[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 25888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12177]


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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY


Task Force on High End Computing; Notice of Request for 
Information

AGENCY: Office of Science and Technology Policy.

ACTION: Request for information.

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SUMMARY: A task force on high end computing, through the National 
Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development 
under the National Science and Technology Council, invites the public 
to submit white papers relative to the task force's charge. The task 
force was established in March 2003 to implement planning activities in 
high end computing, as set forth in the President's 2004 budget. 
Additional information on the task force's charge is provided below. 
Details on the invitation to submit white papers on high end computing, 
can be found at: http://www.itrd.gov/hecrtf-outreach/.

DATES: Information must be received by May 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Responses to this request for information should be 
addressed to High End Computing Revitalization Task Force, National 
Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and 
Development, 4201 Wilson Blvd, Suite II-405, Arlington, VA 22230, PH: 
(703) 292-ITRD (4873), FAX: (703) 292-9097, [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Nelson at (703) 292-4873.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The High Computing Revitalization Task Force 
(HECRTF) was established in March 2003 to perform the tasks described 
in the following text that appears on page 177 in the Research and 
Development chapter of the FY 2004 Budget of the U.S. Government 
Analytical Perspectives:
    ``Due to its impact on a wide range of federal agency missions 
ranging from national security and defense to basic science, high end 
computing--or supercomputing--capability is becoming increasingly 
critical. Through the course of 2003, agencies involved in developing 
or using high end computing will be engaged in planning activities to 
guide future investments in this area, coordinated through the NSTC. 
The activities will include the development of interagency R&D roadmap 
for high-end computing core technologies, a federal high-end computing 
capacity and accessibility improvement plan, and a discussion of issues 
(along with recommendations where applicable) relating to federal 
procurement of high-end computing systems. The knowledge gained for 
this process will be used to guide future investments in this area. 
Research and software to support high end computing will provide a 
foundation for future federal R&D by improving the effectiveness of 
core technologies on which next-generation high-end computing systems 
will rely.''

Stanley S. Sokul,
Counsel, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
[FR Doc. 03-12177 Filed 5-13-03; 8:45 am]
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