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Research and Development: DOE Could Enhance the Project Selection Process for Government Oil and Natural Gas Research

Description: A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Although competitive oil and natural gas markets generally provide incentives for companies to invest in research and development (R&D), some industry experts believe these companies may underinvest in certain areas. A recent GAO report noted important criteria for the Department of Energy (DOE) to consider in evaluating its oil and natural gas R&D efforts--including the likelihood that industry would p… more
Date: December 29, 2008
Creator: United States. Government Accountability Office.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and Development: Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center's Process for Funding Projects

Description: Correspondence issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the process that the Office of National Drug Control Policy's (ONDCP) Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) uses to fund research and development (R&D) projects."
Date: September 24, 1999
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Research and Development: Lessons Learned from Previous Research Could Benefit FreedomCAR Initiative

Description: Testimony issued by the General Accounting Office with an abstract that begins "The federal government has spent billions of dollars attempting to reduce the consumption of petroleum in the transportation sector for over 25 years. Throughout the period, the government has tried tax incentives, mandates to use vehicles that run on alternative fuels, and laws designed to enhance fuel efficiency. More recently, the federal government conducted a $1.2 billion partnership between industry and govern… more
Date: June 6, 2002
Creator: United States. General Accounting Office.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ballistic Missile Defense Technologies

Description: An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the "opportunities and risks involved in an accelerated program of research on new ballistic missile defense technologies, including those that might lead to deployment of weapons in space" (Foreward).
Date: September 1985
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Laboratory Directory, 1982

Description: Abstract: This Directory provides limited information about some 388 Federal laboratories with ten or more full-time professionals engaged in research and development. Summary data arranged by Federal agency and by State provide a broad overview of the Federal laboratory system. Laboratory lists by staff size, by State and by agency provide a cross reference. For each laboratory, a contact for obtaining technical information is given by name, address, and phone number. Major mission and major s… more
Date: February 1983
Creator: Wyckoff, James M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Test of Alfred Chandler's Theory of Corporate Control

Description: Alfred Chandler, in Scale and Scope: The Dynamics of Industrial Capitalism (1990), suggests that the acquisition of targets is an alternative to direct investment in research and development (R&D). Chandler suggests that the failure of accounting to recognize investment in R&D as an asset may have made R&D less attractive. This study focuses on the relationship between investment in R&D and capital expenditures and a set of partitions based on Chandler's three technology types ("hightech," "sta… more
Date: August 1996
Creator: Schmidt, George Leo
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Partner: UNT Libraries
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Computerized Manufacturing Automation: Employment, Education, and the Workplace

Description: An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that looks "not only at robots but also at related computer-based technologies for design, production, and management" and "the technologies of programmable automation, their uses, and future capabilities" (p. iii).
Date: April 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technology, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development: Background Paper: Census of State Government Initiatives for High-Technology Industrial Development

Description: An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that gives information about high-technology development programs ate state and local levels.
Date: May 1983
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Commercial Biotechnology: An International Analysis

Description: A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that "assesses the competitive position of the United States with respect to Japan and four European countries believed to be the major competitors in the commercial development of 'new biotechnology'" (p. iii).
Date: January 1984
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Applications of R&D in the Civil Sector: The Opportunity Provided by the Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977

Description: An assessment by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of the national research and development (R&D) activities with the intent of "understanding...how to maximize the beneficial impacts of our total R&D enterprise" (p. iii).
Date: June 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Impact of a Department of Education on Federal Science & Technology Activities

Description: A report by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) examining "a range of congressional options available for ensuring the integrity of the educational process for professional scientists and engineers is maintained" during the creation of the Department of Education (p. iii).
Date: August 1978
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Research Outlook FY 1976 Through 1980

Description: A review by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) of a previous report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The review closely examines the proposals in the five-year plan regarding national environmental goals.
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Review of Selected Federal Vaccine and Immunization Policies, Based on Case Studies of Pneumococcal Vaccine

Description: The first in six reports by the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) that addresses "1) vaccine research, development, and production; 2)vaccine safety and efficacy; 3) cost-effectiveness of vaccination and implications for reimbursement; and 4) liability and compensation for vaccine-related injuries" (p. 4).
Date: September 1979
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological Sciences Department Quarterly Progress Report Research and Development Activities January - March, 1955

Description: This twenty-second quarterly report of the research and development activities of the Radiological Sciences Department, Hanford Atomic Products Operations, as before, includes some items charged to control but included for general interest. Such are identified as "not charged to research." The previous report of this series was numbered: HW-34408 January 10, 1955
Date: April 10, 1955
Creator: Parker, H. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Doorway Monitor

Description: The purpose of this work was to produce a reliable, inexpensive instrument for the detection of hard beta contamination on the clothing of personnel. Also, the monitoring was required to be accomplished without interrupting the normal activities of the employees.
Date: April 29, 1955
Creator: Campbell, D. A. & Test, L. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Carbon Steel Program for High Temperature Reactor Systems

Description: The Reactor Design and Development Unit has just completed a design concept for an intermediate capacity dual purpose reactor plant utilizing carbon steel for the primary loop portion outside the reactor. This design concept is reported in HW-33157 AD (2). The economic and engineering gains are of sufficient magnitude to justify an accelerated and extensive test program to completely evaluate the remaining unknowns in utilizing carbon steel as a stainless steel substitute. It is the purpose of … more
Date: April 27, 1955
Creator: Pearl, W. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological Sciences Department Quarterly Progress Report Research and Development Activities April - June, 1955

Description: This report constitutes the Quarterly Progress Report covering April-June 1955, for the Health Instruments Division research and development activities. Most of the studies described concern the biological fate, environmental transport of radioactive effluents, or development of instrumentation for radiation detection.
Date: July 11, 1955
Creator: Parker, H. M.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Recommendations for Leveraging Cloud Computing Resources for Federally Funded Artificial Intelligence Research and Development

Description: This report identifies four key recommendations for how the federal government can better enable the use of cloud computing resources for federally funded AI research and development. These recommendations were proposed by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Date: November 17, 2020
Creator: Alterovitz, Gil; Biswas, Rupak; Brennan, Patricia F.; Gianchandani, Erwin; Parker, Lynne; Ramaswamy, Venkatachalam et al.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan: 2019 Update

Description: This report is an update to the original 2016 report. In this update, eight strategic priorities have been identified and added on to the seven strategies from the 2016 report.
Date: June 2019
Creator: National Science and Technology Council (U.S.). Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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