[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

[Notice-ME-2023-01; Docket No. 2023-0002; Sequence No. 6]


Notice of High-Performance Computing (HPC) Summit

AGENCY: Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP), General Services 
Administration (GSA).

ACTION: Virtual webinar meeting notice.

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SUMMARY: GSA is hosting a virtual High-Performance Computing (HPC) 
Summit to bring together the Federal and industry communities for a 
series of panel discussions covering HPC implementation progress, 
opportunities, and best practices.

DATES: The meeting date is scheduled for Thursday, April 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual event. The call-in information will be 
made available upon registration. All attendees, including industry 
partners, must register for the Zoom.Gov event here: https://gsa.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_rIfNxEkdToWco5S2irse8w. Members of 
the press are invited to attend but are required to register with the 
GSA press office (via email [email protected]) by Thursday, April 13, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Santucci at 
[email protected] or 202-230-4822 or Lee Ellis at 
[email protected] or 202-253-6448.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Executive Office of the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 
13702, titled, ``Creating a National Strategic Computing Initiative'' 
(80 FR 46177), and located at: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2015-08-03/pdf/2015-19183.pdf, in August 2015 to maximize the benefits 
of High-Performance Computing (HPC). The potential opportunities of 
implementing HPC include improving economic competitiveness and 
accelerating scientific research. The E.O. includes the following five 
strategic objectives for supporting the implementation of HPC across 
all Federal information systems and services:
    (1) The United States must deploy and apply new HPC technologies 
broadly for economic competitiveness and scientific discovery.
    (2) The United States must foster public-private collaboration, 
relying on the respective strengths of government, industry, and 
academia to maximize the benefits of HPC.
    (3) The United States must adopt a whole-of-government approach 
that draws upon the strengths of and seeks cooperation among all 
executive departments and agencies with significant expertise or 
equities in HPC while also collaborating with industry and academia.
    (4) The United States must develop a comprehensive technical and 
scientific approach to transition HPC research on hardware, system 
software, development tools, and applications efficiently into 
development and, ultimately, operations.
    More recently, agencies, such as the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST), have continued developing guidance and 
prioritizing HPC to combat growing cybersecurity threats. NIST 
Publication SP 800-23, https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-223/draft, released in February 2023 as a draft, discusses HPC 
system threat analysis, security postures, challenges, and 
recommendations. The typical information technology (IT) practitioner 
knows very little about HPC. This summit will provide IT practitioners 
of any skill level with practical knowledge and insight into HPC as 
both an industry and a service, as well as how the Federal Government 
can use HPC now and in the future.
    Additional legislation, such as the bipartisan CHIPS Act of 2022, 
provides additional funding for both HPC research and development, as 
well as the standup of government programs on HPC at various agencies. 
The combination of Executive Orders, policies, and legislation create a 
comprehensive framework for the Federal Government to prioritize the 
adoption of High-Performance Computing to advance key IT Modernization 
efforts.

Format

    The High-Performance Computing (HPC) Summit convenes leaders from 
the Federal Government and industry to discuss their experiences and 
exposures to HPC. If you have questions for the panelists, you can 
email them to the GSA Office of Government-wide Policy (OGP) IT 
Modernization Team at [email protected] by Thursday, April 13, 2023.

Special Accommodations

    Zoom will have the option to enable closed captioning. If 
additional accommodations are needed, please indicate on the Zoom 
Webinar registration form.

Live Webinar Speakers (Subject To Change Without Notice)

    Hosted by:

 Tom Santucci, Director, IT Modernization; Office of 
Government-wide Policy
 Robert Sears, Director, N-Wave, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration; Office of Chief Information Officer (CIO)
 Gordon Bitko, Executive Vice President of Policy, Public 
Sector, Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC)
 CIO Council Innovation Committee, tri-chaired by Ann Dunkin, 
CIO, Department of Energy; Chris Brazier, Chief Technology Officer & 
Mission IT Infrastructure & Services Department Chief, Defense Threat 
Reduction Agency; Chezian Sivagnanam, Chief Architect, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation

Agenda Topic Areas

 Public Policy
 Science and CHIPS Act
 Climate
 Energy
 Biomedical
 Military

Thomas Santucci,
Director, IT Modernization, General Services Administration, Office of 
Government-wide Policy, Division of IT Modernization.
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