The CIC R&D Subcommittee will continue to seek input and comment from academia, industry, other segments of the government, and the public, through a wide range of interchanges.
The assessment of options and benefits that derive from continued efforts to stimulate computing and communications technologies will be investigated by sponsoring a variety of workshops with technical experts and potential users of these technologies. In FY 1996, the numerous HPCC-related workshops listed in section 3.6 have been a part of that process. As an additional part of this process, the Subcommittee will actively seek comments on this Implementation Plan.
Computing and communications are ongoing strategic enabling technologies. The HPCC Program provides additional stimulation to accelerate progress in developing these technologies and in benefiting from their use. Through broad input and extensive discussions both within and outside the Federal government, the CIC R&D Subcommittee expects to develop a long-term R&D plan as well as detailed implementation proposals that will evolve naturally into a budget planning process.
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