15 U.S.C. § 5501 — Findings
submitted 35 years ago by Pub. L. 102-194 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 352 words · no verdicts yet
Congress finds that networking, information technology, and high-end computing are important to national security, the economy, science, education, and industry. It says the United States needs more research, education, coordination, and secure high-speed networks to keep its lead and develop new applications.
Congress makes these findings:
(1) Advances in computer science and technology are vital to the Nation's prosperity, national and economic security, industrial production, engineering, and scientific progress.
(2) The United States currently leads the world in developing and using networking and information technology, including high-performance computing, for national security, industry, science, and engineering, but foreign competitors are challenging that lead.
(3) The United States needs more research and development, expanded education, better computer research networks, and more effective transfer of technology from government to industry to fully benefit from these technologies.
(4) A high-capacity, flexible, high-speed national research and education computer network is needed to give researchers and educators access to computing and information resources, serve as a testing ground for further network research and development, and let researchers keep improving network technology.
(5) Several Federal agencies already have programs in networking and information technology, including high-performance computing. Better long-term coordination, cooperation, and planning among agencies would make those programs more effective.
(6) A 1991 Office of Science and Technology Policy report called “Grand Challenges: High-Performance Computing and Communications” provides a research-and-development framework for a multiagency high-performance-computing program. Such a program would give American researchers and educators needed computer and information resources and show how advanced computers, high-capacity and high-speed networks, and electronic databases can improve the national information infrastructure for all Americans.
(7) More research is needed to lay the groundwork for applications that can produce economic growth and improve health care and educational opportunities.
(8) Research into new networking technologies may reduce the economic burdens of information access that fall disproportionately on rural Internet users.
(9) Information security is an important part of computing, information, and communications systems and applications. Research into security architectures is therefore a critical part of those research programs.
The Congress finds the following:
Advances in computer science and technology are vital to the Nation’s prosperity, national and economic security, industrial production, engineering, and scientific advancement.
The United States currently leads the world in the development and use of networking and information technology, including high-performance computing, for national security, industrial productivity, science, and engineering, but that lead is being challenged by foreign competitors.
Further research and development, expanded educational programs, improved computer research networks, and more effective technology transfer from government to industry are necessary for the United States to reap fully the benefits of networking and information technology, including high-performance computing.
A high-capacity, flexible, high-speed national research and education computer network is needed to provide researchers and educators with access to computational and information resources, act as a test bed for further research and development for high-capacity and high-speed computer networks, and provide researchers the necessary vehicle for continued network technology improvement through research.
Several Federal agencies have ongoing networking and information technology, including high-performance computing, programs, but improved long-term interagency coordination, cooperation, and planning would enhance the effectiveness of these programs.
A 1991 report entitled “Grand Challenges: High-Performance Computing and Communications” by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, outlining a research and development strategy for high-performance computing, provides a framework for a multiagency high-performance computing program. Such a program would provide American researchers and educators with the computer and information resources they need, and demonstrate how advanced computers, high-capacity and high-speed networks, and electronic data bases can improve the national information infrastructure for use by all Americans.
Additional research must be undertaken to lay the foundation for the development of new applications that can result in economic growth, improved health care, and improved educational opportunities.
Research in new networking technologies holds the promise of easing the economic burdens of information access disproportionately borne by rural users of the Internet.
Information security is an important part of computing, information, and communications systems and applications, and research into security architectures is a critical aspect of computing, information, and communications research programs.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–194, § 2, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1594; Pub. L. 105–305, § 2(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2919; Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(b), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2976.)
- 1991Enacted · Pub. L. 102-194 · 105 Stat. 1594
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-305 · 112 Stat. 2919
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 114-329 · 130 Stat. 2976
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