; and (2) an assessment of how Federal agencies are implementing the plan described in subsection (a)(3), including— (A) a description of the amount and number of awards made under the Small Business Innovation Research Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer Program (as described in section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 )) in support of the Initiative; and (B) a description of the amount and number of projects funded under joint solicitations by a collaboration of no fewer than 2 agencies participating in the Initiative. (c) Initiative office (1) In general The President shall establish an Initiative Coordination Office, with a Director and full-time staff, which shall— (A) provide technical and administrative support to the interagency committee and the advisory committee established under section 6; (B) serve as the point of contact on Federal engineering biology activities for government organizations, academia, industry, professional societies, State governments, interested citizen groups, and others to exchange technical and programmatic information; (C) oversee interagency coordination of the Initiative, including by encouraging and supporting joint agency solicitation and selection of applications for funding of activities under the Initiative; (D) conduct public outreach, including dissemination of findings and recommendations of the advisory committee established under section 6, as appropriate; (E) serve as the coordinator of ethical, legal, environmental, safety, security, and other appropriate societal input