Excerpt from Allocating Federal Funds for Science and Technology: Hearing Before the Committee on Science, U. S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session; February 28, 1996; No. 44 The Committee on Criteria for Federal Support of Research and Development approached its task with realism about the budget pressures, an eagerness to pro vide advice that could guide both the Executive Branch and Congress, and a con cern for fairness in evaluating the many parts of the enterprise. The committee's membership reflected these aims. Including individuals who perform federally funded research. Who use the results in industry and other seetors, who have been involved in shaping federal research and development programs in the past, and who are students of the research and development enterprise. The committee's realism about budget pressures was matched by its realism about the report's immediate impact on current budgets. It is the committee's hope that this report will serve well both the executive and legislative branches as they grapple with the very hard decisions that will have to be made over many budget eveles. In a politically and fiscally difficult environment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.