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Final report cover The National Network for Critical Technology Assessment has released its report: Securing America’s Future: A Framework for Critical Technology Assessment.

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Report chapters

Executive Summary i
Contributors, Reviewers, and Director’s Note xix
1 Introduction 1
2 Current and Historical US Capabilities in Critical Technology Assessment 10
3 National Objectives, Technology Criticality, and Technology Assessment 13
4 Demonstrations of How Analytics Can Inform National Technology Strategy 20
- Integrated Summary: Global Competitiveness 24
- Integrated Summary: Artificial Intelligence 40
- Integrated Summary: Semiconductors 52
- Integrated Summary: Biopharmaceuticals 60
- Integrated Summary: Energy and Critical Materials 70
5 Cross-Cutting Lessons from the Five Pilot Areas 80
6 A Vision for the Future 89
7 Conclusions and Future Needs, Gaps, and Challenges 100
References 104
Appendix Table 1A-1. Contributors to Vision Chapters 109
Appendix 3A. Three US Missions and Relevant Metrics and Impacts 111
Appendix Table 3A-1 112
Appendix Table 3A-2 113
Appendix Table 3A-3 114
Appendix 4A-1. Two-Page Area Summaries by Individual Investigators 116
Appendix table 4A-2. Selected examples of emerging areas based on keyword search of publications, 2012–18 116
Appendix 5A. Dimensions of Data Challenges 117
Appendix Table 5A-1 119
Appendix Table 5A-2 122
Appendix Table 5A-3 124

Additional documents

Advisory Council’s Addendum to the Final Report

Supporting documents