NITRD’S SPOTLIGHT ON CYBERSECURITY CAREERS (11/9/2020) CYBERSECURITY, NEWS - Cybersecurity is a relatively new field especially in light that the global internet did not come into existence as we know it until the 1980’s. Mobile devices accelerated the use of the internet because it became easy to obtain information… ...
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON SOFTWARE IN THE ERA OF EXTREME HETEROGENEITY (8/25/2020) FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICE - The workshop on “Software in the Era of Extreme Heterogeneity” will explore challenges and opportunities brought on by extreme heterogeneity of emerging and future computational platforms and how software and community must evolve to respond to the challenges being placed… ...
AI R&D INVESTMENTS DASHBOARD (8/21/2020) AI, RESOURCES - 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… ...
FY2021 FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY R&D STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP (8/14/2020) CYBERSECURITY, PUBLICATIONS, STRATEGY DOCUMENTS - View Full Text: FY2021-Cybersecurity-RD-Roadmap.pdf 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).… ...
NITRD SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRESIDENT’S FY2021 BUDGET (8/14/2020) PUBLICATIONS, SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET - View Full Text: FY2021-NITRD-Supplement.pdf Information technology (IT) and its enabling computing, networking, and software technologies have radically transformed human society across the globe over the course of just two generations. American innovators, companies, and government led this transformation. As global competition… ...
NITRD MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. LUCY NOWELL (6/25/2020) NEWS - It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Lucy Nowell on June 14, 2020. Lucy was a key contributor to NITRD, as a former co-chair to the High End Computing Interagency Working Group, an… ...
NITRD NEWSLETTER – MAY 2020 (5/4/2020) NEWS, NEWSLETTER, PUBLICATIONS - View Full Text: NITRD-Newsletter-052020.pdf This revamped newsletter includes many interesting areas for you to explore: Snippets: Well, they are exactly that, snippets (with links) to fascinating agency projects in networking and information technology. Topic of the Day: This month we are… ...
ANNOUNCEMENT: TAGGING WEBSITE INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19 (4/15/2020) NEWS - To increase the online visibility of important COVID-19 information, Federal Chief Information Officers have been directed to incorporate the new Schema.org vocabulary for tagging websites that contain information about COVID-19 prevention measures, disease spread statistics, etc. These new tags are available in Schema.org Version… ...
THE INTEROPERABILITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES, DATA, AND PLATFORMS TO ENHANCE PATIENT CARE (3/23/2020) PUBLICATIONS - In February 2019 the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program’s Health Information Technology Research and Development Interagency Working Group (HITRD IWG) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to collect input from industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations on… ...
FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK (3/19/2020) PUBLICATIONS, STRATEGY DOCUMENTS - This strategic R&D Framework was developed to improve medical, functional, and public health outcomes through R&D in the use of data and IT for advanced health IT applications and improved detection of existing health concerns and discovery of emerging issues.… ...