Expedition Workshop

Strategic Leadership For Networkingand Information Technology Education

September 16, 2008

Chris GreerDirector, NCO

AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DOE/NNSA Department of Energy - National Nuclear Security Agency

DOE/SC Department of Energy - Mathematical, Information, and Computational Science Division EPA Environmental Protection Agency

NARA National Archives and Records Administration

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIH National Institutes of Health

NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NSA National Security Agency

NSF National Science Foundation

OSD and DoD Service research organizations, Office of the Deputy, Under Secretary of Defense (Science and Technology)

       

National Science and Technology Council

High Confidence

Software and Systems

Human Computer Interaction and

Information Management

Software Design and

Productivity

Social, Economic,

and Workforce

Office of Scienceand Technology Policy

NationalCoordinationOffice (NCO)

Cyber Security and Information Assurance

Large Scale Networking

NITRDSubcommittee

High End Computing(HEC I&A - R&D)

White HouseExecutive Office of the

President

Committee on Technology

President’s Council of

Advisors on Science and Technology

(PCAST) NITRDProgramStructure

National Science and Technology Council

High Confidence

Software and Systems

Human Computer Interaction and

Information Management

Software Design and

Productivity

Social, Economic,

and Workforce

Office of Scienceand Technology Policy

NationalCoordinationOffice (NCO)

Cyber Security and Information Assurance

Large Scale Networking

NITRDSubcommittee

High End Computing(HEC I&A - R&D)

White HouseExecutive Office of the

President

Committee on Technology

President’s Council of

Advisors on Science and Technology

(PCAST) NITRDProgramStructure

… enables the President to receive advice from the private sector and academic community on technology, scientific research priorities, and math and science education.

Under Executive order 13226, PCAST ..

… is composed of distinguished individuals appointed by the President and drawn from industry, education, and research institutions, and other nongovernmental organizations.

PCAST Assessment of

the NITRD Program

August, 2007

Source: PISA 2006: Science Competencies for Tomorrow’s World, Vol. 1 © OECD 2007

U.S. workforce in S&E occupations: 1983–2006

National Science Board, Science and Engineering Indicators, 2008

Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive WorldPCAST, August, 2007

NIT education to:

• ensure the current generation is prepared to employ NIT capabilities effectively;

• empower the next generation to create new technologies and concepts;

• promote the innovative use of NIT capabilities to enhance education and training; and

• understand the impact of NIT on learning and education.

NITRD Strategic Plan

• create synergy among individual efforts;

• avoid unnecessary duplication and incompatible solutions;

• work together on shared challenges;

• tackle goals beyond the reach of an isolated effort; and

• improve planning and decision-making through information sharing.

The pace of progress can be accelerated by cooperation within and across sectors to:

Contact:

greer@nitrd.gov