NITRD Structure The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is a collaborative effort in which 13 agencies coordinate and cooperate to help increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of federal IT R&D.1 Of those 13 members, the majority of funding, in descending order, goes to the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Department [...] On July 1, 2005, the NCO became the "National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development." The Director of the NCO reports to the Director of the White House Office on Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). [...] The NCO supports the Subcommittee on NITRD (also called the NITRD Subcommittee)2 and the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC).3 1 The members of the NITRD Program, as listed in the FY2006 Supplement to the President's Budget, are: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defens [...] The group provides expert independent advice to the President on the federal role in maintaining U. S. preeminence in advanced IT and works with the NITRD Program agencies and the NITRD Subcommittee. [...] The name was changed to the National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development per the FY2001 Blue Book.5 Most recently, on July 1, 2005, the name was changed to the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development.

Contents: (1) Overview, Structure and Funding of NITRD:: Amer. Recovery and Reinvest. Act of 2009; Amer. Competitiveness Initiative; NCO, PITAC, and Related Reports and Activities: National Cyber Leap Year Summit; High-Confidence Medical Devices: Cyber-Physical Systems for 21st Cent. Health Care; Digital Data for Science and Society; Fed. Plan for Advanced Networking R&D; Info. Tech. R&D in a Competitive World; Fed. Plan for Cyber Security and Info. Assurance R&D; NSA Superconducting Tech. Assessment; Computational Science; Cyber Security; NITRD Enabling and Governing Legislation: High-Performance Computing Act of 1991; Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998; (2) Fed. Tech. Funding. Illus.

The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is the Nation's primary source of Federally funded work on advanced information technologies in computing, networking, and software. The multiagency NITRD Program seeks to: Provide research and development foundations for assuring continued U.S. technological leadership in advanced networking, computing systems, software, and associated information technologies Provide research and development foundations for meeting the needs of the Federal Government for advanced networking, computing systems, software, and associated information technologies Accelerate development and deployment of these technologies in order to maintain world leadership in science and engineering; enhance national defense and national and homeland security; improve U.S. productivity and competitiveness and promote long-term economic growth; improve the health of the U.S. citizenry; protect the environment; improve education, training, and lifelong learning; and improve the quality of life The NITRD Program provides Federal agencies with effective mechanisms for sharing information and coordinating cross-agency investments in networking and information technology research and development. From supercomputers to smart phones, high-speed optical networks to mobile body area networks, and robots to innovative neurotechnologies for the brain, the NITRD Program has supported the Federal Government's mission of sponsoring and investing in fundamental networking and information technology research.

Report discussing the federal government's role in the country's information technology (IT) research and development (R & D) activities.