National Science Policy and Priorities Act of 1972: Hearings, Ninety-second Congress, Second Session |
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Page 200 - September, 1975 by the Council of State Governments, International City Management Association, National Association of Counties, National Conference of State Legislatures, National Governors' Conference, National League of Cities, and US Conference of Mayors.
Page 12 - Section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, is 14 amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 15 clause: 16 " ( — ) Chairman or Chairwoman, Federal Workers' 17 Compensation Advisory Commission.
Page 26 - GS-18 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Panel, and shall be allowed travel expenses (including a per diem allowance) under section 5703 (b) of title 5, United States Code.
Page 83 - Answer. The Committee on Intergovernmental Science Relations of the Federal Council for Science and Technology is currently preparing a report recommending actions by the Federal government to strengthen science and technology at the state and local levels. Technology transfer of federal research and development results is 'being given major consideration. NASA is represented on that committee. The...
Page 204 - Act, conduct a full and complete study and investigation of the steps necessary to be taken to insure that professional, scientific, and technical personnel and others working in associated occupations employed under Federal procurement, construction, or research contracts or grants will, to the extent feasible, be protected against forfeitures of pension or retirement rights or benefits, otherwise provided, as a consequence of job transfers or loss of employment resulting from terminations or modifications...
Page 55 - But the accomplishments of the past are not something we can rest on. They are something we must build on. I am therefore calling today for a strong new effort to marshal science and technology in the work of strengthening our economy and improving the quality of our life.
Page 175 - Behind all the great material inventions of the last century and a half was not merely a long internal development of technics: there was also a change of mind.
Page 201 - ... thereby fostering the public welfare and education, aiding the development of our country's industries, and adding to the material prosperity and happiness of our people.
Page 175 - No matter how completely technics relies upon the objective procedures of the sciences, it does not form an independent system, like the universe: it exists as an element in human culture and it promises well or ill as the social groups that exploit it promise well or ill. The machine itself makes no demands and holds out no promises: it is the human spirit that makes demands and keeps promises.
Page 80 - Report of the Committee on Public Engineering Policy of the National Academy of Engineering to the Committee on Science and Astronautics, US House of Representatives.