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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