NITRD Interagency Working Groups (IWGs) advance cross-agency coordination and collaboration for topic areas of common interest within the scope of networking and information management R&D. IWGs are created, reorganized, or sunset at the request of the NITRD Subcommittee and are based on requests from either NITRD member agencies or the Administration. Communities of Practice (COP) focus on sharing best practices and creating new knowledge to advance federal IT R&D.
 

Overview

NITRD accomplishes its technical coordination responsibilities primarily through Interagency Working Groups (IWGs) and Communities of Practice (COP) where agency representatives meet on a regular basis to exchange information and collaborate on R&D plans and activities related to their specific topic area. These activities include the facilitation of speaker series, workshops, and other inter-agency events, as well as the creation of strategic plans, frameworks, reports, presentations, and cross-agency project and testing-facility inventories. Such activities enable agencies to coordinate and focus their R&D resources on important, shared problems with the common goal of discovering, developing, and delivering new technological solutions for practical use. IWGs also help cultivate a vibrant scientific and intellectual community in which researchers across various agencies, disciplines, and sectors share the information and ideas that drive innovation.

 

Interagency Working Groups

  • AI R&D – Artificial Intelligence Research and Development IWG
  • BD – Big Data IWG
  • CNPS – Computing-Enabled Networked Physical Systems IWG
  • CSIA – Cybersecurity and Information Assurance IWG
  • Digital Health R&D – Digital Health Research and Development IWG
  • HEC – High End Computing IWG
  • IRAS – Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems IWG
  • LSN – Large Scale Networking IWG
  • Privacy R&D – Privacy Research & Development IWG
  • WSRD – Wireless Spectrum Research and Development IWG

 

Fast-Track Action Committees

  • CPSR – Cyber-Physical Systems Resilience FTAC
  • DT – Digital Twins FTAC

 

Communities of Practice

  • JET – Joint Engineering Team COP
  • MAGIC – Middleware and Grid Interagency Coordination COP
  • SPSQ – Software Productivity, Sustainability, and Quality COP

The JET and MAGIC COPs provide an opportunity for the public to engage and participate in information sharing with Federal agencies. For more information go to: https://www.nitrd.gov/public-meetings/