Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPA's proposed budget represents a decrease from 1995. The fiscal 1996
budget of $2.64 billion is almost $100 million less than the 1995 budget
of $2.7 billion. However, the Computing Systems and Communications
Technology program is slated for a 3.9% increase, from $389 million in
1995 to $404 million in 1996. This program focuses on software engineering
technologies and intelligent systems and contains most of the HPCC funds
allocated to the Defense Department.
The overall Defense portion of HPCC will increase 5%, from $384 million in
1995 to $403 million in 1996. Some of this money traditionally has gone to
the National Security Agency.
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Despite Republican proposals to eliminate the Advanced Technology Program,
the Clinton administration proposed to increase funding in 1996 to $431
million--14% over 1995. ATP provides cost-shared funding to individual
companies and industry-led joint ventures for the development of high-risk
but potentially high-payoff technologies.
Also, the 1996 budget for Computer Systems would increase 25% to $48
million, which is $9 million over the 1995 budget. This program focuses on
developing standards and conformance tests for computers and
telecommunications systems and on security and interoperability.
Finally, funding for Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computing would
rise from $7.3 million in 1995 to $11 million in 1996--a 50% increase. This
program provides expertise in mathematical modeling, statistics, numerical
analysis, scientific computing and, as part of the HPCC program,
collaborates with other laboratories.