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GAO-02-708R 1 (2002-05-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaalyw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: £ Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 May 10, 2002 The Honorable Carl Levin Chairman The Honorable John W. Warner Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services United States Senate The Honorable Bob Stump Chairman The Honorable Ike Skelton Ranking Minority Member Committee on Armed Services House of Representatives Subject: Technology Transfer: NNSA Did Not Implement the Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program Section 3161 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 directed the Department of Energy's administrator for nuclear security to establish a technology infrastructure pilot program to improve technology partnership activities. The act authorized the administrator to spend up to $5 million of fiscal years 2001 and 2002 funds. Section 3161 also directed that (1) the administrator submit to the Senate and House Committees on Armed Services a report on the implementation and management of the pilot program by February 1, 2002, and (2) the Comptroller General provide these committees with an assessment of the administrator's report within 30 days after its submission. In April 2002, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) reported that it was unable to implement the technology infrastructure pilot program in fiscal year 2001, citing higher programming priorities.' NNSA further stated that it did not have any immediate plans to implement the pilot program in fiscal year 2002. While it has not funded the pilot program, NNSA stated that it supports technology partnerships with private entities that fulfill mission requirements and agreed that the cluster type of infrastructure that the pilot program would promote is important for its facilities because community and economic development are enhanced. NNSA noted 'Report to Congress on the Technology Infrastructure Pilot Program Within the National Nuclear Security Administration, Fiscal Year 2001 (Apr. 18, 2002). GAO-02-708R Technology Transfer

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