PITAC - Report to the President February 24, 1999

Acrobat/PDF	President's Information Technology Advisory Committee Report to the President     Information Technology Research: Investing in Our Future   Letter of Transmittal Members of the Advisory Committee   Executive Summary Sidebar Rationale for Government Support of Long Term, Fundamental Research Findings and Recommendation Priorities for Research The Government's Essential Role Conclusion 1.  Information Technology:  Transforming our Society 1.1  Transforming the Way We Communicate 1.2  Transforming the Way We Deal With Information 1.3  Transforming the Way We Learn 1.4  Transforming the Practice of Health Care 1.5  Transforming the Nature of Commerce 1.6  Transforming the Nature of Work 1.7  Transforming How We Design and Build Things 1.8  Transforming How We Conduct Research 1.9  Transforming Our Understanding of the Environment 1.10  Transforming Government 2.  Setting Federal Research Priorities:  Findings and Recommendations 2.1  Findings 2.2  Recommendations for Research 3.  Technical Research Priorities 3.1  Software Research 3.1.1  Findings 3.1.2  Recommendations 3.2  Scalable Information Infrastructure 3.2.1  Findings 3.2.2  Recommendations 3.3  High-End Computing 3.3.1  Findings 3.3.2  Recommendations 4.  Socioeconomic Research and Policy Priorities 4.1  Findings 4.2  Recommendations 5.  Creating an Effective Management Structure for       Federal Information Technology R&D 5.1  Agency Roles Sidebar Can the Proposed Increases be Invested Effectively? 5.2  Policy and Coordination of        Information Technology R&D 5.3  Support and Implementation 5.4  Annual Review 5.5  Funding Conclusion
	PITAC Acknowledgements   The following members of the community were especially helpful in working with PITAC as panel members or advisors after the interim report was released in August, 1998. Victor Basili Jack Dongarra Jeff Johnson Ed Lazowska Reagan Moore Craig Partridge Dan Reed George Spix Rick Stevens Mary Vernon William Wulf George Campbell Donna Hoffman Brewster Kahle C. Dianne Martin Donald Norman Dave Patterson Michael Skibo Tom Sterling Michael S. Teitelbaum Alexander Wong PITAC would like to thank the following people for their contribution in writing white papers for PITAC's consideration for the interim report. Kathie Blankenship Michael L. Brodie Rob Kling Daniel R. Masys Scott O. Bradner Michael Hawley Clifford Lynch PITAC would also like to acknowledge the contributions of the following people from the National Coordination Office for Computing, Information and Communications, without whom we would not have been able to produce this report: Kay Howell Yolanda L. Comedy Sally Howe Robert I. Winner PITAC would also like to thank the numerous federal employees that gave advice during the writing of this report, in particular, Henry Kelly, Tom Kalil, and Lori Perine.   And, finally we are grateful to the entire staff at the National Coordination Office. Our meetings went smoothly because of their careful preparation.