Problems, the GKNT develops proposals regarding the 

 payment of scientists,. Operationally, the committee 

 has. the authority to review important research being 

 conducted at institutes, and it may issue binding di- 

 rectives to" cease R&D work which is redundant or of 

 no value. " 



The State Planning Committee (Gosplan) 



Gosplan has overall responsibility for the formu- 

 lation of economic plans which guide the activities 

 of middle-level management organs and their subordi- 

 nate facilities in pursuit of the objectives laid 

 down by the central leadership. Functioning essen- 

 tially as the "nerve center" of the Soviet economy, 

 Gosplan possesses considerable power over establish- 

 ments in every field. As a union-republic agency, 

 Gosplan' s authority extends to activities throughout 

 the economy. A simplified internal organizational 

 chart for Gosplan is provided in Figure 9-5. Gosplan 

 maintains departments for at least 30 different 

 branches of the economy and also has departments con- 

 cerned with general policy matters. 



One of the latter is the Department for Comprehen- 

 sive Planning of the Introduction of New Technology 

 into the National Economy, established in 1966. The 

 concern of this department is indicative of the ori- 

 entation of Gosplan in R&D planning and management. 

 While general R&D planning is primarily the respon- 

 sibility of the GKNT and of the Academy of Sciences, 

 Gosplan cooperates with these agencies in planning 

 the introduction of R&D results into the economy. 

 Specifically the pertinent functions of Gosplan in- 

 clude: 



1. Collaboration with the GKNT in consideration 

 of large interbranch (interministerial) S&T 

 projects 



2. Planning the introduction of new technology 



3. Consideration of the overall volume of capital 

 investment for S&T 



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