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am not implying ‘that there is no interest in historic data. There’ is 
some, and when there is this interest exhibited we proceed to. give 
precedence to historic data in selected areas to fill the gap and provide 
the service that is needed. 
Mr. Petuy. In other words, yen are trying to take care of the area 
where there is the most demand ¢ 
Mr. Dupacu. Yes, sir. 
Mr. Petiy. Thank you. Mr: Bauer, I think, has several questions he 
would like to ask. . Bly oc 
Mr. Bauer. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. f 
Now, as I understand the structure of the NODC, you are under the 
management control of the Oceanographer of the Navy; is that cor- 
rect ? 
_ Mr. Dupacu. Heis our administrative executive. 
Mr. Bauer. Who supplies the money for the salaries? | | 
Mr. Dusacu. All of the sponsors jointly fund the NODC opera- 
tion and’as I understand the budget, it is not compartmentalized into 
salaries, contracts, and so forth and soon. This is in essence a pooled 
resource from which salaries are drawn, from which contracts are 
drawn, from which supplies are drawn, and so forth and so on. 
Mr. Bauer. Now, that leads, of course, to the situation of how is 
your personnel billet structure handled? Are the billets taken out 
of the Navy Oceanographic Office or are the billets created for NODC 
in the civil service structure, because oftentimes it is more difficult 
to get a personnel allowance than it is money. 
Mr. Dusacu. The billets are assigned by the Navy. 
Mr. Bauer. In other words, the operation of NODC although 
funded by the joint venture, we’ll say, still take personnel billets from 
the Navy’s Oceanographic Office, is that not correct? 
Mr. Dupacu. That is correct. 
Mr. Bauer. Is that not more or less a constraint upon the growth 
of the Navy’s Oceanographic Office ? 
Mr. Duszacu. Well, I do not know about the Navy Oceanographic 
Office. All I can speak for would be the NODC, but we have had no 
problem in this regard in our working togetherness with the Oceanog- 
rapher, he has been most helpful in this regard. 
Mr. Bauer. I am wondering why the billet. structure was not 
handled the same way as the pay structure. At least an individual 
billet structure established for NODC. Do you know of any reason 
why that wasnot done? — 
Mr. Dusacu. I do not know, Mr. Bauer. 
The charter does not specify this; all it specifies is the money ratios 
and I do not know the details of why it was set up this way. 
Mr. Baurr. Now, just how does NODC fit into the ICO structure— 
or does it? 
Mr. Dusacu. Originally, as I understand it, there was a Data Proc- 
essing Panel in the ICO. Once this Panel had completed its work I 
believe the ICO released its authority over the Panel and from that 
day on an Advisory Board was established which acts more or less 
as a governing board for the Director of the NODC. iis 
Now, many of the people who sit on this Advisory Board also sit 
on the ICO group. 
