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MASAD-81-5 1 (1981-02-19)

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                 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTIN 0 ICE
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


MISSION ANALYSIS AND
SYSTEMS ACQUISITION DIVISION
  B-201868


  The Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger               FEBRUARY19,1981
  The Secretary of Defense

        Attention: Assistant for Audit Reports

   Dear Mr. Secretary:                                    114533

        Subject: The State ofPBasic Research in DOD
                 Laboratories (MASAD-81-5)

        In our Government-wide study of research and development
   (R&D) laboratories, 1/ some Department of Defense (DOD) labo-
   ratory directors expressed concern about their laboratories'
   loss of opportunity to perform long term basic research be-
   cause DOD had placed emphasis on solving near term problems.
   It is generally recognized that some basic or fundamental
   research is essential for most laboratories if they are
   to build and maintain scientific and technical capabilities to
   meet their applied R&D missions. Therefore, we looked at the
   levels and trends of in-house basic research and the extent
   that the levels have declined in recent years to determine
   what impact this might have on the future health and vitality
   of the DOD laboratories,

        We

        --used our previous study's questionnaire responses of
          laboratory directors;

        --reviewed past DOD, National Science Foundation,
          National Science Board, and Office of Science and
          Technology Policy studies and other literature;

        --analyzed basic research funding and personnel statis-
          tics which we obtained from the Army, Navy, Air Force,
          and the National Science Foundation;



   l/Federal R&D Laboratories--Directors' Perspectives
     on Management (PSAD-80-8, Nov. 28, 1979).


                                                 (952260)


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