Accession Number:

AD1122017

Title:

Need For Improved Review And Coordination Of the Foreign Affairs Aspects Of Federal Research

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Congressional Report]

Corporate Author:

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1971-05-27

Pagination or Media Count:

100

Abstract:

Research performed in foreign countries or otherwise bearing on foreign affairs is sponsored in some degree by nearly every large agency of the Federal Government. The General Accounting Office GAO reviewed the management of the foreign affairs aspects of this research to identify problems and make observations concerning 1 the review and clearance by the State Department for political sensitivity of proposed research projects and 2 the coordination of foreign affairs research among agencies.

Descriptors:

• interagency coordination
• health services
• military research
• united states government
• department of state
• congress
• international relations
• foreign relations
• money
• arms control
• behavioral sciences
• foreign policy
• national security
• public administration
• social sciences
• army
• department of defense
• ecology
• governments
• national governments

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Government and Political Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]