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Social Research and Development of LimiteC Ua tc ational
Policymakers. B-176'65; HRD-77-34. April 4, 1977. 59 pp. +
appendices (12 pp.).
Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroll~r General.
Issue Arca: Federal Procurement of Goods and Services (1303);
Income Security Prcgrams: Program Monitoring and
Admi.istration (1900).
Contact: Human Resources Div.
Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and Sccial Services:
Research and General Education kids (503); Health, Healtb
Research and Education (552); Income Security: Public
Assistance and Other Income Supplements (604).
Organization CoDcerned: Department of Health, Education, and
Welfare; National Science Foundation; Office cf Management
and Budqet; Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Congressional Relevance: Congress; House Comr'e'tee on Vays and
Means; Senate Committee on Finance.
Federally-supported social research and development
(R&D) includes projects directed toward improving the vell-being
of people and programs in the areas of: &oducation, staffing,
health, income security, social services, housing and community
development, civil riqhts, transportation, and crime. Social R&D
project.: are intended to provide knowledge for pclicymakcrs in
developing national social policies. Findings/Ccnclusions:
Federal R&D is generally authorized in broad subject areas to
serwe state and local government agencies and is of limited use
to national policymakers. Social R&D agency planning is
fragmented and decentralized and permits agencies wide latitude.
Guidance foL monitoring social research and development is vague
oz nonexistent, and the dissemination of social R&D results has
been relatively ineffective and uncoordinated. Such factors as
the inaccessibility of information has made use cf social R&D
results difficult. Officials in policymaking positions in 10
Federal agencies and departments expressed dissatisfaction with
Federal management in the planning and monitoring of social R&D
and the dissemination and use of results. Recommendations: The
Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Office of
Management and Budget should work together to: develop and test
alternative systems to obtain the information needs of naticnal
policymakers; require that such a system be augmented by
procedures for informing policymakers of +he type and relevancy
of the information available; develop formal mechanisms for
encouraging cooperative efforts between agencies; and eqaluate
the methods used by each agency to manage social R&D. (RRS)](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobaabsc0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)