"Information technology (IT) is widely understood to be the enabling technology of the 21st century. IT has transformed, and continues to transform, all aspects of our lives: commerce and finance, education, energy, health care, manufacturing, government, national security, transportation, communications, entertainment, science, and engineering. IT and its impact on the U.S. economy--both directly (the IT sector itself) and indirectly (other sectors that are powered by advances in IT)--continue to grow in size and importance. IT's impacts on the U.S. economy--both directly (the IT sector itself) and indirectly (other sectors that are powered by advances in IT)--continue to grow. IT enabled innovation and advances in IT products and services draw on a deep tradition of research and rely on sustained investment and a uniquely strong partnership in the United States among government, industry, and universities. Past returns on federal inv
| ISBN: | 9780309684200 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2020 |
| Author: | Engineering, and Medicine US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine US National Academies of Sciences |
| Publisher: | National Academies Press an imprint of the National Academies Press, [2020] |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Series: | Consensus Study Report |
| Genres: |
Information technology: general topics |