Report Management of the Federal Contract Research Centers (FCRCs).
Abstract
The Federal Contract Research Centers (FCRSs) were conceived to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with a small number of organizations that could provide high quality technical work and policy advice, both solicited and independently offered. To fill these needs organizations were required to possess a depth and breath of familiarity with Service needs, problems and programs like that of the DoD in-house laboratories but with a quality and vitality second to none. The resulting organizations were established (1) as non-profit to assure freedom from profit motive biases, (2) outside the Service's command structure to assure freedom from chain of command biases, and (3) outside the government to permit the management flexibility necessary to attract and retain the best people. The FCRCs were given an unusual degree of access to Service planning and intelligence information and, in turn, have accepted stringent restrictions on their scope and method of operation. Where access to proprietary information of industrial suppliers was necessary, the FCRCs were restricted in activity so that industry would provide such proprietary data with confidence that it was not to their competitive disadvantage.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA027684
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Director