tailieunhanh - federally funded r d centers

Tham khảo sách 'federally funded r d centers', kỹ thuật - công nghệ, cơ khí - chế tạo máy phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | United States General Accounting Office_ IAO Report to the Ranking Minority Member 1 Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Service Committee on Governmental Affairs . Senate FEDERALLY FUNDED R D CENTERS Information on the Size and Scope of DOD-Sponsored Centers G________A_______o y .a rs Ì9ỈÌ - 11 AO NSIAD-9654 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington . 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-270464 April 24 1996 The Honorable David Pryor Ranking Minority Member Subcommittee on Post Office and Civil Sendee Committee on Governmental Affairs United States Senate Dear Senator Pryor. As requested we are updating our 1988 report entitled Competition Information on Federally Funded Research and Development Centers GACNNSiAMS-nfiPS May 24. 1988 for the Department of Defense s DOD 11 federally funded research and development centers FFRDC . Specifically this report describes the 1 funding and staff size of the ffrdcs 2 extent of subcontracted Franc work 3 structure of the parent organizations 4 missions core competencies and capabilities of the FFRDCs 5 sponsors criteria for defining core work and 6 sponsors oversight mechanisms and responsibilities. Background FFRIX7S were first established during World War 11 to meet specialized or unique research and development needs that could not be readily satisfied by government personnel due to limits on federal salaries and hiring or by commercial Additional and expanded requirements for specialized services led to increases in tile size and number of FFRDCS to a peak of 74 Francs in 1969. Today 8 agencies including DOO fund 39 Francs that arc operated by universities. nonprofit organizations or industrial firms under long-term Legislation and federal procurement regulations permit agencies to award these contracts Within DOD the Director of Defense Research and Engineering is responsible for developing overall policy for pop s 11 Francs. The .