As recognized by both NIST and the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, cloud computing is an area vital to the economic growth and competitiveness of the nation. The CISE community has responded vigorously to the challenge, as evidenced by the wide range of research efforts underway that are supported by numerous programs throughout the CISE Directorate.

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The Public Printer of the United States is the head of the Government Printing Office, the Federal agency charged with making government publications available for the public. Carl Malamud discusses his campaign to be appointed by the Obama administration to this position. He talks about some of the reforms he hopes to accomplish and talks about how he would continue the work he has done at Public.Resource.Org, where he has made available millions of pages of government documents, as well as video and photographic material. He also assesses the work necessary to include more useful material on government websites.

The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community.