The administration also announced the first seven members of the council, known as PCAST.

Speakers shared use cases at the Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services and National Institutes of Health.

OSTP staff will host the summit, inviting a "broad range" of federal CIOs, CTOs and CDOs to discuss the applications and impacts of the emerging technology.

Droegemeier said the federal government needs to bring more academic and private sector organizations to the table.

He's been the office's defacto leader for much of the past two years.

The office will, as its name implies, coordinate quantum efforts between agencies across the government.

James Paul Gfrerer was confirmed to the role of VA CIO and Kelvin Droegemeier is now officially the director of OSTP.

The weather prediction expert now awaits final approval by the full Senate. The job has been open since the beginning of the Trump administration.

Kelvin K. Droegemeier is a meteorologist by training. The job would not be his first taste of public service.