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AHRQ - the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -
focuses on research into state-of-the-art IT for use in health care
applications such as computer-based patient records, clinical decision
support systems, and standards for patient care data, information
access, and telehealth.
DARPA - the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -
is focused on future-generations computing, communications, and
networking as well as embedded software and control technologies,
and human use of information technologies in national defense applications
such as battlefield awareness.
DOE/NNSA - the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security
Administration - was established to develop new means of assessing
the performance of nuclear weapon systems, predict their safety
and reliability, and certify their functionality through high-fidelity
computer models and simulations of weapon systems.
The DOE Office of Science is exploring, developing, and
deploying computational and networking tools that enable researchers
in the scientific disciplines to model, simulate, analyze, and predict
complex physical, chemical, and biological phenomena important to
DOE.
The office also provides support for the geographically distributed
research teams and remote users of experimental facilities that
are critical to DOE missions. FY 2003 is the third year of the office's
Scientific
Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC) initiative, which
is focused on the next generation of
scientific simulation and collaboration tools for the scientific
areas that are the focus of DOE research.
EPA - the Environmental Protection Agency - has the IT research
goal of facilitating multidisciplinary ecosystem modeling, risk
assessment, and environmental decision making at the Federal, state,
and local levels, and by other interested parties, through advanced
use of computing and other information technologies.
NASA - the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- is extending U.S. technological leadership to benefit the U.S.
aeronautics, Earth and space science, and spaceborne research communities.
NIH - the National Institutes of Health - is applying the
power of computing, both to manage and analyze biomedical data and
to model biological processes, in its goal to develop the basic
knowledge for the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
of human disease.
NIST - the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- is working with industry and with educational and government organizations
to make IT systems more useable, secure, scalable, and interoperable;
apply IT in specialized areas such as manufacturing and biotechnology;
and encourage private-sector companies to accelerate development
of IT innovations.
NOAA - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- is an early adopter of emerging computing technologies for improved
climate modeling and weather forecasting, and of emerging communications
technologies for disseminating weather forecasts, warnings, and
environmental information to users such as policymakers, emergency
managers, and the general public.
NSA - the National Security Agency - is addressing some
of the most challenging problems in the country in computing, storage,
communications, networking, and information assurance in order to
help ensure our national security.
NSF - the National Science Foundation - is the lead NITRD
agency, with interest in developing new fundamental IT knowledge;
applications in the biological, chemical, geophysical, mathematical,
physical, social, and behavioral sciences and engineering; educating
world-class scientists and engineers and a knowledgeable IT workforce;
and research infrastructure.
ODDR&E - Office of the Director, Defense Research &
Engineering, Department of Defense - manages the University Research
Initiative, which focuses on IT R&D for Department of Defense
applications, research infrastructure, and science and engineering
education.
Other Federal agencies participate in networking and information
technology research and development, and coordinate with NITRD activities,
using funds that are not budgeted under the program.
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