OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS INTERGOVERNMENTAL PROGRAM

The Intergovernmental Program of the National Science Foundation is designed to facilitate the maximum integration of scientific and technical resources into the policy formulation, management support, and program operation activities of state and local governments. This paper traces the evolution of the program from its inception in 1967 through the present time. The program began with an assessment of the scientific and technical needs of the executive branches of the states and the development of a community of interest in state and local governments, universities, industry, and other resource institutions that came together to develop the significant potentials for policymaking and operations that were apparent. The paper describes selected activities conducted with National Science Foundation support in the state executive branches as well as in the state legislative branches, local governments, and the federal laboratories, which have also emerged as major areas of program concentration. Significant changes have occurred during the period that the program has been in existence with regard to imporved understanding and capabilities in state and local governments and the potential of science and technology as technical resource bases to assist in dealing with domestic policies and issues. Similar beneficial change has occurred in the way that state and local governments and resource centers relate to each other and to their noncounterpart institutions. (Author)

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• Authors:
  • Crawford, Robert C
• Conference:
  • 58th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1979-1-15 to 1979-1-19
• Publication Date: 1979

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 6-8
• Monograph Title: Technology Transfer, the Research Process, and Creating a Productive Environment
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 738
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Local government; Policy; State government; Technology
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00315335
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309029937
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Sep 16 1980 12:00AM