Membership on the HPCCIT 

 Subcommittee 



The National Coordination Office and the HPCCIT Subcommittee actively encourage other Federal 

 agencies (Departments, agencies within Departments, or independent agencies) to consider joining 

 HPCCIT either as Official Members or as Observers. 



Offlcial Membership 



If an agency proposes a program and the HPCCIT Subcommittee determines that the program meets 

 the Evaluation Criteria (see below) and approves it, then the Subcommittee will recommend to the 

 Committee on Physical, Mathematical, and Engineering Sciences (CPMES) that the agency be added 

 to the HPCC Program and participate in the budget crosscut. 



Observer Status 



Upon request from the agency and approval by the HPCCIT Subcommittee, an agency may participate 

 in the technical program and attend HPCCIT Subcommittee meetings. 



Requests for membership or observer status should be directed to the National Coordination Office 

 (listed on page 166 in the Contacts section). 



Evaluation Criteria for the HPCC Program 



Relevance/Contribution. The research must significantly contribute to the over- 

 all goals and strategy of the Federal High Performance Computing and 

 Communications (HPCC) Program, including computing, .software, networking, 

 information infrastructure, and basic research, to enable solution of the Grand 

 Challenges and the National Challenges. 



Technical/Scientific Merit. The propo.sed agency program must be 

 technically/scientifically sound and of high quality, and must be the product of a 

 documented technical/scientific planning and review process. 



Readiness. A clear agency planning process must be evident, and the organiza- 

 tion must have cJeinonstrated capctbility to carry out the program. 



Timeliness. The proposed work must be technically/scientifically timely for one 

 or more of the HPCC Program components. 



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