HR 2086 AUTHORIZES $6.9 BILLION ON IT RESEARCH.(National Science Foundation funding)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)

Federal Computer Market Report, March, 2000

The High Performance Computing Act of 1991 has received a proposed amendment through HR 2086 which would establish the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the lead organization in IT research over the next 5 years. The Network & Information R&D Act would provide the NSF with funding of nearly $3 billion over the next 5 years. NIH would receive $1.2 billion, NASA $1.1 billion, the Energy Department $602.2 million and the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) $73 million, the National Oceanic & Atmosphere Administration $71.7 million and EPA $22.3 million.

Viewed as a basic IT research bill by its sponsor Representative Sensenbrenner from Wisconsin, the funding levels are derived from the Executive Branch report "Information Technology Research: An...

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