U.S. Global Change Research Program under White House OSTP—Congress-facing publications, decadal strategic plan, and science web.
Trusted print and digital for USGCRP and White House OSTP science communications—decadal strategic plan, annual Congress reports, and navigable federal data infrastructure.
13+ agencies · Congress publications · decadal plan
- 13+
- Federal agencies · USGCRP network
- 2012–2015
- OSTP / USGCRP tenure
- Congress
- Publications · decadal plan
OSTP · USGCRP — one program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) operated under the auspices of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy from 1990 through April 2025. I worked there as Web & Visual Communications Developer from 2012 to 2015—science- and government-focused web properties, logo and branding refresh, and recurring deliverables for OSTP-aligned communications across 13+ participating federal agencies.
This case study covers OSTP and USGCRP as one chapter—not a separate publication page.
Congress-facing publications
I designed cover and layout for annual reports to Congress—Our Changing Planet (2012 and 2013)—and cover artwork for the decadal National Global Change Research Plan (2012–2021), mandated by the Global Change Research Act. Each deliverable is linked below via archived GlobalChange.gov pages.
The GlobalChange.gov portal was decommissioned in April 2025. Deliverables below link to archived GlobalChange.gov pages and PDFs on the Internet Archive.
- Our Changing Planet 2012 — layout & cover (annual report to Congress)
- Our Changing Planet 2013 — layout & cover (PDF on archive)
- National Global Change Research Plan 2012–2021 — cover designer (strategic plan + factsheet)
- Publication-ready InDesign deliverables — verifiable on Internet Archive
Science web & metadata (MATCH)
Built and maintained MATCH—the Metadata Access Tool for Climate and Health—an interagency clearinghouse of federal dataset metadata launched under USGCRP in 2013. It was featured on the GlobalChange.gov Browse & Find portal alongside reports, datasets, and science web properties I helped maintain.
- MATCH — searchable metadata gateway across CDC, EPA, NASA, NIH, NOAA, and USGS holdings
- GlobalChange.gov Browse & Find — reports, datasets, and federal science web hub
- Science web properties — federal branding refresh and navigable dataset links
Verify online
Publication scope is confirmable via archived GlobalChange.gov deliverables—Our Changing Planet (2012, 2013), the decadal strategic plan, and MATCH.
“Thaddeus is one to ask ‘why not?’ rather than ‘why?’—extraordinarily high quality output with minimal guidance.” — Thomas R. Armstrong, Ph.D., U.S. Global Change Research Program.
Related work
After USGCRP: senior visual design at Rexel (style guide, color library, global eCommerce). Enterprise WordPress migration at Thomson Reuters is documented at /work/reuters.
- Rexel global eCommerce — /work/rexel
- Google People Ops — /work/google
Reflection
USGCRP forced clarity: defend design with evidence, document for non-designers, and treat every Congress-facing page as part of one coordinated brand system.