Policy Workshop in NREN Issues

1991年通过的《高性能计算法》启动了一个由联邦机构、教育机构和私营部门公司实施国家研究和教育网络(NREN)的积极规划周期。这些机构和组织中有许多以前一直活跃在联网方面，但由于在国会审议期间扩大了NREN的范围，一些机构和组织对这一领域是新的。为了协助研究过程和非REN成员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。讲习班将服务于几个重要目标：--将100名与国家可持续发展网络的规划和实施最直接有关的个人聚集在一个论坛上；-对在执行和运作国家环境保护网络方面发挥作用的组织提出的政策建议和立场提供明智的批评；-将研讨会关于大会要求行政部门研究的主要政策问题的协商一致意见写成书面形式。研讨会的协商一致并不意味着就未来涉及全国环境保护网的国会或行政部门行动的提案达成一致。然而，预计阐明一致意见和政策立场的差异，以及推迟评估的原因，将对联邦机构和国会在NREN计划的演变过程中具有重要价值。这次会议将汇聚来自众多支持者的政策级代表，这些代表对于设计、开发、部署和运营一个强大、高性能的计算机网络至关重要，以满足美国改善研究合作和生产率的迫切需求。

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.