A plan is presented for a long-range research program, the objective of which will be to identify technical information problems and policies relating to Federal libraries and information services, to determine priorities among those issues requiring attention, and to develop research designs for each project recommended. The program is presented in the following three phases: (1) a study of the state-of-the-art; (2) the identification of problems requiring research and distinguishing between those which should be in the province of the Department of Defense (DOD) from those which should have multiple sponsorship and those which should be sponsored outside DOD; and (3) an implementation plan consisting of a series of research designs for each project recommended which will state the objectives, the methodology to be employed, the scope of the investigation, the nature of the research, research staff required, the time schedule, and the estimated cost. (MF)