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HRD-82-75 1 (1982-04-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdfe0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Ls WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 ) ' HUMAN RESOURCKE DIVISION April 28, 1982 Thomas E. Malone, Ph.D. Acting Director National Institutes of Health Department of Health and Human Services 118305 Dear Dr. Malone: Subject: Annual Report Requirement for Detailed Descriptions of Intramural Research Projects (HRD-82-75) As part of our ongoing review of the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) intramural research program, we examined the requirement for NCI and nine other institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to prepare detailed descriptions of their intramural research projects for their annual reports. Our examination disclosed that preparing these project descriptions is costly and that some of the information they contain is available from other sources. According to some NCI officials, the detailed descriptions serve little purpose. Other NIH institute officials have mixed opinions about them. This report deals with the need for detailed intramural research project descriptions. We plan to issue a separate report on NCI's intramural research program in the near future. BAC KGROUND Annually, NIH's Deputy Director for Science sends each institute instructions for preparing annual reports which highlight their research operations. The annual report instructions require that, for each project, a PHS Form 6040, Notice of Intramural Research Project, be prepared which includes basic data about, and a 200-word summary of, the project. In addition, the instructions require preparation of a more detailed project description, which may contain as many as five subsections along with a list of publications resulting from the project. The annual reports are intended for management's use in evaluating program operations and preparing reports to the Department and the Congress. The distribution of these reports is generally limited to the originating institute. In March 1982, NIH revised its annual report instructions and now only requires the institutes to prepare and submit .. /

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