To assess needed legislative changes to statutes authorizing programs under the Technology Administration. The U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission funding expires at the end of FY 1997.
Mortgages are the funding requirements to meet the out-year needs of already awarded grants.
NIST also is revising its facilities plan with the hope of including new facilities construction funding in the Administration s FY 1999 request. Currently, no new construction funding is included in the Administration s budget through FY 2002. Additional money is being requested to increase MEP efforts in the fields of supply chain optimization, technology infusion, and information technology. The TA is headed by the Undersecretary for Technology who serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Commerce on Technology Policy. The STRS account funds NIST laboratory activities and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award program.