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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 5501. Findings
The Congress finds the following:
(1) Advances in computer science and technology are vital to
the Nation's prosperity, national and economic security,
industrial production, engineering, and scientific advancement.
(2) The United States currently leads the world in the
development and use of high-performance computing for national
security, industrial productivity, science, and engineering, but
that lead is being challenged by foreign competitors.
(3) Further research and development, expanded educational
programs, improved computer research networks, and more effective
technology transfer from government to industry are necessary for
the United States to reap fully the benefits of high-performance
computing.
(4) A high-capacity, flexible, high-speed national research and
education computer network is needed to provide researchers and
educators with access to computational and information resources,
act as a test bed for further research and development for
high-capacity and high-speed computer networks, and provide
researchers the necessary vehicle for continued network
technology improvement through research.
(5) Several Federal agencies have ongoing high-performance
computing programs, but improved long-term interagency
coordination, cooperation, and planning would enhance the
effectiveness of these programs.
(6) A 1991 report entitled "Grand Challenges: High-Performance
Computing and Communications" by the Office of Science and
Technology Policy, outlining a research and development strategy
for high-performance computing, provides a framework for a
multiagency high-performance computing program. Such a program
would provide American researchers and educators with the
computer and information resources they need, and demonstrate how
advanced computers, high-capacity and high-speed networks, and
electronic data bases can improve the national information
infrastructure for use by all Americans.
(7) Additional research must be undertaken to lay the
foundation for the development of new applications that can
result in economic growth, improved health care, and improved
educational opportunities.
(8) Research in new networking technologies holds the promise
of easing the economic burdens of information access
disproportionately borne by rural users of the Internet.
(9) Information security is an important part of computing,
information, and communications systems and applications, and
research into security architectures is a critical aspect of
computing, information, and communications research programs.
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