The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

Figliola, Patricia Moloney

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Technology;    Technology - Research and development - Government spending;    Budgets;    Science policy;   

RP-ID  :  IB10130
RP-ID  :  IB10130_2006May04

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses federal funding for IT research and development. Proponents assert that federal support of IT R&D has produced positive outcomes for the country and played a crucial role in supporting long-term research into fundamental aspects of computing. Critics assert that the government, through its funding mechanisms, may bepicking “winners and losers” in technological development, a role more properly residingwith the private sector.