HIGHLIGHTS:
Computing Research Advocacy Network

Information Technology Initiative

Networking and Information Technology
Research and Development Act

Major Computing Research Issues

• Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act

• Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century

• President's Information Technology Advisory Committee

Key Policy Reports and Documents

• "The Digital Work Force: Building Infotech Skills at the Speed of Innovation," Department of Commerce, June 1999

• The Emerging Digital Economy II, (PDF format) U.S. Department of Commerce, June 1999

• "The Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative," Report of the Working Group on Biomedical Computing, National Institutes of Health, June, 1999

• The Supply of Information Technology Workers in the United States, Computing Research Association, May 1999

• "High Performance Computing and Communications: Information Technology Frontiers for a New Millennium," Supplement to the President's FY 2000 Budget, May 1999

• "Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for the 21st Century," National Science and Technology Council, April 1999

• "Information Technologies Promise To Make Government More Efficient And Responsive," National Science Foundation, April 1999

• "Information Technology Research: Investing in Our Future," PITAC Report to the President, February 1999.

• "New Forces at Work: Industry Views Critical Technologies," Science and Technology Policy Institute, December 1998

• "Unlocking Our Future: Toward A New National Science Policy," National Science Policy Study of the House Committee on Science, September 1998

Articles on Science and Technology Policy

• Data Brief from the National Science Foundation:
  How Has The Field Mix of Academic R&D Changed?, December 2, 1998.

• Business Week, "WHY THE PACE HAS TO PICK UP," August 31, 1998, p. 136-139.
  This is a double-issue on the 21st Century Economy.

• Data Brief from the National Science Foundation:
  R&D as a Percent of GDP is Highest in Six Years, October 16, 1998. Also available in Acrobat (.pdf).

Other Policy Resources

Computing

• USACM: The ACM U.S. Public Policy Committee
• Computer Systems Policy Project, an affiliation of the Chief Executive Officers of major American computer companies that develop, build, and market information processing systems and related software and services.
• EDUCAUSE

General Science and Technology Policy

• National Academies of Science and Engineering/ National Research Council
• American Association for the Advancement of Science: Science, Technology and Government Program
• Council on Competitiveness
• The Forum on Technology and Innovation

IT Workforce

• Information Technology Association of America
• IEEE-USA Public Policy Forum

Commerce

• U.S. Government Electronic Commerce Policy

Intellectual Property

• Copyright and Fair Use, Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, in collaboration with the Council on Library Resources and FindLaw Internet Legal Resources.

• Digital Future Coalition, an industry and public access group.

• Creative Incentive Coalition, an advocacy group arguing for stronger copyright laws.

Security

• National Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education