconomic</a> and <a href="/facts/Microeconomics/mX6Ek69Y">microeconomic</a> variables, their relationship to the industrial structure of the economy, effect on high-technology manufacturing and service sectors, and influence on U.S. scientific and technological advancement through examination of trade, human resources, fiscal, research and development, intellectual property and other policies. Policymakers responsible for these areas in the executive branch and Congress are the audience for the STEP Board’s work in the form of consensus reports, conferences, and workshops. The current executive director is Stephen A. Merrill, Ph.D. and the Board Chair is Paul Joskow, president of the Sloan Foundation. </p>