The United States President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) is a council chartered (or re-chartered) in each administration with a broad mandate to advise the President on science and technology. The current PCAST was established by Executive Order 13226 on September 30 2001 by President George W. Bush and was most recently re-chartered by President Obama’s April 21 2010 Executive Order 13539.
