Of course, this teaching strategy is used in just about every field not just government. I'm going to call the collection of ideas, principals, concepts, etc. Again it's not a new idea, its one that has been used with success by the Nanocomputer Dream Team. What I'm talking about is the 'team' format of organization. I think this format can work very effectively for us.
Nanotechnology is so broad that it can be separated into many divisions and subdivisions.
Obviously, the first thing that we'll have to do establish the appropriate teams. This may be trickier than it seems, especially for the teams that will be involved with predicting future developments. The ultimate results of nanotechnology depend very heavily on the path taken. Though it may be tempting to create a 'Drexlerian nanotech future' team, the utility of such a team may be nominal because it is too specific. This team would develop a strategy for studying the economic impact of nanotechnology at various levels of development from today's technology to Drexlerian assemblers.