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Administration (NNSA) laboratories and production facilities have entered
into in recent years.' Concerned that a similar decline might have occurred
among all of DOE's laboratories, you requested that we expand our
analysis to include the 12 DOE laboratories that have historically been
most active in transferring technology to U.S. businesses. Specifically, you
asked that we (1) examine these laboratories' participation in and funding
for technology transfer activities with nonfederal entities during the past
10 years and (2) obtain laboratory managers' views on any barriers that
may limit technology transfer activities between DOE's laboratories and
potential nonfederal partners.
To address the first objective, we surveyed the following 12 laboratories,
which have accounted for almost all of DOE's technology transfer
activities and funding, according to DOE:
* Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories within NNSA;
* Ames Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Brookhaven National
Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory within DOE's
Office of Science;
* National Renewable Energy Laboratory within DOE's Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Program;
* Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory within DOE's
Environmental Management Program; and
* National Energy Technology Laboratory within DOE's Fossil Energy
Program.
DOE's other laboratories have been less active in technology transfer
primarily because they (1) conduct basic research in the fields of high
energy and nuclear physics and nuclear fusion, which have little near-term
potential for commercial applications; (2) conduct classified research with
little, if any, commercial application; or (3) are small.
Results in Brief In recent years, the 12 DOE laboratories have substantially reduced their
CRADA partnerships and their technical assistance to small businesses.
Instead, the laboratories have increasingly transferred technology through
'U.S. General Accounting Office, Technology Transfer: DOE Has Fewer Partnerships, and
They Rely More on Private Funding, GAO-01-568 (July 6, 2001).GAO-02-465 Technology Transfer
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