Public-Private Partnerships Will Be Key in National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization

Ongoing federal funding will be crucial to continued research efforts in the critical and burgeoning quantum information technologies field, as funding established by foundational legislation mandating government investment—2018 National Quantum Initiative Act—is set to expire at the end of this fiscal year.

Speaking during an event hosted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, federal officials working closely within the government’s quantum information sciences programs discussed what the QIST field will need from a reauthorized bill.

Catherine Johnson, the staff director of the Research and Technology Subcommittee within the House Science, Space and Technology Committee—which initially introduced the bill that former President Donald Trump signed five years ago—said reauthorization was a “top priority” for this Congress to accomplish.