Members:
Bill Joy, Co-Chair
Ken Kennedy, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Eric A. Benhamou
Vinton Cerf, Ph.D.
Ching-chih Chen, Ph.D.
David M. Cooper, Ph.D.
Steven D. Dorfman
David W. Dorman
Robert H. Ewald
David J. Farber
Sherrilynne S. Fuller, Ph.D.
Hector Garcia-Molina, Ph.D.
Susan L. Graham, Ph.D.
James N. Gray, Ph.D.
W. Daniel Hillis, Ph.D.
Robert E. Kahn, Ph.D.
John P. Miller, Ph.D.
David C. Nagel
Raj Reddy, Ph.D.
Edward H. Shortliffe, M.D., Ph.D.
Larry Smarr
Joe F. Thompson
Leslie Vadasz
Andrew J. Viterbi
Steven J. Wallach
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
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The President of the United States
The White House
Dear Mr. President:
We are pleased to present our final report, "Information Technology
Research: Investing in Our Future," on future directions for Federal
support of research and development for information technology. This report adds
detail to the findings and recommendations in our interim report dated August
1998, and strengthens our previous recommendations regarding the importance of
social and economic research on the impacts of information technology to inform
key policy decisions.
PITAC members are strongly encouraged by and enthusiastically supportive of the
Administration's Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century
(IT2) initiative. This initiative is a vital first step in increasing
funding for long-term, high-risk information technology research and development.
Increased Federal support is critical to meeting the challenge of capturing the
opportunities available from information technology in the 21st Century through
appropriate research and development. The economic and strategic importance of
information technology and the unique role of the Federal Government in
sponsoring information technology research make it necessary to increase Federal
support over a period of years to ensure our Nation's future well-being.
We hope that our recommendations will be helpful as you consider the priorities
for Federal investments. Thank you for your consistent support of our activities
over the past year. We look forward to discussing this report with you, with
members of your Administration and with members of Congress.
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Respectfully,
Bill Joy
Co-Chairman
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Ken Kennedy
Co-Chairman
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