Feb 26, 2009 - Washington, D.C. - Harvey Mudd College president Maria Klawe participated in a public workshop hosted by the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD) in the nation’s capital Feb. 25, 2009. The NITRD is an agency of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States.

During the two-day workshop, Klawe and a select group of leaders from the academic and commercial sectors provided input and guidance on a strategic plan for the NITRD. Klawe was recruited for her expertise in developing educational and career tracks for broadening participation—especially that of women and under-represented minorities—in the information technology sector.

The NITRD program comprises 13 member agencies (listed below) and a variety of participating units. Collectively, the NITRD agencies invest more than $3 billion annually in networking and information technology research and development. The strategic plan is intended to guide coordination of those investments.

NITRD member agencies:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Agency (DOE/NNSA)
• Department of Energy – Mathematical, Information, and Computational Science Division (DOE/SC)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• National Security Agency (NSA)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• Office of the Deputy, Under Secretary of Defense (OSD/DOD)
• DoD Service research organizations (Science and Technology)

VIDEO: KLAWE SHARES HER EXPERIENCES
Directly following the NITRD workshop, Klawe relayed her experiences via webcast to a group of Harvey Mudd College alumni and other friends of the college assembled at a community gathering hosted by HMC trustee Bruce W. Worster ’64.