tailieunhanh - EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FACILITIES OWNERS: RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS

Information technologies include the entire field of computer-based information processing (., hardware, software, applications, and services, telecommunication links and networks, digital databases, and the integrated technical specifications that enable these systems to function interactively). Information technologies are a major force in the . economy and new applications are being developed and deployed into the marketplace on an 18- to 24-month cycle. Government, industry, and academia are investing millions of dollars and thousands of hours researching and developing information technologies to serve a wide spectrum of purposes. Available and emerging information technologies are changing business processes and practices; how products and services are manufactured, purchased, and delivered; and. | EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR FACILITIES OWNERS RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS FEDERAL FACILITIES COUNCIL TECHNICAL REPORT No. 144 NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS WASHINGTON . NOTICE The Federal Facilities Council FFC is a continuing activity of the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment of the National Research Council NRC . The purpose of the FFC is to promote continuing cooperation among the sponsoring federal agencies and between the agencies and other elements of the building community in order to advance building science and technology particularly with regard to the design construction acquisition evaluation and operation of federal facilities. The following agencies sponsor the FFC Department of the Air Force Office of the Civil Engineer Department of the Air Force Air National Guard Department of the Army Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management Department of Defense Federal Facilities Directorate Department of Energy Department of the Interior Office of Managing Risk and Public Safety Department of the Navy Naval Facilities Engineering Command Department of State Office of Overseas Buildings Operations Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Facilities Management Federal Aviation Administration Food and Drug Administration General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Indian Health Service International Broadcasting Bureau National Aeronautics and Space Administration Facilities Engineering Division National Institutes of Health National Institute of Standards and Technology Building and Fire Research Laboratory National Science Foundation Smithsonian Institution Facilities Engineering and Operations . Coast Guard . Postal Service Engineering Division As part of its activities the FFC periodically publishes reports that have been prepared by committees of government employees. Because these committees are not appointed by the NRC they do not make recommendations and their reports