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EMD-82-73 1 (1982-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabddv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE I IICbL'/' V _.WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION April 19, 1982 B-207081 The Fonorable Dan Glickmanfilll/IlllllMU Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation and Materials 118194 Committee on Science and Technology House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Impact of Funding on Materials R&D Programs in the Departments of Energy and Commerce, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Since Fiscal Year 1980 (EMD-82-73) In your letter of December 7, 1981, and in subsequent discussions with your staff, you requested that the General Accounting Office review the impact of funding levels on mate- rials research and development programs in three Federal agencies--the Department of Commerce (DOC), the Department of Energy (DOE), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)--for fiscal years 1980 through 1983. This review was conducted at DOC, DOE, and NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was performed in accordance with GAO's current Standards for Audit of Government Organizations, Pro- grams, Activities and Functions. We reviewed agency budget documents and records and interviewed appropriate agency officials. Our review was limited to analysis of only those budget line items and component materials R&D activities that agency budget and program officials could identify within our allotted time frame. As a result, our study included only about one third of ongoing materials R&D in DOE, about 90 percent within DOC and 95 percent within NASA. Because large portions of materials R&D are not readily identifiable in agency budget documents, we were unable to fully reconcile agency reported funding levels with those contained in the 1980 COMAT (Committee on Materials) survey. i/ I/U.S. Department of Commerce, Survey: Materials Life Cycle Research and Development in the Federal Government Fiscal Year 1980, September 1981. (008465)

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