The National Quantum Initiative Program is another recently developed U.S. Government attempt to openly get ahead of the quantum computing curve. The NQIP action plan made its way on to the internet in April of 2018. In addition to the Quantum Computing Research Act of 2018, the NQIP aspires to spurn inter-agency collaboration. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE), and others, are called on to coordinate and lead the initiative. Operational aspects called for in the NQIP, in-part, are to develop an industrial quantum technology workforce, engineer quantum computers and communications, and to develop the infrastructure to support the efforts. Part of the support will be provided through Quantum Innovation Laboratories (QILabs), a Quantum Research Network (QRN), and a Quantum Computing Access Program (QCAP).
