[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 175 (Friday, September 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 55360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22597]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) Program: Draft NITRD 2010 Strategic Plan

AGENCY: The National Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD).

ACTION: Notice, request for public comment.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The National Coordination Office (NCO) 
at [email protected] or (703) 292-4873. Individuals who use a 
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

DATES: Comments must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on October 11, 2010.

SUMMARY: With this notice, the National Coordination Office for 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) 
requests comments from the public regarding the draft 2010 Strategic 
Plan for the Federal NITRD Program. The draft Strategic Plan is posted 
at: http://www.nitrd.gov/DraftStrategicPlan/Comments of one page or 
less in length are requested. This request for information will be 
active from September 10, 2010 to October 11, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments via e-mail to: [email protected] Comments 
submitted in response to this notice may be made available to the 
public online or by alternative means. For this reason, please do not 
include in your comments information of a confidential nature, such as 
sensitive personal information or proprietary information.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Overview: This notice is issued by the National Coordination Office 
for the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development 
(NITRD) Program. The draft NITRD Strategic Plan reflects broad input 
from Federal agencies as well as from researchers and other 
stakeholders in academia, industry, national laboratories, and 
professional/technical organizations. Public inputs were solicited in a 
detailed August 2008 Request for Information (RFI) and in a February 
2009 public forum and Webcast. Several hundred comments were received 
in response to the RFI, and many of these were posted to the NITRD Web 
site for further comment. The public forum, which included formal 
presentations by academic and industry experts addressing key concepts 
for the draft Strategic Plan, was attended by some 100 members of the 
public, while another 400 persons participated via the Webcast.
    Background: As required by the High-Performance Computing Act of 
1991 (Pub. L. 102-194), the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 
1998 (Pub. L. 105-305), and the America COMPETES Act of 2007 (Pub. L. 
110-69), NITRD currently provides a framework and mechanisms for 
coordination among 14 Federal agencies that support advanced IT R&D. 
These agencies report IT research budgets in the NITRD crosscut, and 
many other agencies with IT interests also participate informally in 
NITRD activities. The draft 2010 Strategic Plan for the NITRD Program 
was developed by the NITRD agencies pursuant to a recommendation of the 
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
    Invitation to comment: Inputs of one page or less are welcomed in 
response to this third and final request for public comment on the 
Plan. E-mail to: [email protected].
    Submitted by the National Science Foundation for the National 
Coordination Office (NCO) for Networking and Information Technology 
Research and Development (NITRD) on September 1, 2010.

    Dated: September 7, 2010.
Suzanne H. Plimpton,
Reports Clearance Officer, National Science Foundation.
[FR Doc. 2010-22597 Filed 9-9-10; 8:45 am]
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