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Issues & Budget Pages

Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act (NITR&D) (2000)

Information Technology Workforce (2000)

FY 2001 Budget (2000)

Non-research Issues (eg. Encryption, Intellectual Property, Electronic Commerce, Digital Divide) (1999-2000)

President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) (1999-2000)

Information Technology for the Twenty-First Century (IT²) (1999)

FY 2000 Budget (1999)

Next Generation Internet (1997-1999)

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Testimony

Computing Research Community Testimony (pdf, 1.6 mb), provided for House Science Committee Hearing, May 12, 2005

Responses to the Questions for the Record posed to Dr. Tom Leighton and Dr. Bill Wulf following the May 12, 2005, hearing of the House Science Committee on "The Future of Computer Science Research in the U.S."

Leighton's response (pdf, 153 kb)

Wulf's response (pdf, 209 kb)

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CRA Position Statements

CRA Letter to Members of the Subcommittees on Energy and Water Appropriations on Proposed Budget Cuts for DOE Computing Programs, July 24, 2000

CRA Letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations on Proposed Budget Cuts for DARPA Computing Programs (.pdf), June 12, 2000

CRA Letter to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Defense Appropriations on Proposed Budget Cuts for DARPA Computing Programs (.pdf), June 12, 2000

CRA Letter to Members of the House Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations on FY 2001 Funding for the National Science Foundation, May 9, 2000

CRA Testimony on FY 2001 Appropriations for the National Science Foundation given by Daniel Reed before the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agences, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, April 12, 2000

CRA Letter to Members of the Senate Commerce Committee on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act (H.R. 2086), February 22, 2000

CNSF Statement on the National Science Foundation's FY 2001 Budget

CRA Letter to President Clinton and Vice President Gore on the Administration's FY 2001 R&D Budget Request, February 9, 2000

CRA Letter to President Clinton and Vice President Gore on Information Technology Research Funding in the FY 2001 Budget, December 13, 1999

CRA Testimony on the Underrepresentation of Women and Minorities in Computing given by Edward Lazowska before the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology Development (CAWMSET), October 6, 1999.

CRA Testimony on the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act (HR 2086) given by Edward Lazowska before the Subcommittee on Basic Research, Committee on Science, U.S. House of Representatives, July 14, 1999

CRA Statement on the NITR&D Act (HR 2086)

TechNet-CRA Letter to Congress on the Impact of Pending Appropriations on IT Research, September 1, 1999

CRA Letter to House Appropriators on FY 2000 Appropriations for the National Science Foundation, July 30, 1999

CRA Letter to Congress on the Information Technology Initiative, April 30, 1999

CRA Testimony on FY 2000 Appropriations for the National Science Foundation given by Edward Lazowska before the Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, April 28, 1999

CRA Testimony on the FY 2000 DOD Budget Request given by John Gannon before the Subcommittee on Defense, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, March 25, 1999

CRA Statement on the IT² Initiative

CNSF Statement on the National Science Foundation FY 2000 Budget Proposal

CRA Testimony on the FY 1999 NSF budget request given by Peter A. Freeman before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, April 21, 1998

CRA Testimony on the FY 1997 NSF and CISE budget requests given by Fred W. Weingarten before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, May 10, 1996

CRA Testimony on NSF Advanced Computational Infrastructure given by Mary Vernon before the House Science Subcommittee on Basic Research, March 19, 1996

CRA Testimony on the High Performance Computing and Communications Program given by Edward Lazowska before the House Science Subcommittee on Basic Research, October 31, 1995 - oral version of testimony also available

CRA Testimony on FY 1996 NSF Appropriations given by Edward Lazowska before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, April 5, 1995

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Reports

Experiments in International Benchmarking of U.S. Research Fields, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Science, February 2000

The Biomedical Information Science and Technology Initiative, Report of the Working Group on Biomedical Computing, National Institutes of Health, June 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 Technology Research: Investing in Our Future, PITAC Report to the President, February 1999

New Forces at Work: Industry Views Critical Technologies (.pdf), Science and Technology Policy Institute, December 1998

Information Technology Research for Crisis Management, Summary of a Workshop, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, December 1, 1998

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

Networked Computing for the 21st Century, Supplement to the President's FY 1999 Budget, August 1998 (also available in .pdf format)

Federal Energy Research And Development For The Challenges Of The Twenty-First Century, PCAST Report to the President, November 1997

Use of Technology to Strengthen K-12 Education in the United States, PCAST Report to the President, March 1997

R&D for the NII: Technical Challenges, report of a project sponsored by CRA with several other associations to develop a research agenda for the NII

Culture, Society and Advanced Information Technology, report sponsored by CRA and the American Anthropological Association