PREFACE 



The Government-Industry Oceanographic Instrumentation 

 Symposium, held August 16-17, 1961, in the Interior Auditorium 

 in Washington, D. C. , was sponsored by the Interagency Commi- 

 ttee on Oceanography (ICO), a permanent committee of the 

 Federal Council for Science and Technology. The purpose of 

 this meeting was to facilitate communication between Government 

 and Industry in the area of instrumentation requirements and deve- 

 lopment programs. The National Oceanographic Program was not 

 only new to much of Industry, who desired to contribute to its 

 progress, but the agencies engaged in oceanography recognized the 

 need for industrial technological assistance in these developments. 



However, this diverse program includes activities and pro- 

 grams in twenty-three agencies: 



Department of Defense Department of Comnnerce 



Navy Coast and Geodetic Survey 



Maritime Administration 

 Bureau of Naval Weapons Weather Bureau 



Bureau of Ships 



Navy Hydrographic Office Department of Health, Education , 



Navy Weather Service and Welfare 



Office of Naval Research 



Office of Education 

 Army Public Health Service 



Beach Erosion Board Department of State 



Corps of Engineers 



Special Assistant to Secretary of 

 Department of Interior State for Fisheries and Wildlife 



Bureau of Commercial Department of the Treasury 



Fisheries 

 Bureau of Mines Coast Guard 



Bureau of Sports Fisheries 



and Wildlife 

 Geological Survey 



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