Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Secretary of Commerce

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Page 963 - An essential communication link within public safety and public service wireless communications systems which permits units from two or more different entities to interact with one another and to exchange information according to a prescribed method in order to achieve predictable results.
Page 1076 - US and assist the international community in generating and using these forecasts; (2) Enhance global observing and data systems required to provide data for the initialization and validation of model predictions of climate variations; (3) Invest in process and modeling research leading to improved predictions of temperature and rainfall distributions; and (4) Assess the impacts of climate variability on human activity and economic potential, and lieprove public education so that climate forecasts...
Page 457 - Large firms can work with the ATP, especially in joint ventures, to develop critical, high-risk technologies that would be difficult for any one company to justify because, for example, the benefits spread across the industry as a whole.
Page 1094 - State and the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs...
Page 143 - An agency of the US Commerce Department's Technology Administration, NIST promotes US economic growth by working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements. and standards.
Page 411 - Recent priority areas of research include: quality assurance, electronics and electrical engineering, manufacturing engineering, chemical science and technology, physics, materials science and engineering, building and fire research, and computer systems.
Page 357 - TA fulfills its broad responsibilities through its three component organizations: the Office of Technology Policy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Technical Information Service.
Page 1070 - NOAA's mission is divided into two components within which seven national goals have been established. Environmental Assessment; flnd PTpriinfion ; within which we have established four major goals: Advance Short-term Warning and Forecast Services; Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts; Predict and Assess Decadal to Centennial Change and Promote Safe Navigation.
Page 184 - Trust funds are not available for the general purposes of the Government. Trust fund receipts that are not anticipated to be used in the immediate future are generally invested in interestbearing Government securities and earn interest for the trust fund.