Information Technology For The Twenty-First Century: A Bold Investment In America's Future

Citation
National Science and Technology Council, Information Technology For The Twenty-First Century: A Bold Investment In America's Future (June 1999) (full-text).

Overview
With this Information Technology for the Twenty First Century (IT2) initiative, the Federal Government is making an important re-commitment to fundamental research in information technology. The IT2 initiative proposes $366 million in increased investments in computing, information, and communications research and development (R&D) to help expand the knowledge base in fundamental information science, advance the Nation's capabilities in cutting-edge research, and train the next generation of researchers who will sustain the Information Revolution well into the 21st Century.