KOSEN 한인과학기술자네트워크

닫기

더 많은 혜택을 위해
로그인 하세요.

동향

동향

리포트

리포트는 KOSEN 회원님들이 작성하는 최신연구동향 보고서입니다.
국내외 연구기관에서 발간하는 최신 동향보고서를 제공합니다.

자료 유형

키워드 검색

전체 46910

글쓰기
전체 46910
글쓰기

Electronic Warfare: EA-6B Aircraft Modernization and Related Issues for Congress 스크랩

  • Christopher Bolkcom
  • |
  • 기계

Congress and the Department of Defense face difficult and potentially costly choices when considering updating a keqy facet of the U.S. electronic warfare force structure. Presently, the Navy's EA-6B Prowler is the only airborne radar jamming system available to protect Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force aircraft. The Prowler, though still capable, is aging and in short supply. Its retirement is scheduled for 2015.

2001-02-09

An Information Technology Labor Shortage? Legislation in the 106th Congress 스크랩

  • Linda Levine
  • |
  • 전기/전자

This report presents information on the demand for and supply of information technology(IT) workers. It then analyzes the adequacy of measures that arguably demonstrate the presence of an IT labor shortage. The provisions enacted in Title IV of the FY 1998. Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations ACT, P.L. 105-277, that were intended to expand the supply of U.S. workers qualified to fulfill employers' rapidly rising demand for computer-related personnel are next described. The report tracks legislation about IT workers.

2001-02-09

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program : An Overview 스크랩

  • Wendy H. Schacht
  • |
  • 기계

The Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, P.L. 100-418, created a program of regional centers to assist small and medium-sized manufacturing companies use knowledge and technologies developed under the auspices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), a laboratory of the Department of Commerce. Now Known as the Mnufacturing Extension Partnership(MEP), centers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico provide technical and managerial assistance to firms. Federal funding is is matched by non-federal sources. Support for the program increased 19% between FY 1997 and FY 1998, to $113.5 million. Funding for FY1999 fell to $106.8 million, reflecting a decrease in the federal portion of financing from one-half to one-third as individual centers operate longer that 6 years.. P.L. 106-113, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, provided $104.2 million to operate the MEP program in FY 2000 after the mandated recision, 2% less than FY1999. In the FY2001 budget, the President requested $114.1 million, 9.5% above the previous year's funding. Part of this increase was to allow the centers to work with the Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration on an e-commerce outreach program. P.L. 106-553 appropriates $105.1 million for the Manufacturing Extension Program but does not fund any new initiatives.

2001-02-09

China:Suspected Acquistion of U.S. nuclear Weapon Secrets 스크랩

  • Shirley A. Kan
  • |
  • 과학기술과 인문사회

This report discusses suspected Chinese acquisition of U.S. nuclear weapon data, including that on the W88, the newest miniature U.S. nuclear warhead, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the 1980s, first publicly reported in January 1999. This is the third reported case involving China's possible compromise of U.S. nuclear weapon secrets in the 1980s. A fourth publicized case suggests that China may have sought more neutron bomb data in 1995. Based on public information, this report presents background on the alleged security problems involving China and U.S. nuclear weapons, discusses responses undertaken by the Administration and Congress, and presents public damage assessments. The report concludes with implicaitons for U.S. policy on counterintelligence, nuclear nonproliferation, and relations with China.

2001-02-09

Small Business Innovation Research Program 스크랩

  • Wendy H. Schacht
  • |
  • 기계

In 1982, the Small Business Innovation Development Act(P.L. 97-219) extablished small business innovation research(SBIR) programs within the major federal research and development agencies. The objective of this effort is to increase government funding of work with commercialization potential in the small, high-technology company sector. P.L. 106-554, signed into law on December 21, 2000, reauthorized the SBIR activity through September 30, 2008.

2001-02-09

F-22 Raptor Aircraft Program 스크랩

  • Christopher Bolkcom
  • |
  • 기계

Some question the need for aircraft such as the F-22 at a time when the production of comparable aircraft in ither countries is in doubt. Others argue that the F-22 should be developed to counter long-term threats of more advanced air defenses by potential enemies as well as to maintain the U.S. position in aviation technology and production. The airframe will be produced by Lockheed in Marietta, GA, and Ft. Worth, TX, with the Praft & Whitney engines produced in West Palm Beach, FL..

2001-02-09

The Advanced Technology Program 스크랩

  • Wendy H. Schacht
  • |
  • 과학기술과 인문사회

The Advanced Technology program(ATP) was created by P.L. 100-418, the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, to encouragepublic-private cooperation in development of pre-competitive technologies with broad application across industries. Administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST), a laboratory of the Department of Commerce, this activity has been targeted for elimination as means to cut federal spending. However, strong support by the Clinton Administration led to continued ATP funding in FY1997 and FY1998, although at reduced levels. Appropriations for FY 1999 were 3% above the previous year; in FY2000 funding decreased 28% to $142.6 million. For FY 2001, the President had requested a 23% increase in support for ATP while the appropriations bill that originally passed the House included no financing for the program. However, P.L. 106-553 appropriates $145.7 million for ATP, 2% above the previous year.

2001-02-09

The Federal Role in Technology Development 스크랩

  • Wedny H. Schacht
  • |
  • 과학기술과 인문사회

The federal government has traditionally played a role in fostering technological progress. This has involved both direct federal research and development(R&D) funding and indirect measures that create incentives for increased private sector investments in innovation. However, this mix of initiatives has been challenged since the 104th Congress. While support for all on-going efforts continues, some programs have been funded at reduced levels. However, the FY2001 appropriations appear to have reversed this trend. As programs are implemented and mature, concerns are being raised as to the appropriate balance between the importance of bringing new and improved products and processes to the marketplace and protecting the public investment in R&D.

2001-02-09