National Coordination Office for Computing, Information, and Communications

Overview
The mission of the National Coordination Office (NCO) for Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) is to support the Committee on Computing, Information, and Communications (CCIC), which reports to the National Science and Technology Council. The NCO provides technical and administrative support to the CCIC's Computing, Information, and Communications (CIC) R&D Subcommittee, and provides administrative support to the Federal Networking Council (FNC), the Applications Council, and the Technology Policy Subcommittee (TPS), all of which report to the CCIC.

The NCO coordinates multi-agency CIC R&D activities in computing, information, and communications. These activities include the preparation of planning, budget, and assessment documents, including the CIC R&D Annual Report, which is a supplement to the President's budget and is required by law, and the CIC R&D Implementation Plan; development of multi-agency activities; and information exchanges. The Subcommittee has five Working Groups that address specific programmatic objectives: High End Computing and Computation; Large Scale Networking; High Confidence Systems; Human Centered Systems; and Education, Training, and Human Resources. The NCO supports and coordinates the Working Groups' activities.