Networking And Information Technology Research And Development Nitrd Program Supplement To The President S Budget For Fy 2012

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Describes R&D activities in advanced networking, software, high-end computing and computational science, cyber security, and other leading-edge information technologies (IT) funded by the 13 Fed. Agencies in the Networking and IT R&D (NITRD) Program. Capabilities and tools generated through NITRD investments accelerate advances across the spectrum of science, engineering, and technology fields, supporting key national security and scientific missions of the Fed. Gov¿t. and enhancing the Nation's economic competitiveness. The Pres.¿s FY2009 Budget provides a 6% increase for the NITRD Program overall, reflecting the vital contributions of networking and IT to sustaining U.S. leadership in science and technology.

This annual report on the multi-agency Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD) Program describes activities funded by Federal NITRD agencies in the areas of advanced networking and information technologies and offers a brief technical outline of the 2006 budget request for the NITRD Program in the following major research areas: high-end computing applications and infrastructure; high-end computing R&D; large-scale networking; human-computer interaction and information management; high-confidence software and systems; software design and productivity; and social, economic, and workforce implications of IT and IT workforce development.