Unexpectedly, House passes COMPETES Act Reauthorization, including NITRD Authorization; Bill Sent to President for Signature!
In a surprising move today, the House of Representatives passed S. 3084, “The American Innovation and Competitiveness Act.”
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Tag Archive: NITRD
House Science Committee Passes NITRD Reauthorization!
/In: Policy, Research /by Brian MosleyToday the House Science, Space, & Technology Committee unanimously passed the “Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Modernization Act of 2016.” The bill is written to update the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 and modernize the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program in line with recent recommendations from the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCast).
House Science Committee Reviews Federal IT Research
/In: CRA, Policy /by Peter HarshaExperts from academia and government, including CCC Council Chair Greg Hager, told a congressional panel yesterday that the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program remains a crucial part of the extraordinarily productive computing research ecosystem that has made the U.S. the world leader in IT and deserves further support.
Federal R&D Investments Up Overall in President’s FY13 Budget Request
/In: Funding, FY13 Appropriations /by Peter HarshaThe President’s budget request for FY 2013 is out and the White House has prepared a handy summary of the R&D portions. Some highlights: The National Science Foundation would increase 4.8 percent compared to FY 12, to $7.4 billion in FY13. (Research accounts up 3.9 percent) The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development program […]
Computing Community Takes Case to Hill
/In: Computing Community Consortium (CCC), CRA, Events, Policy /by Peter HarshaIt was a busy day on Capitol Hill yesterday for members of the computing research community as they worked to make the case to Congress of the importance of the federal investment in research from a couple of different angles. From one direction, a panel of current and former CRA board members joined the head […]
White House Offers Strong Show of Support for PCAST IT R&D Findings
/In: Events, Policy, Research /by Peter HarshaThe Nation’s CTO and CIO joined other key White House advisors at a briefing today to announce the release of the President’s Council of Advisors for Science and Technology (PCAST) report on the state of federal IT research and development and offered a strong words of support for the role of information technology in driving […]
PCAST Calls for More Investment in IT, Advisory Committee, and Better IT Spending Figures
/In: Policy /by Peter HarshaThe President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) today approved a draft review of the federal government’s Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program in which they call for significant new investment in federal IT research support, the establishment of a standing committee of networking and IT specialists to oversee the […]
House S&T Marks up COMPETES Act Reauthorization Today
/In: Funding, Policy /by Peter HarshaThe House Science and Technology Committee is marking up today its version of a reauthorization (pdf) of the America COMPETES Act – the act that, when passed back in August 2007, marked the culmination of several years of effort to convince Congress and the Administration of the importance of buttressing support for federal investments in […]
