AI R&D INVESTMENTS DASHBOARD

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In support of Executive Order 13859, "Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence", and The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan: 2019 Update, NITRD worked with Federal agencies to establish a process to accurately account for AI R&D investments, given that R&D in AI intersects with multiple PCAs. (AI R&D Investments Dashboard, Table 1, footnote 4, gives examples of distinctions between AI and other PCAs.)

NITRD Supplement to the President's FY2021 Budget

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NITRD Supplement to the President's FY2021 Budget is a supplement to the President’s FY2021 Budget Request to Congress. This document reports actual investments for FY2019, estimated investments for FY2020, and requested funding levels for FY2021 by agency and Program Component Area (PCA) for all NITRD R&D programs. It also reports specific agency investments for artificial intelligence and advanced wireless communications. Following Congressional mandate, the Supplement also describes key R&D programs and coordination activities planned for FY2021 by the Federal agencies participating in the NITRD Program. An appendix to the Supplement, the https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/FY2021-Cybersecurity-RD-Roadmap.pdf, lists existing and proposed Federal R&D projects and programs that address the Nation’s critical cybersecurity challenges.

FY2021 Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan Implementation Roadmap

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This document provides FY2021 implementation plans for the 2019 Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Strategic Plan (Plan), developed by the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program’s Cyber Security and Information Assurance (CSIA) Interagency Working Group (IWG). This Strategic Plan Implementation Roadmap is provided per statutory requirement for public provision of this information pursuant to the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, Public Law 113-274, Section 201(a)(2) (D), Implementation Roadmap, and under direction from the NITRD Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council Committee on Science and Technology Enterprise.

This document accompanies the NITRD Supplement to the President's FY2021 Budget. In the NITRD budget supplement, agencies participating in the CSIA IWG report their research and development (R&D) programs in the Cybersecurity and Privacy Program Component Area in alignment with the research objectives of the Plan.

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