United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-04-15 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-91 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91 P0b002ee180376d0a f:rc94091 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91 RCED-94-91 Technology transfer Research and development Research program management Contract administration Cooperative agreements Non-government enterprises Contract monitoring GOCO Laboratories Research and development facilities Letter Report RCED Technology transfer between federal laboratories and industry is increasingly viewed as a major factor contributing to the economic strength and competitiveness of the United States. In 1986, Congress sought to enhance the effectiveness of this transfer by authorizing cooperative research and development agreements as another form of technology transfer. This report compares the Energy Department's (DOE) process for implementing cooperative research and development agreements to the approaches used by the Army and the National Institute of Standards and Technology to determine why some federal laboratories had entered into more agreements than DOE's laboratories. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91.htm GAO/RCED-94-91 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-91 Letter Report GAO/RCED-94-91; Technology Transfer: Improving the Use of Cooperative R&D Agreements at DOE's Contractor-Operated Laboratories; Technology transfer Research and development Research program management Contract administration Cooperative agreements Non-government enterprises Contract monitoring GOCO Laboratories Research and development facilities