5. Management Plan
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Management Plan
The NGI Program will be coordinated within the framework of the National Science
and Technology Council (NSTC). The NSTC's Committee on Technology (CT) will be
responsible for the overall high level NGI strategy. The Subcommittee on
Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) R&D is responsible for
coordination across Program Component Areas and PCA Working Groups. The Large
Scale Networking (LSN) Working Group is responsible for the implementation
strategy of the NGI. A small, integrated NGI Implementation Team will take
primary responsibility for implementing the approved plans under the direction of
the LSN Working Group. In particular, the NGI Implementation Team will:
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Contain one member from each of the funded agencies plus an applications advocate
who will provide linkage to NGI applications partners and to the Federal
Information Services Applications Council
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Use advanced networking and computing for effective coordination and communications
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Answer to the LSN Working Group as a team (and to agencies as individuals)
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Operate as an integrated project team for the overall NGI initiative
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Be jointly responsible for execution of approved implementation plans, initiative
management and evaluation, and other activities as required for successful
implementation
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Establish contributing partnerships and relationships
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Recommend funding mechanisms and serve appropriately in the selection process.
The directly funded agencies will, of course, also participate in the oversight
of the NGI Implementation Team by, among other things, the approval processes
required to expend agency resources in support of the NGI initiative.
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