White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

OSTP-led inter-agency working group on measurement, reporting, and verification standards for federally-funded carbon removal. Deliverable: a coordinated federal MRV framework within twelve months.

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Dr. Arati Prabhakar
Director of OSTP; Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Recent work

Confirmed Sept 22 2022. Key figure in AI executive order implementation (March 2024 government-wide AI policy guidance). Co-authored 'One Year of Bold Goals for U.S. Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing' (March 2024) with $2B+ in biomanufacturing investments.

Signals the recipient responds to

Coordination-through-guidance track record (AI EO)
Inter-agency working-group leadership
Measurement-science is OSTP jurisdiction

Organisational context

Positions

OSTP coordinates federal S&T policy and measurement-science agendas without requiring new statutory authority.

Active initiatives

AI governance; biotechnology; STEM education; climate research coordination.

Pressures

Administration emphasis on coordinated federal action on emerging technologies.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: An OSTP-led inter-agency working group on per-tonne evidentiary standards for federally-funded carbon removal produces a coordinated federal MRV framework within existing authorities. The Reinhard & Planavsky paper is the public academic reference; proof packs are one implementation reference. OSTP coordination prevents agency-by-agency fragmentation.

Why now: Administration second-term coordination priorities.

The ask: OSTP inter-agency working-group convening. Draft charter + 12-month deliverable spec provided.

Agency: White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)

Agency authority

Federal science and technology policy coordination; measurement-science agenda-setting.

The ask

OSTP-led inter-agency working group on measurement, reporting, and verification standards for federally-funded carbon removal. Deliverable: a coordinated federal MRV framework within twelve months.

The case

OSTP coordination prevents agency-by-agency fragmentation. Measurement-science is explicitly OSTP jurisdiction. The Reinhard & Planavsky 2026 paper is the public academic reference; proof packs are one implementation reference. An OSTP working group produces a coordinated agency output without requiring new statutory authority.