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PREPRINT COPYBioinformatics fellowships and training: Graduate and post-doctoral programs to expand the ranks ofprofessionals trained in both IT and applications of IT in biomedical research, health care systems – NIH (NLM)Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program: Support for advanced computational science trainingactivity at national laboratories – DOE/NNSA, DOE/SCPlanning and Coordination Supporting RequestSEW activities provide a bridge between the networking and IT R&D community and the larger arena ofgovernment policymakers and IT implementers. A key current focus is:Strategic leadership for NIT education: Multiagency effort led by SEW to explore possible Federal initiatives tosupport America’s strategic leadership across the digital landscape by identifying vital NIT education andworkforce goals – SEW and other Federal agenciesSEW’s partnership with GSA and the Federal Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council supports the CollaborativeExpedition Workshops, now in their eighth year, to encourage collaboration among government and communityimplementers of IT and demonstrate promising IT capabilities emerging from Federal research. FY 2009 plansinclude:Scientific collaboration: Explore lessons from national science communities’ “build to share” infrastructure anddiscovery methods (e.g., tools, governance, security, privacy)NITRD participation: Continue to work with IWGs/CGs to host joint workshops around high-priority NITRDinterests and interagency R&D topics (e.g., scientific peer/merit review, roadmapping); joint workshops held in2008 with LSN, HCSS, HCI-IM, and HEC on identity management, certification, and scalable data management)Selected impacts of workshop planning and coordination:Broad participation: Total workshop attendance in the thousands (Federal, state, and local government, academia,industry, and other communities); 60-100 participants per workshop; counters stove-pipingSpread of Wiki technology: Growing use of cost-effective, efficient tool for collaborative work across the Federalgovernment; 1,800 Wiki pages with 5,000 community files developed, drawing nearly 2 million visits per year; 7million files downloaded per year, including public comment on E-government implementations (e.g. FederalFunding and Transparency Act, Federal Segment Architecture Methodology, Data Reference Model, 2.0, andVisualization to Understand Expenditures in Information Technology)Communities of Practice (CoPs): Over the past five years, 47 self-organized groups totaling more than 3,000participants; 17 new CoPs in 2008 including Federal Data Architecture Committee, IntergovernmentalTransportation Knowledge Networks (Eastern, Midwest, and Western), Federal Research Evaluation Network,Health Informatics Education and Decision Support, and Collaboration Across Distributed ScientificCommunities; 10 communities graduated from hosting to self-supportInformation standards and interoperability: Development and implementation of interoperability referencemodels (e.g., Data Reference Model, Geospatial Profile) and standards in OMB activities under the FederalEnterprise ArchitectureAdditional 2009 and 2010 Activities by AgencyNSF: Continue investments in core research and education programs in human-centered computing; expandopportunities for innovative education and curriculum-development projects; broaden participation in computingby underrepresented minoritiesGSA: Explore emerging standards and technologies that improve interoperability, ease of use, and costeffectivenessof Federal IT implementations; foster open CoPs around applications of emerging technologies toimprove government services and intergovernmental collaboration18 NITRD Supplement to the President’s FY 2010 Budget