A study requested by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science surveys the relationship between government and the private sector and the use of the private sector information firms by government; examines examples of government agency activities in disseminating information themselves and through the use of private sector…

Describes the basic features of three different models of "innovation policy": (1) a model of explicit and institutionalized policy in Europe; (2) one of apparently limited policy affecting mainly the climate of innovation in the United States; and (3) one of implicit action imbedded in other policies in Japan. (Author/JN)

Discusses the conflict in telecommunications over government regulations, antitrust legislation, and competition, and the policy alternatives for approaching the conflict. (MLH)

An analysis of how the government can and cannot use research and development (R&D) policy to improve the nation's industrial posture suggests four guidelines for federal R&D policy. These guidelines are outlined and discussed. Areas analyzed include federal role; competition from Japan; support for university research, immigration policy,…

Discusses three major questions directly concerned with energy policy and the improvement of its rationality: Where are we? How did we get here? What can we do about it? (Author/AL)

An examination of the ways in which United States postal policies affected the development of the magazine industry before Congress passed the second-class mail category in 1863 reveals how a medium is shaped at least in part by the technology, policy, and politics of its delivery systems. In the nineteenth century, magazines depended on the mails…

These hearings consist of testimony by and the prepared statement of George A. Keyworth II (science advisor to President Reagan and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy) on the Reagan administration's overall science policy in the proposed research and development (R&D) budget for fiscal year 1985. A major focus is on the…

A staff paper to the President's Task Force on Communications Policy examines the feasibility of a domestic communications satellite system. Although, with expected technological advancement, satellites may play a significant role in domestic transmission and are economically feasible right now, a number of remaining questions make the…

Since industry is investing heavily in research/development, the government's responsibility should be to assure that industrial spending is paralleled by real growth in its support of basic research. Such growth is realistic (even with budgetary constraints) given a proposed compact between government, universities, and industry for support of…

This six-chapter report is designed to provide a background against which the U.S. Congress can evaluate specific policy initiatives in the innovation area. Chapter I, an introduction, considers the potential for increased innovation and the government role, focusing on R&D investments and private-sector incentives. Chapter II discusses the links…

In recent years state and local governments, universities, and private sector groups have become increasingly active in promoting technological innovation and technology-based business development in their local economies. These efforts have resulted in productive new forms of partnership and cooperation at all levels. While federal programs have…

Analyzes and compares Japanese and American industrial policy and labor practices. Proposes that certain aspects of the Japanese system be adapted by American businesses for purpose of increasing international competitiveness. Proposes specific actions and plans for both the Japanese and American systems. (ML)

The president of Stanford University discusses his views on problems facing research universities, including research secrecy, ethics, and economics of proprietary knowledge generated in the university, faculty conflict of interest, place of humanities in a society driven by technology, and decline of government support for academic research.…

This document is the Reagan Administration's first "Annual Science and Technology Report." Chapter 1 presents overall guidelines of the Administration's national science and technology (S/T) policy. Major decisions and actions taken within those guidelines are described and highlights of the research and development (R&D) components…

This monograph contains the text of a lecture given on August 4, 1987, at the Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A viewpoint is advanced advocating personal involvement in the movement to insure that environmental balance and security can be sustained for future generations. Discussed are trends in national…