The (US) Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program is the Nation's primary source of Federally funded revolutionary breakthroughs in advanced information technologies such as computing, networking, and software.    (2L4G)

A unique collaboration of more than a dozen Federal research and development agencies, the NITRD Program seeks to:    (2L4H)

see: http://www.nitrd.gov/about/about_nitrd.aspx    (2L4L)