Table 2-18. Federal obligations for scientific and technical information activities, 

 by agency, 1960-74 



(Dollars in millions] 



1974 

 Agency 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 (est.) 



Current dollars 



Total $76 $92 $129 $165 $203 $225 $278 $324 $359 $362 $387 $398 $419 $438 $468 



Dept. of Defense 16 23 38 53 84 99 119 139 155 147 145 141 150 161 158 



Dept. of Health, Education 



and Welfare 10 12 24 27 24 24 37 53 60 65 66 73 68 67 82 



Dept of Commerce 23 27 28 31 33 37 42 46 47 52 60 69 78 85 93 



Library of Congress 5 6 6 8 9 10 13 13 17 20 22 25 30 32 35 



National Aeronautics and 



Space Administration ... 1 3 7 14 20 19 23 24 27 28 27 27 27 25 24 



Dept of the Interior 4 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 14 13 13 14 14 16 21 



Nahonal Science 



Foundation 7 7 10 10 12 13 16 12 16 12 15 14 12 11 10 



Dept of Agriculture 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 14 8 9 10 10 11 13 13 



Other agencies 6 6 7 11 8 8 12 11 15 16 29 25 29 28 32 



Constant 1967 dollars' 



Total $87 $102 $144 $181 $221 $238 $286 $324 $344 $333 $335 $331 $338 $333 $324 



Dept of Defense 18 26 42 58 91 105 123 139 149 135 126 117 121 123 109 



Dept. of Health, Education 



and Welfare 11 13 27 30 16 25 38 53 58 60 57 61 55 51 57 



Dept. of Commerce 26 30 31 34 36 39 43 46 45 48 52 57 63 65 64 



Library of Congress 6 7 7 9 10 11 13 13 16 18 19 21 24 24 24 



National Aeronautics and 



Space Administration ... 1 3 8 15 22 20 24 24 26 26 23 22 22 19 17 



Dept. of the Interior 5 4 6 8 9 10 10 12 13 12 11 12 11 12 15 



National Science 



Foundation 8 8 11 11 13 14 17 12 15 11 13 12 10 8 7 



Dept of Agriculture 5 4 4 4 5 6 6 14 8 8 9 8 9 10 9 



Other agencies 7 7 8 12 9 8 12 11 14 15 25 21 23 21 22 



' GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars 



NOTE Detail may not add to totals because of rounding. 



SOURCE- National Science Foundation, FedersI Funds for Research. Development snd Other Saentiltc Activities. Fiscal Years 1973. 1974 and 1975. Vol XXIII (NSF 74-320-A| and earlier 

 volumes. 



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