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8 EXPANDING THE USES OF NA VAL OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 



transfer efforts. The final meeting focused on information exchange by means of 

 electronic databases. From these discussions the committee formulated four 

 findings with corresponding recommendations. 



Chapter 2 presents an overview of areas of marine technology development 

 within ONR. Chapter 3 examines existing technology transfer programs in ONR 

 and elsewhere in the federal government. Chapter 4 discusses present and future 

 needs of several marine industries and evaluates the potential for ONR programs, 

 outlined in Chapter 2, to address those needs. Processes and approaches to 

 improve technology transfer within ONR are discussed in Chapter 5. Chapter 6 

 presents the committee's findings and recommendations. 



