FEDERAL INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS R&D STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: CALL FOR COMMENT AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF FORUM POC: Charles Kalina on (301) 402-4100. The Committee on Information and Communications R&D (CIC), a committee of the National Science and Technology Council, has published a Strategic Implementation Plan (SIP), America in the Age of Information, dated March 1995, that sets forth a high level strategy for the Federal Government's research and development investment in information and communications technologies. The plan will be revised and extended as academia, Government, and industry work together in planning research agendas to exploit information and communications technologies for the benefit of all Americans. To facilitate this work, the Committee is calling on academia, industry, businesses, trade and professional groups, interest groups, foundations, and concerned individuals to submit white papers on topics bearing on the SIP, especially for its enhancement or refinement. Consensus positions from relevant activity sectors are encouraged. Selected papers will be invited for presentation and discussion at a forum to be held on July 6 and 7, 1995 at the Lister Hill Center of the National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Address requests for further information, the Call for Papers (provides requested format), copies of the SIP, Letters of Intent to submit (due May 23, 1995), and submitted White Papers (due June 6, 1995) to SIP, NCO/HPCC, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894; Tel. 301-402-4100; FAX 301-402-4080; nco@hpcc.gov. Electronic submission is preferred. The SIP is also available on the World Wide Web at the following URLs: http://www.hpcc.gov or gopher://gopher.hpcc.gov.

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