|
Items in cart [4] |
Questions? Call 888-624-8373 |
| Copyright © 2009. National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Terms of Use and Privacy Statement |
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page 45
Appendixes
OCR for page 46
OCR for page 47
Appendix A
Section 253, National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107)
SEC. 253. STUDY AND REPORT ON
EFFECTIVENESS OF AIR FORCE SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM CHANGES.
(a) REQUIREMENT. The Secretary of the Air Force,
in cooperation with the National Research Council of the
National Academy of Sciences, shall carry out a study to
determine how the changes to the Air Force science and tech-
nology program implemented during the past two years af-
fect the future capabilities of the Air Force.
(b) MATTERS STUDIED. (1) The study shall review
and assess whether such changes as a whole are sufficient to
ensure the following:
(A) That the concerns about the management of the
science and technology program that have been raised by
Congress, the Defense Science Board, the Air Force Sci-
ence Advisory Board, and the Air Force Association have
been adequately addressed.
(B) That appropriate and sufficient technology is
available to ensure the military superiority of the United
States and counter future high-risk threats.
(C) That the science and technology investments
are balanced to meet the near-, mid-, and long-term needs
of the Air Force.
(D) That technologies are made available that can
be used to respond flexibly and quickly to a wide range of
future threats.
(E) That the Air Force organizational structure pro-
vides for a sufficiently senior level advocate of science
and technology to ensure an ongoing, effective presence
of the science and technology community during the
budget and planning process.
47
(2) In addition, the study shall assess the specific changes
to the Air Force science and technology program as follows:
(A) Whether the biannual science and technology
summits provide sufficient visibility into, and understand-
ing and appreciation of, the value of the science and tech-
nology program to the senior level of Air Force budget
and policy decision-makers.
(B) Whether the applied technology councils are
effective in contributing the input of all levels beneath the
senior leadership into the coordination, focus, and con-
tent of the science and technology program.
(C) Whether the designation of the commander of
the Air Force Materiel Command as the science and tech-
nology budget advocate is effective to ensure that an ad-
equate Air Force science and technology budget is re-
quested.
(D) Whether the revised development planning pro-
cess is effective to aid in the coordination of the needs of
the Air Force warfighters with decisions on science and
technology investments and the establishment of priori-
ties among different science and technology programs.
(E) Whether the implementation of section 252 of
the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law
106-398; 114 Stat.1654A-46) is effective to identify the
basis for the appropriate science and technology program
funding level and investment portfolio.
(c) REPORT. Not later than May 1,2003, the Secretary
of the Air Force shall submit to Congress the results of the
study.
Representative terms from entire chapter:
senior level
