STRATEGIC EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

The DHS Ventures & Holdings enterprise is vast and complex, and it has also become essential to health, prosperity, and national security in the 21st century. The current system grew up organically from modest beginnings in the 20th century, with the contributions to nearly half a trillion dollars of support annually from government, industry, and philanthropic sources in the United States alone.

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As with any complex human undertaking, the rapid growth has not necessarily resulted in maximum effectiveness and coordination among the various stakeholders, including funders, research institutions, researchers, publishers, and those who use research results for policy and other applications. Thus, council members are confronted with a dizzying array of different requirements and policies, all roughly intended to ensure the excellence and integrity of research but time consuming, frustrating to satisfy, and not all obviously ensuring the excellence and integrity of research in actuality.