Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.?]: Critical Infrastructure Protection R&D Interagency Working Group, [2001] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)49301583 Subject: Infrastructure (Economics) -- Defense measures -- Research -- United States. Excerpt: ... V. OBJECTIVES The overall objectives of the federal program in critical infrastructure protection R & D are to promote and coordinate research to reduce vulnerabilities in our nation's critical infrastructure, and to promote the research and development of technologies that will detect, contain, and mitigate attacks against or other failures in these infrastructures. The CIP R & D IWG has three sets of more specific objectives, one each for the short-, medium-, and long-term. The IWG's long-term objective is to achieve the goal of maintaining and supporting a vigorous and effective program of federal R & D in critical infrastructure protection that rapidly identifies, develops, and facilitates the fielding of technologies and management tools that provide protection against existing and emerging infrastructure threats and vulnerabilities. In the medium-term, the IWG's objectives are to: Sustain the process that has evolved since 1998 to develop and maintain an agenda for federal critical infrastructure protection R & D. This agenda should be comprehensive and include information on ongoing federal programs, near-and long-term research plans, budget information, and proposed R & D policy. Foster conditions for the development of a close partnership with the private sector, academia, and international community. Given the volume of CIP R & D performed by and the expertise resident in industry, academia, and the international community, the federal program should be developed in close conjunction and partnership with these communities. Facilitate the smooth and timely transfer of technology among government agencies and between them and the private sector. This objective is closely aligned w...