CONTENTS 



Pucf 



Letter of Transmittal iii 



Preface v 



Foreword v i i 



Acknowledgments ix 



OVERVIEW XV 



Part I— AGENCY SUBMISSIONS 1 



I n t rod lie t or y N ote 2 



Department of Agriculture 3 



Department of Commerce 34 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 34 



National Bureau of Standards 44 



Maritime Administration 54 



Office of Telecommunications 5? 



Department of Defense 36 



Overview — Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and 



Engineering 56 



Department of the Army 58 



Department of the Navy 70 



Department of the Air Force 79 



Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 86 



Department of Health, Education and Welfare 88 



Alcohol. Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration 88 



National Institutes of Health 95 



National Institute of Education 110 



Department of Housing and Urban Development 117 



Department of the Interior 123 



Bureau of Mines 124 



U. S. Geological Survey 128 



National Park Service 131 



U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 133 



Office of Water Research and Technology 134 



Bureau of Reclamation 137 



Department of Justice 140 



National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice 140 



Department of Labor 150 



Department of State 152 



Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Afl"airs 152 



Agency for International Development 153 



Department of Transportation 155 



Energy Research and Development Administration 162 



Environmental Protection Agency 176 



National Aeronautics and Space Administration 184 



National Science Foundation 191 



I nt roduct ion 191 



Astronomical, Atmospheric, Earth, and Ocean Sciences 194 



Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences 205 



Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering 211 



Research Applications 216 



Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs 223 



Science Education 224 



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