Appendices 



Appendix A 



Notes on Using the Five-Year Outlook 



and Its Sources 



The Five-Year Outlook on science and technology is not 

 intended as an exhaustive treatment of ail the issues asso- 

 ciated with a given topic. Rather, it highlights those as- 

 pects that the National Science Foundation (NSF) consid- 

 ers most significant. Readers are referred to the Source 

 Volumes, to sources contributed to the first Five-Year 

 Outlook, and to recent Science Indicators and Annual 

 Science and Technology Reports for more exhaustive, 

 indepth discussions, as well as supporting evidence and 

 argument. 



The context of the legislation requiring the Five-Year 

 Outlook and Annual Science and Technology Reports 

 (Public Law 94-282) indicates recognition by Congress 

 that the types and organization of the information in the 

 reports should serve the needs of other audiences in addi- 

 tion to the policy planners in the legislative and executive 

 branches of the Federal Government. In particular, the act 

 addresses the need to exchange scientific and technical 

 information among the various Federal departments and 

 agencies. It also states, as a matter of policy, that the 

 perspectives and needs of State and local governments, 

 industry, universities, professional societies, and the gen- 



eral public should be taken into consideration in devising 

 and assessing strategies for science and technology [Sec- 

 tion 102(a). (b) and (c)]. 



Readers in each of those groups may. however, ap- 

 proach the Five-Year Outlook and its companion Annual 

 Science and Technology Reports from different perspec- 

 tives and with different objectives in mind. Those whose 

 interests focus primarily on current and likely future de- 

 velopments in aj)articu lar field of science and technology, 

 on particular science and technology policy issues, or on 

 perspectives of a particular group of Federal science and 

 technology agencies may want to proceed directly to 

 relevant contributions published in the Source Volumes. ' 

 For the convenience of such readers, an annotated bibli- 

 ography of selected sources and a detailed topical index 

 are included in the second Source Volume. 



Readers who are interested primarily in current and 

 emerging issues associated with particular Office of Man- 

 agement and Budget (0MB) functional categories can 

 begin with the appropriate sections of Chapter II and refer 

 to the sources cited therein for more extensive discussions 

 of topics. Those who are concerned primarily with an 



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