Radioisotope Power Systems

For nearly 50 years, the United States has led the world in the scientific exploration of space. U.S. spacecraft have circled Earth, landed on the Moon and Mars, orbited Jupiter and Saturn, and traveled beyond the orbit of Pluto and out of the ecliptic. These spacecraft have sent back to Earth images and data that have greatly expanded human knowledge, though many important questions remain una…

Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Aeronautics

Imagine the day when aircraft accidents are an order of magnitude less likely to occur than they are today; when noise levels and emissions by commercial aircraft have been reduced by factors of five and four, respectively; when the throughput of the aviation system in all weather conditions is three times today's capacity; when the cost of air travel has been reduced by 50 percent. Imagine the…

Aviation Weather Services

Adverse weather has a major impact on aviation safety and efficiency. During 1988–1992, one-fourth of all aircraft accidents and one-third of fatal accidents were related to weather (Salottolo, 1994). In addition, 41 percent of air traffic delay time during 1990 was attributable to weather. These delays accounted for approximately $4.1 billion of direct costs to the airline industry—not inc…

Shipbuilding Technology and Education

After decades of outstanding contributions to the nation’s naval capability, the U.S. shipbuilding industry is in crisis. During the 1980s, at the behest of the Reagan administration, U.S. shipbuilders turned to constructing many new naval vessels. Following these achievements and with the ensuing defense builddown, U.S. shipbuilders lost significant parts of their business and work force, ha…

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change

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Networking Health

The Internet has great potential to improve Americans’ health by enhancing communications and improving access to information for care providers, patients, health plan administrators, public health officials, bio- medical researchers, and other health professionals. Ongoing research and development (R&D) efforts, such as the federal government’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative an…

Twenty-First Century Ecosystems: Managing the Living World Two Centuries Afte…

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Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options

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Describing Socioeconomic Futures for Climate Change Research and Assessment: …

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Interim Review of the Subsonic Assessment Project MANAGEMENT, SCIENCE, AND GOALS

Exhaust products emitted by the current subsonic-transport fleet may influence tropospheric ozone and clouds, and thus Earth’s climate. Such emissions in the upper troposphere may affect climate at the surface of the Earth by means of many chemical and meteorological processes. Some of these processes are poorly understood, and thus cannot be quantified with much certainty. NASA’s Atmo- …

Outsourcing Management Functions for the Acquisition of Federal Facilities

The literature on business management has been focused on the reengineering of business processes in the context of the financial, management, time, and staff- ing constraints of private enterprise. The underlying premises of business process reengineering are: (1) the essential areas of expertise, or core competencies, of an organization should be limited to a few activities that are central t…

Proceedings of Government/Industry Forum: The Owner's Role in Project Managem…

The work of the National Research Council’s Committee on Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Department of Energy Project Management can be traced back to 1998, when there was a one-person report by Lloyd Duscha, Assessing the Need for Independent Project Reviews in the Department of Energy. His report led to expansion of the agency’s external review process and changes to it. In the wake of …

Measuring Performance and Benchmarking Project Management at the Department o…

In response to a directive from the Committee of the Conference on Energy and Water Development of the 105th Congress (U.S. Congress, 1999), DOE requested that the National Research Council (NRC) appoint a committee to review and assess the progress made by the department in improving its project management practices. The NRC appointed the Committee for Oversight and Assessment of U.S. Departm…

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Informati…

The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been assessed by the Panel on Information Technology, appointed by the National Research Council (NRC). The panel of experts visited the six divisions of the laboratory and reviewed their activities. The scope of the assessment included the following criteria, provided by the Director of…

A Constrained Space Exploration Technology Program: A Review of NASA's Explor…

In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced new elements of the nation’s space policy by issuing the Vision for Space Exploration (VSE),1 which instructed NASA to “extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by the year 2020, in preparation for human exploration of Mars and other destinations.” NASA was also directed to “develop the in…

An Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Informati…

At the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Academies, through its National Research Council (NRC), has since 1959 annually assembled panels of experts from academia, industry, medicine, and other scientific and engineering environments to assess the quality and effectiveness of the NIST measurements and standards laboratories, of which there are no…

Critical Technology Accessibility

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to …

Effectiveness of National Biosurveillance Systems

In 2001, the United States experienced the effects of bioterrorism when envelopes containing anthrax spores were sent through the postal service to several different recipients, including two U.S. senators. It is likely that several thousand people were exposed to anthrax, with antibiotic prophylaxis widely prescribed for those whose exposure was known or suspected. The consequences of this eve…

Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors

As attention is increasingly devoted to U.S. society’s needs for access to health care and health care delivery, one change that requires immediate attention concerns the many aspects of care that are migrating out of formal medical facilities and into the home. Although the costs of care are one driver of this change, there is also recognition that health care delivered at home is valued by …

Strategies and Priorities for Information Technology at the Centers for Medic…

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s (NRC’s) Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possib…

Supercomputers: Directions in Technology and Applications

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Steps Toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences: Summary of a Workshop

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Scaling Up: A Research Agenda for Software Engineering

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Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive: Defining the Agenda

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Intellectual Property Issues in Software

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Academic Careers for Experimental Computer Scientists and Engineers

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The National Challenge in Computer Science and Technology (1988)

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Report of a Workshop of Pedagogical Aspects of Computational Thinking

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Wireless Technology Prospects and Policy Options

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Transforming Combustion Research through Cyberinfrastructure

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