Federal Agencies' Actions to Implement Section 11 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980.

Abstract

The purpoe of Section 11 of the Stevenson-Wydler Act is to encourage transfer of the results of federally funded research and development to state and local governments and the private sector. The act directs each agnecy to establish an appropriate organizational structure, set aside a small portion of its research and development budget for technology transfer, and provide staff to accomplish the act's objectives. GAO found that most of the agencies and their laboratories have taken action to implement the requirements of the act. GAO also found that patent policies and lack of resources to perform technical assistance may hamper technology transfer efforts. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 24, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145206

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Air Force
  • Biomedical Research
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Ecology
  • Economic Development
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Law
  • Linear Accelerators
  • Military Research
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Physics Laboratories
  • United States

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.