U.S. Department of Commerce Annual Report on Technology Transfer: Approach and Plans, Fiscal Year 2009 Activities and Achievements.

摘要

This report summarizes the technology transfer activities and achievements of the Department of Commerce's Federal laboratories for fiscal year (FY) 2009. At the Department of Commerce, technology transfer is a significant part of the mission and program activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the National Telecommunications and Information Administrations (NTIA) Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS). Accordingly, this report focuses on the activities of those three agencies. This report responds to the statutory requirement for an annual 'agency report on utilization', (15 U.S.C. Section 3710(f)) under the revised Federal-wide reporting process established by the Technology Transfer Commercialization Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-404). All Federal agencies that direct one or more Federal laboratories or conduct other activities under Section 207 and 209 of Title 35, United States Code, are subject to the requirements of this statute. The major sections of this report are organized to summarize the respective agencies technology transfer approaches and plans, and to provide specific information about the agencies activities and accomplishments for FY 2005 through FY 2009. The report begins with a summary of this information for the Department of Commerce as a whole.