Just as important as the message they presented, they also made valuable connections with the officials who represent them in D.C. Using their own research and individual stories as support, and reinforced with additional information from CRA, they made the “Federal case” for computing to members of Congress and their staff. Their message to Congress was very simple: Federally supported computing research is vital to the nation’s future. The volunteers, traveling from as near as Maryland and Pennsylvania, and as far away as Utah and California, participated in nearly 50 House and Senate meetings. to make the case before Congress for federally funded computing research. On September 14, 21 computing researchers from across the country visited Washington, D.C.
Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline.Creating Institutional Homes for Computing.