However the Committee questions whether never-ending budget growth in basic research is wise, particularly in the context of the Administration's failure to adequately address the Defense Department's weapon system modernization needs. This former Navy vessel is being converted to perform fishery and marine mammal surveys in the Gulf of Mexico. He has been acting as NOAA Chief Scientist since May, 1996. NSF began this process over a year ago by asking the science and engineering communities to contribute their views. The GPRA evaluation metric is one year at a time, but often the societal payout of such visionary science is many years away.
Salary commensurate with experience, benefits are excellent.
Review of resumes will begin August 11, 1997. 1755 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036. Recruitment is also currently underway for a Secretary to serve both the National Ocean Science Bowl efforts and the new Program Office requirements. One of the first activities in which CORE will engage as the NOPP Program Office is the conduct of a workshop on the plan for a virtual data center. This workshop is being developed with guidance from ONR and NOAA and will serve to define the needs for and design of such a data center.