One of the Missing was issued by the National Science Foundation on September 15, 2015. The initiative's Implementation Plan was issued on October 27, 2015, although it was not immediately released to the public to avoid preempting higher-level budgetary planning. Although the Obama administration's fiscal year 2017 budget request, released in February 2016, included $285 million for the Department of Energy and $33 million for the National Science Foundation through the NSCI, few additional details about the initiative had emerged in the following months. Although there was concern that the initiative might not survive the upcoming elections and change 	National Strategic Computing Initiative
23819928	of presidential administration, Office of Science and Technology Policy director John Holdren in May 2016 expressed confidence that it would survive into the next administration regardless of who the next President would be. The strategic plan was released in July 2016, on the first anniversary of the initiative. It was reported that the perceived delay in implementation was due to its expansiveness across many government agencies and that it was during a contentious election year. Workforce development was cited as a particularly thorny issue during a July 2016 NSCI workshop in Washington, D.C. At the time the initiative was criticized 	National Strategic Computing Initiative
23819929	for bringing existing programs, such as the Cancer Breakthroughs 2020, under a new umbrella initiative rather than starting new programs. In late 2016, the first exascale systems were expected to be operational by 2022. National Strategic Computing Initiative The National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) is a United States initiative calling for the accelerated development of technologies for exascale supercomputers, and funding research into post-semiconductor computing. The initiative was created by an executive order issued by President Barack Obama in July 2015. Ten United States government departments and independent agencies are involved in the initiative. The initiative initially brought together 	National Strategic Computing Initiative
23819930	One of the Missing One of the Missing One of the Missing" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in "The San Francisco Examiner" on March 11, 1888 and was reprinted in "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" (1891). Summary. The story is set in the American Civil War. Jerome Searing is an orderly for the Union Army. His general sends him on a mission to scout ahead and make sure that there are no surprises waiting for them. This is a typical mission for Jerome and he takes delight and care in scouting  ahead. Jerome comes upon a plantation and can see the Confederate Army in retreat. He takes aim to shoot one of them ("it is the business of a soldier to kill") but at the same time, a captain far off shoots a cannon at the structure that Jerome is hiding in. When Jerome comes to, he is partially buried in the debris and finds himself incapable of moving his body because of the way the debris covers him. As he examines his surroundings and options, Jerome realizes that his rifle is pointed right at him. He anticipates it going off  at any minute since it was primed to fire before the explosion. He tries to distract himself from the metal ring facing him with other thoughts and even by closing his eyes but every time he closes his eyes, he feels the bullet burying into him. Eventually, Jerome finds a loose board that he tries to use to block the gun but when that is ineffective and he has lost all hope, he uses the board to help pull the trigger. The gun doesn't go off; it was fired when the building collapsed. His death could be from a  range of different causes depending on speculation. After hearing the explosion, his brother Adrian is ordered to move forward and explore the area that Jerome has scouted. As his party passes the destroyed building, they see a body in the wreckage but the debris has tinted his Federal coat gray and the state of death hints that the body had been dead so long that none of them realize who they are looking at. Analysis. The last section of the story, dealing with the protagonist's brother, was originally split into two parts, with the first part inserted in the  middle of the narrative. The story was rewritten by Bierce for his "Collected Works" in order to highlight the subjective perception of time: what had seemed to the protagonist like hours of torture was actually a mere twenty-two minutes. This notion is also dramatised in Bierce's most successful story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". "One of the Missing" shows influence of Maupassant's war story "Two Friends". Jerome finds himself in the position of a Confederate soldier that he thought to kill seconds before the explosion, just like the two fishers in Maupassant's story suddenly find  themselves as helpless and doomed as the fish they caught: "seized by chance and subject to the bidding of a more powerful entity". Both stories spotlight the capriciousness and absurdity of war. One of the Missing "One of the Missing" is a short story by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It was first published in "The San Francisco Examiner" on March 11, 1888 and was reprinted in "Tales of Soldiers and Civilians" (1891). Summary. The story is set in the American Civil War. Jerome Searing is an orderly for the Union Army. His general sends him