15 U.S.C. § 5502 — Purposes
submitted 35 years ago by Pub. L. 102-194 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 223 words · no verdicts yet
This chapter supports Federal research, education, networks, software, high-end computing, open standards, and cooperation so the United States keeps leadership in networking and information technology.
The purposes of this chapter are to help keep United States leadership in networking and information technology and its applications by—
(1) supporting Federal research, development, and applications to—
(A) increase the number of researchers, educators, and students trained in these fields and their access to resources;
(B) further develop Internet-accessible databases, services, access methods, and research facilities;
(C) speed research and development of high-end computer system and application software;
(D) speed development of high-end computer systems and subsystems;
(E) apply these technologies to Grand Challenges;
(F) invest in basic research and education and include these technologies in educational institutions at every level; and
(G) increase collaboration among government, Federal laboratories, industry, high-end computing centers, and universities;
(2) improving interagency planning and coordination of Federal research and development and making Federal programs as effective as possible;
(3) speeding development and wider distribution of network-management and development tools; and
(4) speeding adoption of open network standards.
The purposes of this chapter are to help ensure the continued leadership of the United States in networking and information technology and its applications by—
supporting Federal research, development, and application of networking and information technology in order to—
expand the number of researchers, educators, and students with training in networking and information technology and access to networking and information technology resources;
promote the further development of an information infrastructure of data bases, services, access mechanisms, and research facilities available for use through the Internet;
stimulate research on and promote more rapid development of high-end computing systems software and applications software;
accelerate the development of high-end computing systems and subsystems;
provide for the application of networking and information technology to Grand Challenges;
invest in basic research and education, and promote the inclusion of networking and information technology into educational institutions at all levels; and
promote greater collaboration among government, Federal laboratories, industry, high-end computing centers, and universities;
improving the interagency planning and coordination of Federal research and development on networking and information technology and maximizing the effectiveness of the Federal Government’s networking and information technology research and development programs;
promoting the more rapid development and wider distribution of networking management and development tools; and
promoting the rapid adoption of open network standards.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 102–194, § 3, Dec. 9, 1991, 105 Stat. 1594; Pub. L. 105–305, § 3(b), Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2920; Pub. L. 114–329, title I, § 105(c), Jan. 6, 2017, 130 Stat. 2976.)
- 1991Enacted · Pub. L. 102-194 · 105 Stat. 1594
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-305 · 112 Stat. 2920
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 114-329 · 130 Stat. 2976
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