{"id":23380,"date":"2019-05-31T14:46:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T14:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/31\/government-seeks-public-help-to-take-the-quantum-leap\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:58:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:58:54","slug":"government-seeks-public-help-to-take-the-quantum-leap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/it-networks\/2019\/05\/31\/government-seeks-public-help-to-take-the-quantum-leap\/","title":{"rendered":"Government seeks public help to take the quantum leap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Federal agencies are already working to develop policy on quantum computing in the United States, but members of the public now also have a chance to weigh in on how the country should tackle the emerging IT field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White House\u2019s National Science and Technology Council Subcommittee on Quantum Information Science issued a request for information May 30 \u201cto inform the subcommittee as the government develops the means to address the specific policy recommendations included in the strategic overview and the overall goals of the National Quantum Initiative Act<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That legislation requires the government to create a 10-year plan for accelerating quantum innovation and its uses in information science and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quantum computing is a relatively new field, first theorized in the 1980s, that aims to address problems that regular computers don\u2019t have the capacity to solve by using the principles of superposition and entanglement.<\/p>\n\n\n