A Research and Development Management Approach; Report of the Committee on Application of OMB Circular A-76 to R and D

摘要

Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-76 establishes the general policy of the Government to buy the products and services it needs and to provide them, using Government resources, only on an exception basis. The policy recognizes, as one of the few exceptions, that certain activities are inherently governmental in nature and should be performed by Federal employees. The need for research and development activities as a Government function is recognized by the Circular through the inclusion of an 'in-house core capability' in the area of research, development and testing. It was also recognized that additional guidance was required to apply the A-76 policy to research and development activities and an interagency committee under the auspices of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology was established to study the issues and recommend guidelines for consistent and uniform agency implementation.