40 



Figures 



Table m.l: Routine Maintenance and Repair as a Percentage of 36 



the Current Replacement Value of Federal Laboratories 



Table III.2: Repair Backlog by Agency 38 



Table IV. 1: Federal Laboratories' R&D Funding 45 



Table IV.2: Federal Laboratories Visited 46 



Figure 1. 1: Cracked Support Beam at NOAA's Galveston 15 



Laboratory 



Figure 1.2: Needed Repairs at BARC 18 



Figure L3: Msyor Equipment to Support Wind Tunnels at Lewis 22 



Research Center 



Figure IIL 1: Pitched-Roof Structure Protecting Ekjuipment From a 39 



Roof Leak at Wright Laboratory 



Abbreviations 



AFRRi Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute 



ARS Agricultural Research Service 



BARC Beltsville Agricultural Research Center 



DOD Department of Defense 



DOE Department of Energy 



EPA Environmental Protection Agency 



FIA Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act 



FY fiscal year 



GAO General Accounting Office 



HVAC heating, ventilating, and air conditioning 



NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



NIH National Institutes of Health 



NiST National Institute of Standards and Technology 



NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



0MB Office of Management and Budget 



R&D research and development 



USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture 



uses U.S. Geological Survey 



