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filed an acceptable final technical report, property accounting, invention 

 disclosure and patent designation as required by the contract. When final 

 payment vouchers exceeded the amount to be withheld under this policy, 

 only the excess wsls approved for payment, w^ith the remainder suspended 

 pending receipt of the final reports. 



The establishment of flexible financial controls, adequate to protect the 

 public interest without imposing unnecessary restraints upon the conduct 

 of needed research, was a progressive development which kept pace with 

 the growth of OSRD. Working closely with the General Accounting Office, 

 it was possible to obtain a sympathetic hearing on problems confronting the 

 agency. From this experience, precedents developed which will be of sub- 

 stantial benefit to other agencies charged with the promotion of military 

 research in the future. 



