Reports

This plan, “Building the Bioworkforce of the Future,” builds upon recent reports and assessments of the workforce needs for biotechnology and biomanufacturing and input from stakeholders across government, business, educational institutions, and community-based organizations. Public input was collected through listening sessions and an OSTP-led Request for Information posted in December 2022. Input from this outreach informed the recommendations and action steps.

DOE aimed to gather insights on how DPA investments can scale up production in ways that strengthen national security, lower fuel prices, ramp up domestic clean energy industries, create the most family-sustaining (ideally union) jobs, slash climate pollution, and benefit (and avoid harm to) communities—all in the fastest possible timeframe. This report serves as an executive summary of the key theme.

For over thirty years, the MEP program has focused on bridging the manufacturing productivity gap, identifying opportunities for growth, and encouraging technology deployment. The 51 MEP Centers are an integral part of the MEP National Network, providing manufacturing clients with a wide array of fundamental services in manufacturing, business, and process improvements.

Advances in biotechnology over the past decade have led to an explosion of innovative new products that touch many aspects of American life, from novel RNA vaccines and cell-based medicines to engineered meats and plants, to fuels and chemicals made from renewable resources, and much more. Science and engineering continue to unveil new ways of leveraging biological resources and biological processes to create innovative products in America for the benefit of the American people.

In FY 2021, the Manufacturing USA network collaborated across agencies and institutes to share research progress and discuss lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the American Rescue Plan appropriations, NIST-sponsored grant competitions will fund projects to Manufacturing USA institutes to focus on domestic research, development, and testbeds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.

As domestic and international challenges continue to affect U.S. public health, the economy, and national security, the advanced manufacturing sector is responding. Innovative, resilient, and sustainable manufacturing systems are transforming the U.S. to become stronger, smarter, greener, and more secure.

This 2022 National Strategy for Advanced Manufacturing, developed by the SAM following extensive public outreach, is based on a vision for United States leadership in advanced manufacturing that will grow the economy, create quality jobs, enhance environmental sustainability, address climate change, strengthen supply chains, ensure national security, and improve healthcare.

Congress maintains a strong interest in the health of U.S. manufacturing due to its central role in the U.S. economy and national defense. Manufacturing USA is a network of institutes focused on facilitating the development and commercialization of emerging manufacturing technologies. The existing network consists of 16 institutes sponsored by the Departments of Commerce (DOC), Defense (DOD), and Energy (DOE) and co-funded with private sector partners.

This document, released on the one-year anniversary of the public release of American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming our Capabilities, provides the first annual report outlining progress towards implementation of relevant capabilities, highlights priority actions that are ongoing and needed across departments and agencies in the U.S. Government and the private sector, and identifies S&T opportunities to fill gaps and ensure that the Nation is properly prepared for emerging pandemic threats

This document, “America’s Strategy to Secure the Supply Chain for a Robust Clean Energy Transition,” lays out the challenges and opportunities faced by the United States in the energy supply chain as well as the Federal Government plans to address these challenges and opportunities. It is accompanied by several issue-specific deep dive assessments produced in response to Executive Order 14017, “America’s Supply Chains”.