1985 science and technology posture hearing with the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Hearing before the Committee on Science and Technology, 99th Congress, First Session, No. 1
Presidential Science Adviser Dr. George Keyworth, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, gave his annual (1985) report on US Science and Technology posture at a hearing of the Committee on Science and Technology of the US House of Representatives (99th Congress) on 5 Feb. 1985. He spoke of critical choices in three areas, i.e., how to reduce nuclear weapons, thereby to enhance the national security, how to ensure US technological superiority in the face of rapidly growing international competition, and how to accomplish the foregoing while reducing government deficits. US government support for Research and Development will total $60 billion this year, $20 billion of which are for non-defense programs, and $8 billion for basic research. He emphasized the importance of the latter to the nation's economic wellbeing, and the need to make every research dollar count in the face of rising costs and soaring deficits. Dr. Keyworth urges aggressive US efforts to maintain its world leadership in science and technology.
- Research Organization:
- Committee on Science and Technology (U.S. Congress. House), Washington, DC
- OSTI ID:
- 5761296
- Report Number(s):
- GPO-4-080
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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