附註:"MR-1079-NSF"--Page 4 of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-76).
PREFACE -- FIGURE AND TABLES -- SUMMARY -- AN EVOLVING GOVERNMENT ROLE IN PROVIDING ISTI -- DETERMINING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE -- OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THE THIRD TRANSITION -- ACCOUNTING FOR SUCCESS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH -- BACKGROUND -- DEFINITIONS -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- THE HISTORY OF PROVIDING ISTI SERVICES: RESPONDING TO CHANGING NEEDS -- THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT: THE TRANSITION -- MEETING THE JAPANESE CHALLENGE: THE SECOND TRANSITION.
A THIRD TRANSITION IN THE DEMAND FOR ISTI SERVICES -- The Globalization of Industry -- U.S. Technological Strength -- The Information Revolution -- DETERMINING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE -- INTERVIEW METHODOLOGY -- RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ABOUT TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT GENERALLY (QUESTIONS 8- 14) -- Other Sources of ISTI and Their Usefulness (Questions 8, 9, and 12) -- Future Needs for ISTI Services (Questions 10, 11, and 13) -- RESPONSES BY USER CATEGORY -- CONCLUSIONS -- OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO USER NEEDS -- NEW CHALLENGES FOR GOVERNMENT IN PROVIDING ISTI NEEDS.
GOVERNMENT OPTIONS FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE THIRD-TRANSITION USERS -- Applying New Tools: Information Gathering and Coordination -- Applying New Tools: Seeking Expert Judgment -- Applying New Tools: Dissemination -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS -- ASSESSING THE OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES OF GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT -- A NEW ERA OF ACCOUNTABILITY -- Applying Measures to Assessment Activities -- Qualitative Measures -- Quantitative Measures -- Impact Measures -- Matching Measurement Tools to Goals -- Setting Goals and Measuring Progress for an Alternative Approach.
RESULTS OF RESPONSE TO WTEC QUESTIONS ON STUDY USER INTERVIEWS -- HISTORY OF THE JTEC AND WTEC -- WTEC OPERATIONS -- WTEC CUSTOMERS AND SPONSORS -- Government Sponsors -- ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF WTEC REPORTS -- WTEC QUESTION RESPONSES -- Familiarity with WTEC/JTEC (Questions 1 and 2) -- The Usefulness of the Reports (Questions 3 and 4) -- Quality and Impact (Questions 5, 6, and 7) -- Response by Type of User -- WTEC-SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS -- LIST OF WTEC REPORTS AND TABLES OF CITATIONS -- SERVICES PROVIDING SOURCES OF ISTI INFORMATION -- GOVERNMENT SOURCES OF ISTI.
Literature Reviews and Monitoring -- Snapshot Assessments -- Analytic Reports on Technology -- NONGOVERNMENT SOURCES OF ISTI -- SRI -- MCC -- ATIP -- FOREIGN SOURCES -- Journals and Publications -- EXAMPLES OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS FROM SRI, MCC, ONR (ASIA AND EUROPE), AND ATIP -- SRI -- MCC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES -- ONR ASIA REPORTS -- ONR EUROPE NEWSLETTERS -- ATIP PUBLIC REPORTS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY.
摘要:In the more than 30 years the U.S. federal government has tracked and monitored international science and technology information (ISTI), the global marketplace and the economy have changed dramatically. Capabilities in other nations have matured, resulting in highly competitive products. The RAND survey described here suggests that there is a need for timely, unbiased, global, and easily accessible ISTI, that government collection and analysis of that information are and will continue to be important government roles, and that this need is likely to grow. Expanding the government's mission here would greatly enhance and update the services provided to all users. Possible improvements include providing a global overview, adding economic and trade information, encouraging networking of information and resources, and increasing the number of quick responses and person-to-person interactions. Many of these improvements can, in fact, take advantage of the globalization of industry, the information revolution, and dispersed scientific excellence. The effective features of existing services, combined with new information tools and opportunities, can be incorporated to build the next generation of ISTI services.
