Welcome to the January 2018 issue of the NITRD Leads IT quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. "The NITRD Program will be essential in helping our Nation achieve a brighter future through advances in information technology (IT). Evidence of this is seen in past Federal IT R&D, which led to technologies that help us today (e.g. the Internet, Global Positioning System, and smartphone assistants). Current Federal IT R&D is creating a world of personalized learning, personalized healthcare, and computers capable of answering any technical question... The U.S. government has a decades-long record of helping to achieve a brighter future with advanced IT through two roles: leading the world's IT advancement through aggressive funding of IT R&D, and leading the use of IT for social good, as evidenced by recent NITRD area strategic plans, which seek societal interests as well as technology advancement..." - Dr. Bryan Biegel (Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information).

Welcome to the third issue of NITRD Leads IT, a quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. Two January events are at the top of my mind: the Administration transition and signing of the new NITRD legislation. With the change in Administration, NITRD will continue to deliver on the requirements in our authorization legislation… - Dr. Bryan Biegel (Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information)

Welcome to the April 2018 issue of the NITRD Leads IT quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. "Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived - driverless cars, home and mobile assistants, real-time traffic routing, advising systems for everything from stock markets to healthcare, helpdesk chatbots, and more. Rapid AI advancements are enabled by technologies that NITRD agencies helped create, including powerful and pervasive networked computing and sensors, big data, and machine learning (ML) algorithms..." - Dr. Bryan Biegel (Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information).

Welcome to this first issue of NITRD Leads IT, a quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. We launched this newsletter to help you keep up to date with the most recent and future happenings in NTIRD. We will underline the coordination activities of the NITRD Interagency Working Groups (IWGs) and Community of Practices (COPs) as well as the NITRD Subcommittee itself. We’ll update you on developing and released R&D strategic plans, agenda-defining workshops, and activities that engage non-government stakeholders like industry and academics.

Welcome to the second issue of NITRD Leads IT, a quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. I believe that NITRD helps make "awesome" happen because of the intelligence, creativity, and dedication of people, when thoughtfully applied to important challenges. This newsletter highlights examples of the giant leaps that NITRD helps enable. They started as big ideas by someone who was inspired to do more for their agency and our nation. If you have a bold idea about how NITRD can help advance agency missions and National priorities, we’d like to hear from you. We want to make amazing things happen! - Dr. Bryan Biegel (Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information)

Welcome to the fourth issue of the NITRD Leads IT quarterly newsletter of the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program. "Brace for Impact!" Usually, those words strike fear, but for NITRD, they are a call to action. Ultimately, all government investments should be measured by its impact on societal benefits such as economic prosperity, national security, and quality of life. The challenge for R&D, such as that coordinated by NITRD, is… - Dr. Bryan Biegel (Director of the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information)

This document is a supplement to the President's FY 2023 Budget Request to Congress. Following Congressional mandate, the Supplement incorporates budgetary and programmatic information for member agencies of the NITRD Program and for the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative. This report covers FY 2021 actual, FY 2022 enacted, and FY 2023 requested funding levels by agency and Program Component Area for all NITRD R&D programs. It also describes the key R&D programs and coordination activities planned for FY 2023 by the Federal agencies participating in NITRD. This Supplement reports specific agency investments for FYs 2021–2023 for AI and the National AI Research Institutes and for advanced wireless communications. A separate appendix, the FY 2023 Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan Implementation Roadmap, lists existing and proposed R&D projects that address critical national cybersecurity needs (https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/FY2023-Cybersecurity-RD-Roadmap.pdf).

This document is a supplement to the President's FY 2024 Budget Request to Congress. Following Congressional mandate, the Supplement incorporates budgetary and programmatic information for member agencies of the NITRD Program and for the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative. This report covers FY 2022 actual, FY 2023 enacted, and FY 2024 requested funding levels by agency and Program Component Area for NITRD R&D programs. It also describes the key R&D programs and coordination activities planned for FY 2024 by the Federal agencies participating in NITRD. This Supplement reports specific agency investments for FYs 2022–2024 for AI and the National AI Research Institutes and for advanced wireless communications. A separate appendix, the FY 2024 Federal Cybersecurity R&D Strategic Plan Implementation Roadmap, lists existing and proposed R&D projects that address critical national cybersecurity needs (https://www.nitrd.gov/pubs/FY2024-Cybersecurity-RD-Roadmap.pdf).

This document is a supplement to the President’s FY2025 Budget Request to Congress. Following Congressional mandate, the Supplement incorporates budgetary and programmatic information for member agencies of the NITRD Program and for the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative. This report covers FY2023 actual, FY2024 enacted, and FY2025 requested funding levels by agency and Program Component Area for all NITRD R&D programs. It also describes the key R&D programs and coordination activities planned for FY2025 by the federal agencies participating in NITRD. In addition, this document reports on the specific agency investments for FYs2023–2025 for AI and the National AI Research Institutes and for advanced wireless. It also includes a list of the existing and proposed R&D projects that address critical national cybersecurity needs.

Information technology IT computers, wired and wireless digital networks, electronic data and information, IT devices and systems, and software applications?today provides indispensable infrastructure for activities across all facets of society. Throughout the IT revolution, the United States has led the world in the invention and applications of these technologies. Ongoing research and development R and D to provide advanced IT capabilities for Federal missions has fueled the creation of new ideas, and innovations addressing key national priorities, including national security, national defense, economic prosperity, scientific discovery, energy and environment, health, individual privacy, and quality of life...