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About the National Science and Technology Council
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) was established
by Executive Order on November 23, 1993. This Cabinet-level council
is the principal means for the President to coordinate science, space,
and technology policies across the Federal government. NSTC acts as
a "virtual agency" for science and technology to coordinate
the diverse parts of the Federal research and development enterprise.
The NSTC is chaired by the President. Membership consists of the Vice
President, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology,
Cabinet Secretaries, agency heads with significant science and technology
responsibilities, and other White House officials.
To obtain additional information regarding the NSTC, please contact
the NSTC Executive Secretariat at (202) 456-6100. The NSTC Web site
is: www.nstc.gov.
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About the Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)
was established by the National Science and Technology Policy, Organization,
and Priorities Act of 1976. OSTP's responsibilities include advising
the President in policy formulation and budget development on all
questions in which science and technology are important elements;
articulating the President's science and technology policies and programs;
and fostering strong partnerships among Federal, state, and local
governments, and the scientific communities in industry and academe.
The Assistant to the President for Science and Technology serves as
the Director of the OSTP and directs the NSTC on behalf of the President.
For additional information about OSTP, please call (202) 456-7116.
The OSTP Web site is: www.ostp.gov.
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Cover Design
This year's cover, depicting the broad scope of Federal
networking and information technology research and development activities,
was designed by National Science Foundation (NSF) designer-illustrator
James J. Caras.
The circular graph inset on the front cover is a computer-generated
macroscopic snapshot of global Internet connectivity; it was created
from real-time data collected in October 2000. This graph, reflecting
more than 600,000 IP addresses and more than one million links, shows
that North America has by far the world's greatest number of direct
connections (shown as criss-crossing lines) between autonomous systems,
or Internet service providers. The data for the graph were generated
by Skitter, an Internet measurement tool developed by the Cooperative
Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) with support from DARPA
and NSF. Image courtesy of CAIDA.
The graphic on the back cover depicts NSF's very high performance
Backbone Network Service (vBNS), which provides advanced connectivity
enabling research universities to link to the Nation's high-speed
networks and academic supercomputing facilities. The image is a screen
shot of a 3-D graphic generated by Cichlid, interactive software for
3-D visualization of distributed data developed by Jeff Brown of the
network measurement and analysis group at the National Laboratory
for Applied Network Research (NLANR) with NSF funding. Cichlid users
can view, explore, and interact with high-quality data sets in distributed
locations as the information changes in real time and can specify
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