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Strategic Planning Document -
Transportation R&D
III. Conclusion
The National Science and Technology Council is focused on establishing
clear national goals for Federal science and technology investments and to
ensure that science, space, and technology policies are developed and
implemented to effectively contribute to those national goals. The intensity
of this high level effort to examine R&D across the Federal government and to
foster a solid working relationship with the private sector is unprecedented.
Through this interagency process, overlapping and duplicative research will be
avoided and technology policy will be given a higher profile.
Transportation is affected by the activities of many agencies, and is
largely a private-sector activity. Further, agencies participating commonly
emphasized that, even given the importance of the priorities noted, ongoing
R&D activities to support specific mission responsibilities is also essential
and offers very limited opportunities, at best, for reprogramming. In some
cases, formulation of R&D policy and actual priorities must wait upon the
shaping of broader Federal policies concerning infrastructure investments and
the proper allocation of responsibilities among various levels of government
and the private sector. As a result, delineation of the appropriate Federal
R&D role, the part to be played by each agency, and how these are to be
coordinated with the private sector and state and local governments, is a very
complex process. At this point, the goals identified by the Committee are
very broad, plans for specific initiatives are not sharply defined, relative
priorities have not been set, and budget implications have yet to be
identified. In 1995 the Committee will focus on bringing more precise
definition to these areas, and to establishment of priorities among the many
important topics described above.
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