NAS report more $ for IT Research Needed

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Computer Week
> Feds should boost IT research, report says
> BY Randall Edwards
> Sept. 22, 2003
>
> The federal government's support of information technology research is 
> "essential" and must be raised to meet the growing challenges researchers 
> face, according to a new report from the National Academies' Computer 
> Science and Telecommunications Board.
>
> The report, released by the National Academies today, states that agencies 
> such as the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced 
> Researched Projects Agency must play larger roles in IT research and must 
> have the government's support to sustain a broad scope of research.
>
> While touting the United States as the international leader in IT, the 
> report calls for an increase in federal funding. Agencies must "adjust 
> their strategies and tactics as national needs and imperatives change," 
> the board states.
>
> The focus of IT research must align with national needs, the report says. 
> Homeland security, an increase of commodity IT products and a growing 
> dependence of economic and social activity on networking and computer 
> capabilities are shaping the approach to federally funded computer 
> research, according to the report.
>
> Government support for IT research should complement industrial research, 
> the board said. Federal sponsorship of university-based research programs 
> must also continue in order to develop an IT talent base to support future 
> growth in both government and industrial research.
>
> Other federal agencies that provide funding for IT research include NASA, 
> the Energy Department, the National Institutes of Health, and parts of the 
> Defense Department in addition to DARPA.
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