Task Force on Federal Contract Research Center Utilization

Abstract

Under the auspices of the Defense Science Board, acting on the request of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, a comprehensive review of the relationships between the Department of Defense and the Federal Contract Research Centers (FCRCs) has been undertaken. The specially selected Task Force was asked to "assess the DoD-FCRC relationships and recommend steps that could be taken to improve the short and long term posture of DoD with respect to FCRC utilization." The Task Force carefully reviewed the several previous studies of the FCRCs, and supplemented these with its own hearings, interviews, and deliberations. The conclusions, which strongly endorse the current policy of Defense in the utilization of the FCRCs, are summarized in a Memorandum to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. The following report details the investigation and, in addition to the summary memorandum, includes a series of specific recommendations from the Task Force. Several addenda providing pertinent data on the current FCRCs are also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA027683

Entities

Organizations

  • Defense Science Board

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Contract Administration
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • National Governments
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Space Systems
  • Systems Engineering
  • Task Forces

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.