Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2000: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1999 - United States |
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... proposed , in a few instances , new sources of revenue , where appropriate . This budget invests in our future . It invests in a successful Census so that future socioeconomic decisions are based on the most accurate data available . It ...
... proposed , in a few instances , new sources of revenue , where appropriate . This budget invests in our future . It invests in a successful Census so that future socioeconomic decisions are based on the most accurate data available . It ...
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... proposal to establish a PBO . We are requesting an increase of more than $ 100 million for the Patent and Trademark Business , Policy and Information Dissemination activities . These additional resources are completely funded by user ...
... proposal to establish a PBO . We are requesting an increase of more than $ 100 million for the Patent and Trademark Business , Policy and Information Dissemination activities . These additional resources are completely funded by user ...
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... propose to achieve these priorities and initia- tives . These programs are presented both in the " Priorities and Initiatives " overview and in the detailed Bureau narratives . I welcome your support in helping us to accomplish this ...
... propose to achieve these priorities and initia- tives . These programs are presented both in the " Priorities and Initiatives " overview and in the detailed Bureau narratives . I welcome your support in helping us to accomplish this ...
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... proposed FY 2000 budget in full NOTE : Where dollar amounts are shown , these reflect program increases POLICY OVERVIEW In FY 1998 , for the first time in thirty years and only the ninth time since 1947 , the federal Government recorded ...
... proposed FY 2000 budget in full NOTE : Where dollar amounts are shown , these reflect program increases POLICY OVERVIEW In FY 1998 , for the first time in thirty years and only the ninth time since 1947 , the federal Government recorded ...
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... propose methods that would improve accuracy at acceptable cost . After several years of study , the Academy found that no amount of money spent on traditional methods could achieve satisfactory accuracy . The Academy recom- mended that ...
... propose methods that would improve accuracy at acceptable cost . After several years of study , the Academy found that no amount of money spent on traditional methods could achieve satisfactory accuracy . The Academy recom- mended that ...
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Page 363 - Co-Chair of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the National Science and Technology Council and as an ex-officio member of the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
Page 114 - 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 363 - Africa Binational Commission. He served as Chair of Coastal America from 1992 to early 1995 and as Acting Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality from November 1993 to February 1994. He previously served as President of Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated; as Dean of the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington; as a Group Leader for Deep-Sea Physics at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory; as an Associate Professor at Harvard University; and...
Page 7 - This mission is accomplished through four major programs: • Measurements and Standards Laboratories focused on "infrastructural technologies," such as measurements, standards, evaluated data and test methods; and • a competitive Advanced Technology Program that provides cost-shared awards to industry for development of high-risk...
Page 114 - National Institute of Standards and Technology The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assists industry in developing technology to improve product quality, modernize manufacturing processes, ensure product reliability, and facilitate rapid commercialization of products based on new scientific discoveries.
Page 207 - Japan since 1993; we will monitor their implementation closely and enforce them vigorously. We will also address sectoral issues including rice, steel, insurance, glass, film and other topics. And as I noted earlier, we are pursuing an ambitious set of goals under the Enhanced Initiative on Deregulation and Competition Policy, both in individual sectors and in broader structural issues.
Page 351 - Report Team recommendations on the adequacy of NEXRAD coverage and Degradation of Weather Services under— National Weather Service Modernization for: Caribou, Maine and Key West, Florida; and continue current operations at Erie, Pennsylvania; and Williston, North Dakota. An additional...
Page 140 - 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.
Page 331 - Boulder, Colorado, while acquiring a massively parallel, scaleable computer to be located at OAR's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab (GFDL) , in Princeton, New Jersey. provides recurring lease and/or operations costs at a number of NOAA facilities coming on-line in FY 1999 and FY 2000, including the David Skaggs Research Center in Boulder, Colorado. At the same time funds are requested to complete the planning and design of a new state-of-the-art NMFS research facility near Juneau, Alaska. provides...
Page 5 - ... healthy coastlines; to make America more competitive through safe navigation; to examine changes in the oceans; and to inspire and create approaches that will protect and keep our precious natural resources alive for the generations to come.