Policy Workshop in NREN Issues

1991年《高性能计算法案》的通过，开启了一个由联邦机构、教育机构和私营企业实施国家研究和教育网络（NREN）的积极规划周期。其中许多机构和组织以前一直在积极建立网络，但由于国会审议期间扩大了NREN的范围，一些机构和组织是该领域的新成员。为了协助研究进程和NREN组成组织开展自己的活动，计划举办为期两天的政策和规划讲习班。该研讨会将实现几个重要目标：-将100名与NREN规划和实施最直接相关的个人聚集在一个论坛上；-对在NREN的实施和运作中发挥作用的组织的政策建议和立场提供明智的批评；-将研讨会就国会要求行政部门研究的主要政策问题达成的共识以书面形式记录下来。讲习班的协商一致意见并不意味着就国会或行政部门今后涉及NREN的行动的建议达成一致意见。然而，预计阐明政策立场上的协议和差异，以及推迟评估的原因，将对联邦机构和国会在NREN计划的发展过程中有价值。这次会议将汇集来自众多选区的政策级别代表，他们对设计、开发、部署和运行一个强大的高性能计算机网络至关重要，以满足美国改善研究合作和生产力的迫切需求。

Passage of the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 initiated an active cycle of planning for implementation of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) by federal agencies, educational institutions, and private sector firms. Many of these agencies and organizations have previously been active in networking but a number are new to the field as a result of expansion o the scope of the NREN during Congressional deliberations. To assist the study process and NREN constituent organizations in their own activities, a two day policy and planning workshop is planned. The workshop will serve several important goals: -bring together in a single forum one hundred o the individuals most directly concerned with NREN planning and implementations; -provide an informed critique of policy proposals and positions from organization with roles in the implementation and operation of the NREN; -reduce to written form the consensus of the workshop on the major policy issues on which the Congress has requested an Executive Branch study. The consensus of the workshop does not imply unanimity with respect to proposals for future Congressional or Executive Branch actions involving the NREN. However, it is expected that illumination of agreements and differences in policy positions, and the reasons for deferring assessments, will be valuable to federal agencies and to the Congress in the evolution of the NREN program. This conference will bring together policy level representatives from the numerous constituencies which are essential for the design, development, deployment, and operation of a robust, high performance computer network to meet pressing needs for improved research collaboration and productivity in the United States.