正值编制预算期,由总统克林顿任命的一个技术专家小组于1999年3月发表了一份总报告,要求大量增加联邦政府拨款用于计算机科学的研究。该报告称:“我们现在必须采取行动重新加强信息技术的长远研究工作,使大学校园内以及其他民间研究机构的计算技术基础设施重新焕发活力。这些设施很快就会落后于当前的工艺水平。”报告还提到:“如果我们不采取 In preparation for the budget period, a team of technical experts appointed by President Clinton published a general report in March 1999, calling for a substantial increase in federal funding for computer science research. The report said: “We must now take action to re-strengthen the long-term research work on information technology to rejuvenate the computing technology infrastructure at university campuses and other private research institutions that will soon fall behind current technology levels. The report also said: ”If we do not take