The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) has issued a "progress report" on its 2010 review of US Federal programs and investments in Neworking and Information Technology research and Development. The report can be found at

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-nitrd2013.pdf

There's a background posting from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) here:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/17/pcast-updates-assessment-networking-and-infotech-rd

My thanks to the indispensible Computing Community Consortium Blog for the pointer to this.

Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI