tailieunhanh - THE NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Complex software-based systems today power the Nation’s most advanced defense, security, and economic capabilities. Such systems also play central roles in science and engineering discovery, and thus are essential in addressing this century’s grand challenges (., low-cost, carbon-neutral, and renewable energy; clean water; next-generation health care; extreme manufacturing; space exploration, etc.). These large-scale systems typically must remain operational, useful, and relevant for decades. The involved agencies are working to identify and define the core elements for a new science of software development that will make engineering decisions and modifications transparent and traceable throughout the software lifecycle (., design, development, evolution,. | THE NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Supplement to the President s Budget FY 2013 FEBRUARY 2012 National Coordination Office NCO for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development NITRD George O. Strawn . Director Joan M. Stanley Editor 4201 Wilson Boulevard Suite II-405 Arlington Virginia 22230 703 292-4873 nco@ Mark A. Luker . Associate Director Diane R. Theiss Budget Analyst Acknowledgements This Supplement to the President s Budget was developed through the contributions of the NITRD Federal agency representatives and members the NCO staff and other Federal agencies involved in the NITRD Program. We extend our sincere thanks and appreciation to all who have contributed. National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development The annual NITRD Supplement to the President s Budget is prepared and published by the National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development NCO NITRD . The NCO NITRD supports overall planning budget and assessment activities for the multiagency NITRD enterprise under the auspices of the NITRD Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council s NSTC Committee on Technology. About the Document This document is a supplement to the President s 2013 Budget Request. It describes the activities underway in 2012 and planned for 2013 by the Federal agencies participating in the NITRD Program primarily from a programmatic and budgetary perspective. It reports actual investments for 2011 estimated investments for 2012 and requested investments for 2013 by Program Component Area PCA . It identifies the NITRD Program s strategic priorities by PCA for budgetary requests strategic priorities underlying the requests highlights of the requests planning and coordination activities supporting the request and 2012 and 2013 activities by agency. Copyright Information This is a work of the . .