The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development
(NITRD) Program is the Nation’s primary source of Federally funded revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced information technologies such as computing, networking, and software.

A unique collaboration of more than a dozen Federal research and development agencies, the NITRD Program seeks to:

• Assure continued U.S. leadership in information
technologies to meet Federal goals and support U.S. 21st
century government, academic, and industrial interests

• Accelerate deployment of advanced and experimental
information technologies to enhance national and homeland
security; maintain world leadership in science, engineering,
and mathematics; improve the quality of life; promote longterm
economic growth; increase lifelong learning; and protect
the environment

• Advance U.S. productivity and competitiveness through
long-term scientific and engineering research in information
technology

The NITRD Program stems from the High-Performance Computing (HPC) Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-194) as amended by the Next Generation Internet Research Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-305). These laws authorize Federal agencies to set goals, prioritize their investments, and coordinate their activities in networking and information technology research and development.

	About the NITRD Subcommittee
	Member Agencies
	Representatives and Alternates to the NITRD Subcommittee
	Chairs of IWG, CG, Team and CoP Activities
	NCO Staff
History of the NITRD Program
	PCA Definitions
	Agency Participation in the NITRD Program
	NITRD Funding
	NITRD Subcommittee PCAs
	NCO/NITRD and NITRD Subcommittee

NITRD Brochure
	The U.S. Government's Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD)

Contacting and Finding the NCO/NITRD
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite II-405
Arlington, Virginia 22230
(703) 292-4873
nco@nitrd.gov