sources under economic adjustment and defense con-
version programs and activities of the Federal,
State, and local governments.
(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.—The
databases established pursuant to paragraph (1)
shall include a comprehensive compilation of all rel-
evant information concerning available economic ad-
justment and defense conversion-related programs of
the Federal Government. The compilation shall iden-
tify the administering department, office, or agency,
which administers such programs, and key contact
people; and descriptions of the application process,
eligibility requirements and criteria, selection, and
follow up procedures. Such compilation shall also in-
clude data as to the expenditure of funds under such
programs, projects supported by such programs, and
the types and amounts of funding available for as-
sistance under such programs.
(3) RANGE OF PROGRAMS.—The range of pro-
grams covered by the database shall include: worker
adjustment assistance for private sector employees
and Federal civilian and military personnel; commu-
nity adjustment assistance (planning and implemen-
tation), including the so-called ‘‘bricks and mortar’’
programs, such as infrastructure rebuilding, and air-
port improvement; technology development and de-
ployment programs administered through the Ad-
vanced Research Projects Agency, Department of
Defense, 
coordinated 
Technology 
Reinvestment
Project; other relevant technology research and de-
velopment programs administered by the Depart-
ment of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Department of Energy, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency, Department of Transpor-
tation, and the National Institutes of Health and
other technology agencies; small business assistance
(financial, technical, marketing); defense facility en-
vironmental restoration; available tax credits and in-
centives, relevant regulatory information (environ-
mental, occupational health and safety, and intellec-
tual property rights) affecting application procedures
and the implementation of federally supported
projects involving economic adjustment and defense
conversion.
(4) AVAILABLE
ASSISTANCE.—In developing
such database, the Office shall survey all Federal de-
partments and agencies in order to identify all rel-
evant assistance and resources that may be available
to assist defense-dependent communities, businesses,
and workers in their adjustment and conversion ef-
forts, especially the Department of Defense, the De-
partment of Commerce, the Department of Labor,
the Small Business Administration, the Department
of Housing and Urban Development, the Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services, the Depart-
ment of Education, the Department of Transpor-
tation, the National Science Foundation, the Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, and
the Environmental Protection Agency.
(5) DATABASE OF MAJOR STATE AND LOCAL
PROGRAMS.—The Office shall establish a database
containing State and local governmental economic
adjustment and defense conversion assistance pro-
grams. Such database shall include a current listing
of appropriate offices, officers, and contact personnel
connected with, or involved in, such programs.
(6) 
DEFENSE
CUTBACK
EARLY
WARNING
DATABASE.—The Office, working with the Secretary
of Defense, shall establish and keep current a
database containing a listing of available defense
contracts, and information listing military bases and
installations expected to be closed, cut back, or re-
aligned, or which are in the process of being closed,
cut back, or realigned, including a current listing of
States, communities, industries, firms, and employ-
ment likely to be most adversely affected as a result
thereof.
(7) DATABASE OF CONVERSION EFFORTS AND
SUCCESSES.—The Office shall establish a database
of listings and descriptions of defense conversion ef-
forts, their successes and failures, as well as a cur-
rent listing of ongoing conversion and assistance ef-
forts by communities, contractors, and small- and
mid-sized businesses, and labor organizations.
(8) REFERENCE LISTS AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.—
The Office shall establish a database which shall in-
clude a listing of published works (books, reports,
articles, videos, and tapes) related to all facets of de-
fense economic adjustment and defense conversion.
Such listing shall further include manuals relating to
economic adjustment and defense conversion devel-
oped by the National Governors Association, the Na-
tional League of Cities, public interest groups, labor
unions, business associations, and similar organiza-
tions, and a listing of contact organizations and peo-
ple for obtaining such references. The Office shall
also maintain in electronic form the full texts of se-
lected references and make such references available
to the public through online services.
(9) ALTERNATIVE PRODUCT BANK FOR INDUS-
TRIES
AND
FIRMS.—The Office shall establish a
databank of potentially commercializable tech-
nologies and products matched to the capabilities of
defense-dependent 
industries 
and 
firms. 
Such
databank shall include a short overview of market
potential and shall identify potential programs in
Federal, State and local governments that may be
available to support technology development, deploy-
ment, and commercialization in these specific areas.
(b) MULTIPLE
POINTS
OF
PUBLIC
ACCESS
TO
DATABASES.—
(1) EASY ACCESS.—The Office shall establish
several mechanisms to assure easy access by the
public and others to such databases, and to assure
that the databases be as accessible, user-friendly,
culturally neutral, and affordable as possible. In ad-
dition, the Office shall conduct an extensive outreach
to States and communities, especially in the most
defense-dependent regions of the Nation, and to a
wide range of constituencies, including State and
local government officials, chambers of commerce,
industrial organizations, labor unions, and commu-
nity organizations, to publicize the existence of
databanks and other assistance and services pro-