NITRD MOURNS THE LOSS OF DR. LUCY NOWELL
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of Lucy Nowell on June 14, 2020. Lucy was a key contributor to NITRD, as a former …
NITRD NEWSLETTER – MAY 2020
View Full Text: NITRD-Newsletter-052020.pdf This revamped newsletter includes many interesting areas for you to explore: Snippets: Well, they are exactly that, snippets (with links) to fascinating agency projects in networking and …
ANNOUNCEMENT: TAGGING WEBSITE INFORMATION RELATED TO COVID-19
To increase the online visibility of important COVID-19 information, Federal Chief Information Officers have been directed to incorporate the new Schema.org vocabulary for tagging websites that contain information about COVID-19 prevention measures, disease spread …
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: WOMEN OF THE NITRD NATIONAL COORDINATION OFFICE
The Women of the NITRD NCO in 2020 From seated center: Kamie Roberts, NITRD Director. Seated front: Ji Hyun Lee, Technical Coordinator; Diane Theiss, Financial Analyst and Deputy Chief of Staff. Back …
THE INTEROPERABILITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES, DATA, AND PLATFORMS TO ENHANCE PATIENT CARE
In February 2019 the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program’s Health Information Technology Research and Development Interagency Working Group (HITRD IWG) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to collect input from industry, academia, and nongovernmental organizations on new approaches to solve the interoperability issues between medical devices, data, and platforms. On July 17, 2019, the group followed up with an in-person Listening Session that included 76 representatives from the device, standards, academic, and medical communities, and government.
FEDERAL HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
This strategic R&D Framework was developed to improve medical, functional, and public health outcomes through R&D in the use of data and IT for advanced health IT applications and improved detection of existing health concerns and discovery of emerging issues. It is expected that this Framework will help the United States capitalize on the full potential of health IT to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare and lengthen and improve the quality of American lives. This Framework will also help Federal agencies work across silos and prioritize areas for transformation by investing in tools and technologies that open new areas of discovery and better coordination of R&D activities. It does not define specific research agendas for individual Federal agencies; instead, agencies will continue to pursue priorities consistent with their missions, capabilities, authorities, and budgets, while maximizing planning, collaboration, and coordination with one another through the HITRD IWG to avoid duplicative efforts.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CYBERSECURITY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
On June 4-6, 2019, the National Science and Technology Council Subcommittees on National Information Technology and Networking Research and Development and Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence held a workshop to assess the research challenges and opportunities at the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI). The “Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Challenges” report summarizes the workshop discussions.
NOTICE OF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MEETINGS OF THE NETWORKING AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (NITRD) PROGRAM
The NITRD Program holds meetings that are open to the public to attend. The Joint Engineering Team (JET) and Middleware And Grid Interagency Coordination (MAGIC) Team provide an opportunity for the public to engage and participate in information sharing with Federal agencies. The JET and MAGIC Team report to the NITRD Large Scale Networking (LSN) Interagency Working Group (IWG).