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RCED-85-15 1 (1984-10-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnnt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE ' w WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HII)IJIRCES, (OMMU0Nf Y, RELEASED OCTOBER 22, 1984 ANE:) ( ( (N()MIC C:)EVELOP'MEN'T WJVISK B-215212 The Honorable Lloyd Bentsen Vice Chairman, Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental Pal icy joint Economic Committee Congress of the United States Dear Mr. Chairman: 125654 Subject: Outlook for Expanding the Federal Research in Progress System (GAO/RCED-85-15) Your letter of February 8, 1983, requested that we conduct a study of the federal government's research and development (R&D) efforts in the areas of new materials, electronic devices, and biotechnology. You also expressed concern about the lack of a central source of information on federal funding for these technoloqies and requested that we study the system that federal agencies use to catalogue ongoing R&D projects. In addition, you asked us to provide information on how the Japanese and European governments promote the availability of this type of information. After discussion with your office, we focused our review on the National Technical Information Service's (NTIS) Federal Re- search In Progress System (FEDRIP) and how the information sys- tems of the major federal R&D agencies relate to FEDRIP. Our overall objective was to review the outlook for making FEDRIP a comprehensive source of information on government-funded R&D. A more detailed description of our objectives, scope, and methodol- ogy is contained in enclosure I. Information you requested on the federal government's R&D efforts in technological areas will be forwarded in a separate report. Our principal findings are as follows: (1) Policies for what data to collect, how to classify R&D projects, and how to disseminate such information are the responsibility of each R&D funding agency. FEDRIP is a voluntary reporting system to allow these agencies a public information outlet on research-in-progress. (2) Currently, 28 of the 36 R&D funding agencies do not report to FEDRIP. Two major R&D agencies, which spend about 68 percent of the federal R&D budget--the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense--are included in the 28 agencies which do not report. (005702)

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